licensed nursing homes in Palm Beach County, with 5,295 certified beds.
Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, FloridaHealthFinder facility listings, 2026-10-01
Nurse recruitment · Palm Beach
Nurse recruitment in Palm Beach County.
Direct-hire RNs, LPNs, and nurse leaders for Palm Beach County employers, from Boca Raton and Delray Beach to West Palm Beach and Jupiter. Skilled nursing, assisted living, home health, and hospice teams come first, and hospitals hiring RNs onto their own staff get the same process.
The local market
Palm Beach County by the numbers.
What a facility or a nurse here would want to know first, each figure with its source.
licensed assisted living facilities in Palm Beach County, with 9,753 licensed beds.
Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, FloridaHealthFinder facility listings, 2026-10-01
licensed home health agencies in Palm Beach County, plus 3 hospice providers and 14 hospitals.
Source: Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, FloridaHealthFinder facility listings, 2026-10-01
residents aged 65 and over in Palm Beach County (24.6% of 1,507,453), including 58,734 aged 85 and over.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates (2019–2023), table S0101
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
average annual nursing staff turnover reported by the county’s nursing homes (RNs: 39.5%).
Source: CMS Care Compare, Nursing Home Provider Information (data.cms.gov), 2026-10-01
median RN pay in the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach metro ($80,510 to $104,320 for the middle half). LPNs: $62,610.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025
registered nurses employed across the metro, and 8,900 LPNs.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025
registered nurses licensed with a Palm Beach County address, plus 3,640 LPNs. Licensure counts, not headcount at work.
Source: Florida Center for Nursing, Florida's Nursing Workforce Supply by County (2023), 2020–21 license renewal cycle
Projected LPN shortfall in the Miami–Fort Lauderdale metro by 2035, up from 3,319 in 2019.
Source: Florida Hospital Association and IHS Markit nurse workforce projections
Minimum total direct-care staffing per resident day in Florida nursing homes, including 1.0 licensed nurse hour.
Source: Florida HB 1239 (2022)
For facilities
Hiring nurses in Palm Beach County
Palm Beach County has the oldest population of the three South Florida counties and the largest concentration of assisted living, memory care, and continuing care communities, strung along I-95 from Boca Raton to Jupiter. Its hospitals are spread out, so many nurses choose a building for its commute and stay for its leadership. Soko recruits across the county for skilled nursing, assisted living, home health, hospice, and hospital teams; the numbers below are the county’s own.
Largest Medicare-certified nursing homes
- Joseph L Morse Health Center Inc the, West Palm Beach 230 beds
- Darcy Hall of Life Care, West Palm Beach 220 beds
- Legacy at Boca Raton Rehabilitation and Nursing Ce, Boca Raton 180 beds
- Yamato Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Boca Raton 180 beds
- Isles of Boynton Nursing and Rehab Center, Boynton Beach 180 beds
- Palm Garden of West Palm Beach, West Palm Beach 176 beds
- Boynton Beach Rehabilitation Center, Boynton Beach 168 beds
- Boulevard Rehabilitation Center, Boynton Beach 167 beds
Rules that shape hiring in Florida
- Nursing home staffing floor. A Florida nursing home must provide a weekly average of 3.6 hours of direct care per resident per day, including at least 2.0 CNA hours (never fewer than one CNA per 20 residents) and 1.0 licensed-nurse hour (never fewer than one licensed nurse per 40 residents). Paid feeding assistants count toward the 3.6-hour total, not toward the CNA or nurse minimums. Florida Statutes § 400.23(3)(b)1 and (3)(c), as amended by HB 1239 (2022)
- When assisted living needs a nurse. An assisted living facility must hold a limited nursing services or extended congregate care license before it offers those services, and must employ or contract with a nurse to provide them, with a nursing assessment of each such resident at least monthly. Florida Administrative Code 59A-36.021 and 59A-36.022; Florida Statutes §§ 429.07, 429.255
- Home health director of nursing. A home health agency that provides skilled nursing care must have a director of nursing and may not operate more than 30 calendar days without one. AHCA must be notified within 10 business days when a director of nursing leaves and again when one is hired. Florida Statutes § 400.476(2)
For nurses
Nursing in Palm Beach County
Boca Raton and Delray Beach in the south, West Palm Beach in the middle, Jupiter and Palm Beach Gardens in the north, and Wellington and Royal Palm Beach to the west: Palm Beach County spreads its nursing jobs along forty miles of I-95 and the Turnpike. Tell us which stretch you will drive and the shift you want, and we bring roles inside it.
I-95 and the Turnpike carry most of the county’s commutes. Boca Raton to West Palm Beach is about 30 minutes off-peak; Jupiter adds another 20. Nurses in the south county often look toward Broward too, and we match across the line when they ask.
What is changing
What is changing in Palm Beach County.
Openings, expansions, and programs that move nurse demand here, each with its date and source.
Jupiter Medical Center breaks ground on a new hospital in western Palm Beach Gardens
29 inpatient beds, four operating rooms, and a 24-hour ER expected in early 2028, on top of the 92-bed patient care tower Jupiter Medical Center opened at the start of 2026. Steady RN demand at that system through 2028.
Source: WPTV
Alan B. Miller Medical Center holds its ribbon cutting in Palm Beach Gardens
A new full-service acute hospital with 156 private rooms, opening May 2026. UHS says it creates more than 800 jobs: a large new source of demand for med-surg, ICU, ED, and OR nurses in north Palm Beach County.
Source: Universal Health Services
Cleveland Clinic outlines its Palm Beach County growth plan
An outpatient and ambulatory surgery center at 15 CityPlace in November 2027, then a 200-bed West Palm Beach hospital at the end of 2029. Near-term hiring is ambulatory and perioperative; inpatient RN hiring follows closer to 2029.
Source: Cleveland Clinic Newsroom
Which Palm Beach County settings hire the most nurses through Soko?
Assisted living, memory care, and skilled nursing communities first, then skilled home health and hospice agencies, then hospitals hiring RNs onto their own staff.
Do you cover all of Palm Beach County?
Yes. Boca Raton and Delray Beach, Boynton Beach and Lake Worth Beach, West Palm Beach and its western communities, and Jupiter and Palm Beach Gardens in the north.
Are the numbers on this page for Palm Beach County or for the whole metro?
Facility counts, beds, ratings, and population are for Palm Beach County. Pay figures are for the Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach metro, because that is how the Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes them. Each figure names its source and date.
How Soko works
The same process for every Palm Beach opening.
Soko Nurse Network
A growing, private, referral-built community of nurses that Soko curates. Your opening goes to our own network first, not a job-board posting.
Reviewed by a registered nurse
Soko was founded by a registered nurse. Every candidate is reviewed for units, patient loads, and fit with the role before an introduction.
Soko Match
Every opening and every nurse is captured on the same details: license, setting, units, shift, and location. Requests are scored the moment they arrive, so the strongest matches move first.
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
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025
- Florida Center for Nursing, Florida's Nursing Workforce Supply by County (2023), 2020–21 license renewal cycle
- Florida Hospital Association and IHS Markit nurse workforce projections
- Florida HB 1239 (2022)
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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