Seasonal Registered Nurse (RN) - NICU

Boca Raton, Florida

This one is per diem, so you pick up the shifts you want. West Boca Medical Center is hiring for its own floors, with no agency in between.

Posted Oct 5

Unit and setting: NICU
License: RN licenseMinimum 1 year licensed nursing practice on a NICU unit
Term: Per Diem

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License: Minimum 1 year licensed nursing practice on a NICU unit
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Certification: American Heart Association, PALS, NRP, & BLS card
Education: Associates degree from a Nursing program
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Nursing

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West Boca Medical Center sits inside the Palm Beach Health Network, and its RN postings lean on sign-on money: $5,000 for new graduates across the network's hospitals.

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Job Shift: Days Job Type: Per Diem The Registered Nurse provides safe and effective nursing care to all patients utilizing the nursing process. Administers and performs specialized nursing care according to assigned unit and treatment for patient. Specialized nursing care utilizes evidence-based practice in accordance with professional standards. Responsible for the direction and supervision of assigned personnel delivering said patient care. Adheres to the Florida State Nurse Practice Act. The RN reviews orders/test results and documents care delivered accurately and timely in the electronic health record.

Minimum Requirements

Education

Associates degree from a Nursing program License: Florida RN License

Experience

Minimum 1 year licensed nursing practice on a NICU unit

Certifications

American Heart Association, PALS, NRP, & BLS card

Preferred Requirements

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nursing

What's around it?

In Boca Raton, FL

Boca Raton, FLFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 3% above the US average

Median rent: $2,508/mo
Household income: $106,273/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Boca Raton, FL

NeighborhoodsDowntown Boca is the walkable rental hub around Mizner Park, with high-rise condos, a Brightline station, and June 2026 Trulia rents around $2,756 for a 1BR and $3,611 for a 2BR; yards are rare. University Park leans toward apartment rentals and older low-rise condos; Boca Raton Hills offers smaller houses and a more central, lower-price address; Sandalfoot Cove is the in-city value play with the widest mix of homes, condos, and townhomes. West of Florida's Turnpike, gated golf communities such as Boca West, Boca Pointe, Tiburon, and neighborhoods along Glades Road are where most families live, with medians often cited around $500,000 to $800,000, while East Boca near A1A and the beach is the premium coastal core (ZIPs include 33432, 33433, 33434, 33428). Nurses stretching an $80k-$150k budget also look just outside city limits: Lantana for a quieter, cheaper Boca commute, Boynton Beach or Lake Worth for lower prices, and Pompano, Margate, or Coral Springs at roughly an extra 15 minutes.

Downtown Boca is the walkable rental hub around Mizner Park, with high-rise condos, a Brightline station, and June 2026 Trulia rents around $2,756 for a 1BR and $3,611 for a 2BR; yards are rare. University Park leans toward apartment rentals and older low-rise condos; Boca Raton Hills offers smaller houses and a more central, lower-price address; Sandalfoot Cove is the in-city value play with the widest mix of homes, condos, and townhomes.

West of Florida's Turnpike, gated golf communities such as Boca West, Boca Pointe, Tiburon, and neighborhoods along Glades Road are where most families live, with medians often cited around $500,000 to $800,000, while East Boca near A1A and the beach is the premium coastal core (ZIPs include 33432, 33433, 33434, 33428). Nurses stretching an $80k-$150k budget also look just outside city limits: Lantana for a quieter, cheaper Boca commute, Boynton Beach or Lake Worth for lower prices, and Pompano, Margate, or Coral Springs at roughly an extra 15 minutes.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: valuestoreit.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: movewithmomentum.com

Getting aroundA Brightline high-speed rail station sits in downtown Boca and runs south to Fort Lauderdale and Miami and north to West Palm Beach and Orlando, the main alternative to sitting in I-95 traffic. Outside that pocket, nearly everything requires a car: most of the city is low-rise condos and houses inside gated communities, and heading west of Florida's Turnpike drops prices but lengthens the beach and downtown trip. Boca is about 20 miles from Fort Lauderdale, 26 miles from West Palm Beach, and 46 miles from Miami, with Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International and Palm Beach International each about 26 miles away. Commenters treating a Boca job as the commute target call Lantana still very manageable and Boynton Beach or Lake Worth realistic; Pompano, Margate, or Coral Springs typically add about 15 minutes. Sources do not name hospital campuses or parking rules.

A Brightline high-speed rail station sits in downtown Boca and runs south to Fort Lauderdale and Miami and north to West Palm Beach and Orlando, the main alternative to sitting in I-95 traffic. Outside that pocket, nearly everything requires a car: most of the city is low-rise condos and houses inside gated communities, and heading west of Florida's Turnpike drops prices but lengthens the beach and downtown trip.

Boca is about 20 miles from Fort Lauderdale, 26 miles from West Palm Beach, and 46 miles from Miami, with Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International and Palm Beach International each about 26 miles away. Commenters treating a Boca job as the commute target call Lantana still very manageable and Boynton Beach or Lake Worth realistic; Pompano, Margate, or Coral Springs typically add about 15 minutes.

Sources do not name hospital campuses or parking rules.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: palmparadiserealty.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: valuestoreit.com

OutdoorsBoca has roughly 50 parks and two municipal golf courses, with fishing, boating, paddling, hiking, and biking built into daily life. Named spots include Red Reef Park for snorkeling, surf fishing, and bird watching between the Intracoastal Waterway and the ocean; Spanish River Park for family picnics; South Beach Park and South Inlet Park; Gumbo Limbo Nature Center for marine life and rehabilitating sea turtles; and Daggerwing Nature Center for hiking and bird watching. The Boca Raton Airport Observation Area is a circular viewing platform with a live air-traffic-control radio feed. Wide Atlantic beaches and the Intracoastal define the east side of town.

Boca has roughly 50 parks and two municipal golf courses, with fishing, boating, paddling, hiking, and biking built into daily life. Named spots include Red Reef Park for snorkeling, surf fishing, and bird watching between the Intracoastal Waterway and the ocean; Spanish River Park for family picnics; South Beach Park and South Inlet Park; Gumbo Limbo Nature Center for marine life and rehabilitating sea turtles; and Daggerwing Nature Center for hiking and bird watching.

The Boca Raton Airport Observation Area is a circular viewing platform with a live air-traffic-control radio feed. Wide Atlantic beaches and the Intracoastal define the east side of town.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: visitflorida.com Source 2: thepalmbeaches.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: trulia.com

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Living in Boca Raton

Boca Raton, a city of about 99,000 in southern Palm Beach County, is a designed coastal place of pink Mediterranean towers, Mizner Park plazas, a downtown Brightline station, and roughly 50 parks including Red Reef, Spanish River, and Gumbo Limbo's sea-turtle rehab. Daily life splits hard east-west. East Boca around Mizner Park and A1A is walkable and condo-steep—June 2026 downtown 1BR rents around $2,756—while west of the Turnpike, gated golf communities such as Boca West, Boca Pointe, and Tiburon offer more house near $500,000-$800,000 and the A-rated schools families cite. Citywide rent averages near $2,944; home-value snapshots run from about $575,000 to a $700,000 median in late 2025. Insurance, HOA fees, and year-round air conditioning eat the budget, summers are hot and humid, and winter brings a visible snowbird surge. Nurses stretching $80k-$150k typically land in Sandalfoot Cove or Boca Raton Hills, or commute from Lantana, Boynton Beach, or Lake Worth. Outside downtown you drive everywhere; the culture is beaches, golf, Kapow and Max's Grille—not a party town.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: valuestoreit.com Source 3: palmparadiserealty.com Source 4: visitflorida.com Source 5: thepalmbeaches.com Source 6: facebook.com Source 7: facebook.com Source 8: reddit.com

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