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Nurse recruitment · Fort Lauderdale, Broward

Nurse recruitment in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Fort Lauderdale is Broward’s hospital hub, with Broward Health Medical Center and Holy Cross Health drawing RNs from across the county, and a ring of skilled nursing, rehab, and assisted living communities from Wilton Manors to Oakland Park competing for the LPNs and RNs those hospitals do not take. State licensing lists 4 nursing homes, 20 assisted living facilities, 55 home health agencies, 3 hospitals in Fort Lauderdale, with 1,281 licensed nursing and assisted living beds.

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Hiring nurses in Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale is Broward’s hospital hub, with Broward Health Medical Center and Holy Cross Health drawing RNs from across the county, and a ring of skilled nursing, rehab, and assisted living communities from Wilton Manors to Oakland Park competing for the LPNs and RNs those hospitals do not take. Home health and hospice agencies are headquartered here more than anywhere else in the county.

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Nursing in Fort Lauderdale.

Fort Lauderdale gives a nurse the widest choice in Broward: hospital units, post-acute rehab, assisted living, home health caseloads, and outpatient clinics inside one commute. Tell us the setting and shift, and we bring roles that fit.

Hospitals nearby: HCA Florida Westside Hospital (Plantation); Memorial Regional Hospital (Hollywood); Memorial Regional Hospital South (Hollywood); Broward Health North (Pompano Beach).

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Licensed facilities

Healthcare employers licensed in Fort Lauderdale.

From the State of Florida’s facility licensing data, pulled 2026-10-01. A listing here is a public record, not a Soko client.

Hospitals

  • Broward Health Medical Center
  • Holy Cross Hospital
  • Broward Health Imperial Point

Nursing homes and rehab

  • Broward Nursing & Rehabilitation Center 198 beds
  • Ft Lauderdale Health and Rehabilitation Center 169 beds
  • Aviata at the Sea - Harbor Beach 59 beds
  • Savoy at Fort Lauderdale Rehabilitation and Nursing Center, The

Assisted living

  • Belmont Village Ft Lauderdale 244 beds
  • The Meridian at Waterways 130 beds
  • Allegro 125 beds
  • Broward House, Inc. 60 beds
  • Villa Rio Vista 50 beds
  • Horizon ALF 47 beds
  • Safe Harbor Assisted Living Resort 35 beds
  • Royal Palm Senior Residence 34 beds
  • Kelly's Assisted Living Facility 33 beds
  • Leisure Living of Victoria Park 16 beds
  • Golden Sands Retirement Home 14 beds
  • Tender Care ALF 13 beds
  • and 8 more

Home health agencies

  • Affordable Home Healthcare
  • Almost Family
  • Actify Home Care, Inc.
  • Home Bound Care Inc
  • All Metro Health Care
  • Community Home Health Services
  • All Ways Caring Homecare
  • Certified Homecare of South Florida
  • Unlimited Health Care Services, Inc.
  • Med-Start Corporation
  • Firstat Nursing Services-Ft Lauderdale
  • Maxim Healthcare Services
  • and 43 more

The county market

Broward County by the numbers.

32

licensed nursing homes in Broward County, with 3,722 certified beds.

Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, FloridaHealthFinder facility listings, 2026-10-01

251

licensed assisted living facilities in Broward County, with 9,643 licensed beds.

Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, FloridaHealthFinder facility listings, 2026-10-01

346

licensed home health agencies in Broward County, plus 3 hospice providers and 16 hospitals.

Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, FloridaHealthFinder facility listings, 2026-10-01

342,594

residents aged 65 and over in Broward County (17.6% of 1,946,127), including 44,999 aged 85 and over.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates (2019–2023), table S0101

3.8 of 5

average CMS staffing rating across the county’s Medicare-certified nursing homes; 3.90 total nurse hours per resident day on average.

Source: CMS Care Compare, Nursing Home Provider Information (data.cms.gov), 2026-10-01

26.7%

average annual nursing staff turnover reported by the county’s nursing homes (RNs: 34.6%).

Source: CMS Care Compare, Nursing Home Provider Information (data.cms.gov), 2026-10-01

All Broward County figures

What settings hire nurses in Fort Lauderdale?

Hospitals hiring RNs onto their own staff, skilled nursing and rehab facilities, assisted living and memory care communities, home health and hospice agencies, and specialty clinics. The state-licensed facilities in the city are listed on this page.

Is Fort Lauderdale pay higher than the rest of Broward?

Hospital pay sets the ceiling countywide; the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wages by metro, not by city, and those figures are on the Broward County page. Nurses tell us the pay they are looking for, and we only bring roles that meet it.

Sources

  • Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, FloridaHealthFinder facility listings, 2026-10-01
  • U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates (2019–2023), table S0101
  • CMS Care Compare, Nursing Home Provider Information (data.cms.gov), 2026-10-01

Figures are published statistics for the county or metro named; they describe the market, not Soko Healthcare’s placements. Data pulled 2026-10-01; refreshed quarterly.

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