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Direct-hire nurse recruitment · South Florida

Nurses from a network, not a job board.

Soko Healthcare matches skilled nursing, assisted living, home health, hospice, and hospital teams with nurses from the Soko Nurse Network, a growing, private community we curate. Every nurse is reviewed by a registered nurse and matched on license, setting, shift, and location.

Founded by a registered nurse
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  • Founded by a registered nurse
  • Direct hire only
  • No fee to nurses
  • Full-time and part-time
  • South Florida
  • RNs, LPNs, and nurse leaders

For healthcare facilities

Every week a nursing position stays open, someone pays for it.

Soko recruits for the position, not the shift: a direct hire on your payroll takes the line off the agency invoice for good.

For nursing professionals

Your next role, matched to how you want to work.

Tell us your license, units, shifts, and commute once. We match you to direct-hire roles that fit, and a registered nurse reviews every application.

What an open position costs: six sourced benchmarks

Who Soko recruits

Long-term and post-acute care first, and hospitals too.

RNs, LPNs, and nurse leaders, onto your payroll, full-time or part-time. One position or several.

Browse all 30 specialties
  1. Registered nurses

    RN supervisors, RN case managers, admissions and on-call RNs, and unit RNs for med-surg, telemetry, ICU, ED, OR, and PACU.

    Skilled nursing · Home health · Hospice · Hospitals · Outpatient

  2. Licensed practical nurses

    LPN charge nurses, field LPNs, and LPNs for limited nursing and extended congregate care.

    Skilled nursing · Assisted living · Home health · Hospice · Outpatient

  3. Directors of nursing and ADONs

    The leadership hire that shapes every other nursing hire, searched one at a time and in confidence.

    Skilled nursing · Home health

  4. Unit managers and nurse managers

    Unit managers, nurse managers, and charge nurses who run the floor.

    Skilled nursing · Hospitals

  5. MDS coordinators and clinical leadership

    MDS coordinators, clinical managers, and the clinical leadership a survey depends on.

    Skilled nursing · Home health · Hospice

  6. Wellness and resident care directors

    The nurse leaders assisted living communities build around.

    Assisted living

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Fit over speed

A fast hire that doesn’t last helps no one.

Every match weighs license, setting, units, and shift, and the goals behind them.

For healthcare facilities

Hire from our network.

Share the RN, LPN, or leadership roles you need to fill. Nurses you hire through Soko Healthcare join your staff, full-time or part-time. We do not staff shifts.

Direct hire, defined

With agency or per diem staffing, the nurse stays on the agency’s payroll and you pay a markup on every hour worked, for as long as the gap lasts. With direct hire, the nurse joins your staff as your own employee, with no ongoing markup. Nationally, agency LPNs in nursing homes cost about $22 an hour more than employed LPNs and agency RNs about $25 more (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ASPE, January 2025), and rates in many local markets run well above those averages.

How Soko works

From opening to introduction.

The same process for every request, so nothing waits in an inbox. You decide who interviews and who is hired.

  1. Share the opening

    Six quick questions about the role, then how to reach you. About two minutes. Your request is scored and routed the moment it arrives.

  2. We confirm the role and match it

    A short call to confirm the unit, shift, pay range, must-haves, and who signs and interviews. Then Soko Match lines up license, setting, shift, and location against nurses in the Soko Nurse Network.

  3. Meet nurses who fit

    A registered nurse reviews each candidate before we introduce them. You interview and make the hire, and the nurse joins your payroll.

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Known as a person with a career, not a profile in a database.

For nursing professionals

A recruiter who knows the work.

Tell us your license, units, shifts, and commute once. We match you to direct-hire roles that fit, and a registered nurse reviews every application.

  1. You tell us once

    Your license, units, shifts, and commute, captured on the same details we capture every opening on.

  2. A nurse reads it

    A registered nurse reviews every application. Not a keyword filter.

  3. Shared only to find you a role

    Your résumé and license details go only to employers that may hire you, under the agreement you sign with Soko. Your current employer never hears from us unless you ask.

  4. Direct hire only

    Full-time and part-time roles on the employer’s own staff. No per diem, travel, or shift work. And no fee to you: the employer pays Soko.

Why Soko Healthcare

Nurses we know, matched on what matters.

Soko is built on three things most recruiters don’t have: our own nurse network, a registered nurse reviewing every candidate, and a matching system that moves as fast as your openings.

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.

Frequently asked questions

Answers before you reach out.

The questions facilities and nurses ask first. Each FAQ is written for its reader.

How is direct hire different from agency staffing?

With agency or per diem staffing, the nurse stays on the agency’s payroll and you pay a markup on every hour worked, for as long as the gap lasts. With direct hire, the nurse joins your staff as your own employee, with no ongoing markup. Nationally, agency LPNs in nursing homes cost about $22 an hour more than employed LPNs and agency RNs about $25 more (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, ASPE, January 2025), and rates in many local markets run well above those averages.

This answer in the Facility FAQ
Do you staff shifts, per diem, or temporary coverage?

No. Soko Healthcare does not fill, schedule, or cover shifts, and does not send nurses on short notice. Soko recruits for full-time and part-time positions on the facility’s own payroll, where the facility hires the nurse directly. For shift, per diem, or temporary coverage, facilities typically use a staffing agency or a per-diem platform.

This answer in the Facility FAQ
Will my current employer know I applied?

No. Soko Healthcare shares your details only with prospective employers, to find you a role, as your agreement with Soko allows, and never contacts your current employer unless you ask us to.

This answer in the Nurse FAQ
Who sees my résumé?

Soko Healthcare, and the prospective employers Soko introduces you to. When you sign Soko’s Nurse Referral and Placement Agreement, you authorize Soko to share your résumé, license and certification details, availability, and contact information with prospective employers to find you a role. We never contact your current employer unless you ask, and you decide which interviews and offers to pursue.

This answer in the Nurse FAQ