Rady Children's Health

Health system employer · Based in San Diego, California

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On the floor

What the day-to-day looks like

Shifts hiring now: Nights 1

Benefits

The employer states competitive salaries, robust benefits, generous PTO, and retirement savings with a contribution match.

The city

Living in San Diego, CA

San Diego pairs year-round beach weather with a laid-back outdoor lifestyle that makes it easy to trade scrubs for surfboards after a shift. Balboa Park offers trails and museums, while neighborhoods like Hillcrest give nurses walkable dining and nightlife options.

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Metro price level · San Diego area: 12% above the national average; BEA index 111.9 (100 = national)
Median gross rent: $2,313/mo; rent and tenant-paid utilities
Median household income: $108,077/yr; all local households, not nurse pay

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Who they are

You walk into a hospital designed, equipped, and staffed only for children — the region's pediatric trauma center. The Pediatric Emergency Department is a Level I trauma ED that treats more than 100,000 children a year.

Hiring nights

More about Rady Children's Health

The role on the board is part-time nights, 0.6 FTE, 24 hours a week on 8-hour shifts. You would need an ADN, one year of experience, a California RN license, and AHA BLS; PALS within three months and ACLS within a year. They prefer a BSN and three years. The employer describes competitive salaries, robust benefits, generous PTO, and retirement savings with a contribution match. The posting reads as union. This is a Magnet-designated organization, and the Ped ED holds an ENA Lantern Award. They describe a multidisciplinary environment that values communication, inclusion, collaboration, and mentorship, plus support and career advancement. There are Team Rady events and employee recognition. Rady Children's Health has been bringing legacy organizations together as one children's health system. You will also see Neonatal Intensive Care and Hematology/Oncology openings, and jobs listed in San Diego, Murrieta, Oceanside, Encinitas, Escondido, and Hemet. A new-grad RN residency is named in worker posts, but people tied to the Orange County side say that residency is being cut or suspended.

Legacy organizations have been coming together as one children's health system under a shared Rady Children's Health mission.

Why nurses stay

How they describe the culture

mentorshipcollaborationinclusionpediatricmultidisciplinaryunionrecognitioncommunication

What nurses say in reviews

The good

Magnet-designated organization
ENA Lantern Award for the Pediatric Emergency Department
Level I pediatric trauma ED; region's only dedicated pediatric ED, built only for children
Sign-on and relocation bonuses for qualified Pediatric ED RNs
Employer describes competitive salaries, robust benefits, generous PTO, and a retirement contribution match
Multidisciplinary environment that values communication, inclusion, collaboration, and mentorship

The hard parts

The posted Pediatric ED RN role requires at least one year of experience
Pay visibility is thin — one posting at $64.39 an hour, below the $66.25 hourly median we have for nearby UC San Diego Health

The reality check

Before you decide

Quick facts

Relationship: Umbrella organization
Roles last seen active: Aug 30, 2026
Website: rchsd.org ↗

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