Employer
Aurora San Diego
Assistant Director of Nursing
San Diego, CA
$144k/yr
Posted pay
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Posted Aug 10, 2026 · Last seen active Aug 16, 2026
What the listing says
- Base pay
- Pay Range: $144K
About this role
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Skills for this role
Certifications
Requirements
- California Registered Nurse License
- Clinical staff performance evaluation
- Managed Registered Nurses (RNs)
- Employee onboarding
- Staff performance monitoring
- Direct patient care
- Nursing
- Staff supervision
- Fiscal management
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.
- 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
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
On your path
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Worth asking
The posting doesn’t answer these. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through the differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?