Registered Nurse, Surgery, $15000 Bonus, FT, 07A-3:30P, Highly Specialized
Coral Gables, Florida
- Eligibility
- Sign-on bonus
Posted Sep 17 · New grads welcomed
- Shift and hours
- 07A-3:30P Registered Nurse, Surgery, $15000 Bonus, FT, 07A-3:30P, Highly Specialized40 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Surgery · Hospital Registered Nurse, Surgery, $15000 Bonus, FT, 07A-3:30P, Highly Specialized
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Permanent Registered Nurse, Surgery, $15000 Bonus, FT, 07A-3:30P, Highly SpecializedFull time
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed
- Certification
- ACLS, BLS, PALS, NRP, or ONS provider card as per department standard
- Education
- Associates degree in Nursing or Bachelors degree in Nursing Associates degree in Nursing or Bachelors degree in Nursing.
- Experience
- Less than 1 year Minimum Required Experience: Less than 1 year
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies →4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs →2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions →Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license →
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
- Sign-on bonus
- $15,000
- Bonus
- Up to $15,000 sign-on bonus Sign-On Bonus: Up to $15,000
Benefits
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Comprehensive health and wellness resources
- Wellness program
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range, differentials, and sign-on bonus repayment terms?
- What should I expect for weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
Your fit
Original listing
Posted on Doctors Hospital’s careers page.
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Sign-On Bonus: Up to $15,000 Baptist Health is the region's largest not-for-profit healthcare organization, with 12 hospitals, over 29,000 employees, 4,500 physicians and 200 outpatient centers, urgent care facilities and physician practices across Miami-Dade, Monroe, Broward and Palm Beach counties. With internationally renowned centers of excellence in cancer, cardiovascular care, orthopedics and sports medicine, and neurosciences, Baptist Health is supported by philanthropy and driven by its faith-based mission of medical excellence. For 26 years, we've been named one of Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, and in the 2025-2026 U. S. News & World Report Best Hospital Rankings, Baptist Health was the most awarded healthcare system in South Florida, earning 63 high-performing honors.
What truly sets us apart is our people. At Baptist Health, we create personal connections with our colleagues that go beyond the workplace, and we form meaningful relationships with patients and their families that extend beyond delivering care. Many of us have walked in our patients' shoes ourselves and that shared experience fuels out commitment to compassion and quality.
Our culture is rooted in purpose, and every team member plays a part in making a positive impact – because when it comes to caring for people, we're all in. At Baptist Health, we’re committed to supporting our employees at every stage of their journey, both personally and professionally. Our approach is rooted in a “grow our own” philosophy, designed to help our team members build meaningful, long-term careers with us, supported by benefits that make a real difference, including: Career growth and development opportunities , with clear pathways and ongoing support Comprehensive health and wellness resources that go beyond traditional benefits A wellness program that can help employees eliminate their medical plan deductible , reducing out-of-pocket healthcare costs Tuition reimbursement to support continued learning and advancement And so much more Together, these benefits and others reflect our commitment to caring for our people, so they can build fulfilling careers with us while making a meaningful impact every day.
Description: The Direct Patient Care Registered Nurse- DPC RN is a licensed professional able to demonstrate the following proficiency and mastery of the core competencies: assessment, technical skills, communication, critical thinking, interpersonal skills, planning, intervention, evaluation, flexibility, organizational skills, professional accountability, leadership and service who delivers patient-family centered care in a culturally competent manner utilizing and promoting evidence based practice standards of quality, safety and service.
Qualifications
Degrees
Associates.
Licenses & Certifications
Pediatric Advanced Life Support. ONS/ONCC Chemotherapy Immunotherapy Certificate. Neonatal Resuscitation Program. Basic Life Support. Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support. Registered Nurse.
Additional
Qualifications
Associates degree in Nursing or Bachelors degree in Nursing. RNs hired prior to 2/1/2012 (South), 10/1/2017 (Bethesda), 10/1/2023 (Boca), 7/1/2018 (Fishermen‘s) are not required to have a BSN to continue in their non-leadership role as an RN. RNs hired after 2/1/2012 (South), 10/1/2017 (Bethesda), 10/1/2023 (Boca), 7/1/2018 (Fishermen‘s) with an Associate‘s degree will have 3 years from their date of hire to complete the BSN degree.
RN must complete a preceptor class within twelve months of being deemed competent by department leadership for independent practice. As per department standard any of the following may be required (ACLS-Advanced Cardiac Life Support, BLS- Basic Life Support, PALS- Pediatric Advanced Life Support, NRP- Neonatal Resuscitation Program or ONS-Chemotherapy/Biotherapy Provider Card).
Minimum Required
Experience
Less than 1 year EOE, including disability/vets
What's around it?
Coral Gables, FLFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 3% above the US average
- Median rent
- $2,373/mo
- Household income
- $134,216/yr, all local households, not nurse pay
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Registered Nurse, Surgery, $15000 Bonus, FT, 07A-3:30P, Highly Specialized
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