Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego

Recruiting materials put the bed count around 505–511; other profiles cite 524. It is a nonprofit with dozens of locations, thousands of employees, and a Magnet designation for nursing. If you are a Spring 2026 new grad, the stated base is $59.73 an hour with annual increases for the cohort. Shifts post as day, night, or rotating, in full-time, part-time, and per diem forms. A new ICU and Emergency Services pavilion is planned to add about 140 NICU, PICU, and CTICU beds and an 84-room ED, roughly doubling emergency capacity toward the late 2020s. The work is unionized. In 2025 members authorized a possible strike during contract talks, and local voices have said core nursing pay has not kept up. Glassdoor sits in the mid-to-high 3s with roughly six in ten willing to recommend. You get a clear pediatric mission, growth in critical care square footage, and the ordinary tradeoffs of a large California children's hospital.

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