Registered Nurse (RN) - FT Nights

California Rehabilitation Institute

Los Angeles, California

Eligibility: Sign-on bonus

Posted Jul 13

California Rehabilitation Institute workplace

Shift and hours: Nights
Unit and setting: Rehab
License: RN license
Term: Permanent

What it pays

Against similar roles: Top of Los Angeles staff RN payLos Angeles staff RN postings that state pay run $42/hr to $60/hr, the middle half $46/hr to $56/hr, across 182 postings.
Sign-on bonus: $7,500

Benefits

Extensive orientation program
Generous PTO and Paid Sick Time (EID or PST) for full-time team members
Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision insurance
Medical and life insurance
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Dental plan
Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan
Life and disability protection

The role and schedule

Charting: Epic

The workplace

California Rehabilitation Institute

Rehab Center

California Rehabilitation Institute (CRI) is an inpatient rehabilitation facility located in Century City, Los Angeles, CA. It operates as a joint venture partnership between Select Medical, UCLA Health, and Cedars-Sinai, combining the resources of two major academic medical centers with…

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Registered Nurse (RN) Full Time Nights (7:00pm-7:30am) at California Rehabilitation Institute, a joint venture with Cedars, UCLA, and Select Medical in Los Angeles, CA. Responsibilities include receiving admissions/transfers, initial and ongoing patient assessment, documentation using EPIC, interpreting assessment/diagnostic data including labs and telemetry, transcribing medical orders, promoting continuous quality improvement, and instructing/counseling patients and families. Partner with a Nursing Assistant on each shift handling a manageable case load to help patients achieve goals on their individual care plan.

What's around it?

In Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 14% above the US average

Median rent: $1,933/mo
Household income: $81,939/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Los Angeles, CA

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals without a car cluster in Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Santa Monica, Venice, West Hollywood, and parts of DTLA and Little Tokyo; mid-budget, transit-rich Koreatown is the workhorse pick and is described as more residential and family-oriented than it feels. Westwood sits beside UCLA; Culver City is growing around tech and media employers; Studio City mixes quieter Valley streets with restaurant access. Safer suburban value shows up in Glendale, Pasadena, Encino, Mar Vista, Playa Vista, and Porter Ranch (the lowest-priced of Extra Space’s 2026 five). You will live inside that pocket: Westside residents do not casually night-hop to Silver Lake.

Nurses and young professionals without a car cluster in Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Santa Monica, Venice, West Hollywood, and parts of DTLA and Little Tokyo; mid-budget, transit-rich Koreatown is the workhorse pick and is described as more residential and family-oriented than it feels. Westwood sits beside UCLA; Culver City is growing around tech and media employers; Studio City mixes quieter Valley streets with restaurant access.

Safer suburban value shows up in Glendale, Pasadena, Encino, Mar Vista, Playa Vista, and Porter Ranch (the lowest-priced of Extra Space’s 2026 five). You will live inside that pocket: Westside residents do not casually night-hop to Silver Lake.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: simplemoving.us Source 4: quora.com Source 5: thebrassy.com

Getting aroundLocals answer distance in minutes, not miles; rush hour roughly 8-10 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. can stall even short hops, so living near the hospital beats any clever route. For downtown and USC-area shifts, Koreatown’s Purple Line to Metro Center plus the Expo Line is about 15-25 minutes; Chinatown’s Union Station has a free USC shuttle and Red Line access; East Hollywood’s Red Line is about 20-30 minutes; North Hollywood/Universal City is 40-50 minutes on the Red Line with Park-and-Ride. Silver Lake and Los Feliz have weak transit, so a car commute toward downtown is the norm. The Valley is more car-dependent and about 5-10 degrees hotter in summer than neighborhoods south of the hills; Kaiser in East Hollywood is one of the few hospital nodes named in neighborhood advice.

Locals answer distance in minutes, not miles; rush hour roughly 8-10 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. can stall even short hops, so living near the hospital beats any clever route. For downtown and USC-area shifts, Koreatown’s Purple Line to Metro Center plus the Expo Line is about 15-25 minutes; Chinatown’s Union Station has a free USC shuttle and Red Line access; East Hollywood’s Red Line is about 20-30 minutes; North Hollywood/Universal City is 40-50 minutes on the Red Line with Park-and-Ride.

Silver Lake and Los Feliz have weak transit, so a car commute toward downtown is the norm. The Valley is more car-dependent and about 5-10 degrees hotter in summer than neighborhoods south of the hills; Kaiser in East Hollywood is one of the few hospital nodes named in neighborhood advice.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: quora.com Source 2: thebrassy.com Source 3: simplemoving.us

OutdoorsThe Santa Monica Pier, wide beach, and beach bike path south through Venice skate park, Muscle Beach, the Venice Canals, and Marina del Rey’s North Jetty—or north toward Malibu Pier and El Matador State Beach—are the everyday outdoor circuit. Griffith Observatory, the Hollywood Sign hike, Barnsdall Park, Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, Los Leones, and the Getty Villa’s ocean-cliff gardens are the in-city trail-and-view hits. Foothill and canyon neighborhoods add runoff and fire-season exposure. Catalina Island and a PCH drive between Palos Verdes, Long Beach, and Malibu are classic weekend escapes; California’s nine national parks sit within a day’s drive.

The Santa Monica Pier, wide beach, and beach bike path south through Venice skate park, Muscle Beach, the Venice Canals, and Marina del Rey’s North Jetty—or north toward Malibu Pier and El Matador State Beach—are the everyday outdoor circuit. Griffith Observatory, the Hollywood Sign hike, Barnsdall Park, Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, Los Leones, and the Getty Villa’s ocean-cliff gardens are the in-city trail-and-view hits.

Foothill and canyon neighborhoods add runoff and fire-season exposure. Catalina Island and a PCH drive between Palos Verdes, Long Beach, and Malibu are classic weekend escapes; California’s nine national parks sit within a day’s drive.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: discoverlosangeles.com Source 2: bloggeratlarge.com Source 3: thebrassy.com Source 4: thebrassy.com Source 5: thehonestlocal.com

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Los Angeles is a 469-square-mile region pretending to be one city: you will spend most of life within a few miles of home, so choose the neighborhood that matches your hospital and shifts. Santa Monica and Venice buy marine-layer summers, the pier, and the beach bike path at roughly $3,000-$5,000 rents; Koreatown, Chinatown, East Hollywood, and DTLA/Little Tokyo put nurses on the Purple, Red, or Expo lines (about 15-30 minutes toward downtown and USC). Los Feliz and Silver Lake offer Griffith Observatory, greener streets, and food from Ye Rustic Inn to Grand Central Market, with weaker transit. Encino, Porter Ranch, Glendale, and Pasadena trade heat and a car for space, schools, and higher safety scores (Porter Ranch safer than 94% of the city). Tradeoffs are steep housing, 8-10 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. gridlock, canyon wildfire risk, and visible homelessness—offset by 260-plus sunny days, mild winters, and a food-and-outdoors density few U.S. cities match.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: thebrassy.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: simplemoving.us Source 4: quora.com Source 5: reddit.com Source 6: thehonestlocal.com Source 7: bloggeratlarge.com

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Los Angeles, CAFrom Census ACS 2024.