Clinical Nurse RN - Surgery - Sharp Grossmont Hospital - 10 Hour Variable Shift - Full Time - Eligible for New Hire Relocation Incentive
La Mesa, California
- Shift and hours
- 10-hour rotating4 shifts · 40 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Surgery · Hospital
- License
- RN license
- Term
- Permanent
Do you qualify?
- New grads
- Welcomed 1 Year clinical experience (RNs with less than 12 months experience will complete the new grad requirements).
- Also asks
- CA RN
Your six-month RN application plan
Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.
6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questionsAround graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license
Why start this early?
Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for California OR rolesCalifornia OR postings that state pay run $43/hr to $93/hr, the middle half $56/hr to $81/hr, across 36 postings.
- Tuition assistance
- Offered
Benefits
- Medical insurance (two HMO plans including vision)
- Dental insurance (two PPO choices)
- Vision insurance
- Flexible spending accounts
- Accident insurance
- Long-term disability insurance
More benefits (10)
- Life insurance
- Paid time off (25 days in first year including vacation, holiday and sick leave)
- Wellness programs
- Employee assistance program
- Retirement plans (401(a) and 403(b))
- Tuition reimbursement and educational opportunities
- Employee discount programs (group legal, college savings, critical illness insurance, group auto and home insurance, pet insurance)
- $5,000 New Hire Relocation Incentive
- $2,500 Employee Referral Incentive
- Employee Referral Bonus
The role and schedule
- Charge
- Charge shifts are part of the role
- Union
- Union position
- Hours stated
- Variable
- Weekends
- Every other weekend
- On call
- On-call rotation
The workplace
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for holiday and rotation?
More questions to askFewer questions
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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At Sharp, being a nurse means transforming the health care experience for your patients, for your colleagues and for yourself. In a collaborative environment with state-of-the-art facilities and advanced clinical practices, we encourage you to follow your passions wherever they take you. As a recognized leader in nursing excellence with Magnet recognitions for high-quality, patient-centered care, we invite you to join us in providing health care the way it should be. To provide direct and indirect nursing services to patients and families.
What's around it?
La Mesa, CAFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 11% above the US average
- Median rent
- $2,049/mo
- Household income
- $95,028/yr, all local households, not nurse pay