Labor & Delivery RN

San Luis Obispo, California

As our Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery.

Eligibility: Labor and Delivery

Posted Sep 12

Shift and hours: Nights36 hours a week
Unit and setting: Labor and Delivery Nursing · Hospital
License: RN license
Term: Permanent

Do you qualify?

New grads: Welcomed
Also asks: keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others.

What it pays

Against similar roles: In range for California L&D rolesCalifornia L&D postings that state pay run $62/hr to $98/hr, the middle half $63/hr to $87/hr, across 39 postings.
Tuition assistance: Offered

Benefits

Benefitshealth/dental/vision coveragehealth/dental/vision
Benefitsmatching retirement plansmatching retirement plans
Benefitspaid time offpaid time off
Benefitstuition assistancetuition assistance
Benefitsadoption assistanceadoption assistance
health/dental/vision
FSA

The role and schedule

Day to day: provide individualized, comprehensive care
Day to day: make critical assessments
Day to day: perform skilled procedures
Day to day: implement patient care plans
Day to day: collaborate within an interdisciplinary team You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

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CommonSpirit Health

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As our Registered Nurse (RN), you will be a pivotal healthcare professional, delivering compassionate, high-quality care that truly impacts our patients' well-being and recovery. Every day, you will leverage your expertise to provide individualized, comprehensive care, making critical assessments, performing skilled procedures, and meticulously implementing patient care plans. You'll collaborate seamlessly within an interdisciplinary team, contributing to a dynamic environment focused on optimal patient outcomes.

To be successful in this role, you will possess keen assessment skills, acute critical thinking, and a patient-first mindset, driven by a profound enthusiasm to help others. Your sense of urgency and dedication to excellence in a fast-paced environment will not only support patient recovery but also fuel your own career advancement.

What's around it?

In San Luis Obispo, CA

San Luis Obispo, CAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 9% above the US average

Median rent: $1,965/mo
Household income: $73,685/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in San Luis Obispo, CA

NeighborhoodsDowntown San Luis Obispo is the walkable core—restaurants, shops, nightlife, historic homes, and a short hop to Cal Poly—with higher prices, noise, activity, and limited parking. Laguna Lake is a popular suburban residential pocket known for parks, open space, and trail access; it suits people who want nature nearby but accept more driving and weaker walkability to downtown. Bishop Peak and the Foothill area are quieter, view-oriented neighborhoods of established homes with direct hiking access, limited inventory, and mixed home ages and conditions. SLO’s East Side is framed as family-friendly with more entry-level stock for first-time buyers; the Cal Poly/West University area is campus-adjacent; Los Ranchos/Edna Valley leans toward vineyard acreage and luxury estates (airport/air traffic is a factor on that south side). Nearby Pismo Beach and Arroyo Grande are the usual “somewhat more affordable” alternatives, about a 25–30 minute commute into SLO.

Downtown San Luis Obispo is the walkable core—restaurants, shops, nightlife, historic homes, and a short hop to Cal Poly—with higher prices, noise, activity, and limited parking. Laguna Lake is a popular suburban residential pocket known for parks, open space, and trail access; it suits people who want nature nearby but accept more driving and weaker walkability to downtown.

Bishop Peak and the Foothill area are quieter, view-oriented neighborhoods of established homes with direct hiking access, limited inventory, and mixed home ages and conditions. SLO’s East Side is framed as family-friendly with more entry-level stock for first-time buyers; the Cal Poly/West University area is campus-adjacent; Los Ranchos/Edna Valley leans toward vineyard acreage and luxury estates (airport/air traffic is a factor on that south side).

Nearby Pismo Beach and Arroyo Grande are the usual “somewhat more affordable” alternatives, about a 25–30 minute commute into SLO.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: pillarrealestate.com Source 2: youtube.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: apartmentguide.com

Getting aroundU.S. News reports an average San Luis Obispo commute of about 13.29 minutes, reflecting a compact city rather than a long suburban grind. Downtown living buys that convenience at the cost of limited parking; Laguna Lake and similar residential areas mean more driving for errands and nightlife. Relocators commonly live in Pismo Beach or Arroyo Grande and budget 25–30 minutes into SLO. Highway 101 is the county spine; San Luis Obispo’s airport and associated air traffic sit toward Edna Valley. Sources do not name hospital campuses, transit lines, or shift-parking rules, so expect a car-first pattern outside the downtown core.

U.S. News reports an average San Luis Obispo commute of about 13.29 minutes, reflecting a compact city rather than a long suburban grind. Downtown living buys that convenience at the cost of limited parking; Laguna Lake and similar residential areas mean more driving for errands and nightlife.

Relocators commonly live in Pismo Beach or Arroyo Grande and budget 25–30 minutes into SLO. Highway 101 is the county spine; San Luis Obispo’s airport and associated air traffic sit toward Edna Valley.

Sources do not name hospital campuses, transit lines, or shift-parking rules, so expect a car-first pattern outside the downtown core.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: realestate.usnews.com Source 2: pillarrealestate.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: youtube.com

OutdoorsOutdoor life is the city’s main amenity: more than 50 parks, volcanic Nine Sisters peaks running toward Morro Bay, and trailheads inside town. Bishop Peak is the signature hike with city views; Laguna Lake offers parks and open space; Montana de Oro State Park and Pismo Preserve are the big coastal hiking days. Avila Beach and Pismo Beach sit a short drive away (a creek runs from SLO toward Avila); the county markets about 80 miles of beaches. Edna Valley vineyards start at the south edge; elephant seals are a San Simeon outing. Hiking and mountain biking are year-round in the mild climate.

Outdoor life is the city’s main amenity: more than 50 parks, volcanic Nine Sisters peaks running toward Morro Bay, and trailheads inside town. Bishop Peak is the signature hike with city views; Laguna Lake offers parks and open space; Montana de Oro State Park and Pismo Preserve are the big coastal hiking days.

Avila Beach and Pismo Beach sit a short drive away (a creek runs from SLO toward Avila); the county markets about 80 miles of beaches. Edna Valley vineyards start at the south edge; elephant seals are a San Simeon outing.

Hiking and mountain biking are year-round in the mild climate.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: slocal.com Source 2: visitcalifornia.com Source 3: sandssuites.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: apartmentguide.com Source 6: pillarrealestate.com Source 7: facebook.com

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Living in San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo is a compact Central Coast college town between volcanic peaks and wine country, halfway from L.A. to San Francisco on Highway 101. Cal Poly keeps the median age near 30 and downtown—Higuera Street, the 1772 Mission, Bubblegum Alley, Scout Coffee, Firestone Grill—alive, especially at Thursday’s Farmers Market. Bishop Peak, Laguna Lake, Montana de Oro, and the Nine Sisters make after-shift hikes realistic; Avila and Pismo are close, if chilly. Edna Valley vineyards start at the city’s edge. Housing is the shock: median homes near $900,000–$953,000 and one-bedroom rents from the high $1,800s to about $3,000. Downtown is walkable but noisy with tight parking; Laguna Lake and Foothill trade convenience for trails; the East Side plus Arroyo Grande or Pismo (25–30 minutes) stretch a budget further. In-town commutes average about 13 minutes, yet SLO is somewhat isolated, restaurants close early, and locals flag a thinner job market and healthcare challenges. Weather consoles: about 285 sunny days, August highs near 80°F, winter nights around 50°F.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: visitcalifornia.com Source 2: realestate.usnews.com Source 3: apartmentguide.com Source 4: pillarrealestate.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: sandssuites.com Source 7: reddit.com Source 8: slocal.com

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San Luis Obispo, CAFrom Census ACS 2024.