Registered Nurse (RN) (Per-Diem) - Pediatric Sub-Acute
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
San Diego, CAPer Diem$53.27–88/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Registered Nurse provides pediatric sub-acute and long-term care at the Bernardy Center, supporting children with special needs and their families as they transition from acute care. The role independently applies the nursing process, delivers developmentally appropriate care, and serves as a clinical role model and resource to staff. The center also emphasizes family support, parent education, and children’s developmental, emotional, and physical well-being.
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Full job description
Are you looking for an opportunity to make a difference in the lives of children with special needs? The Bernardy Center is a 5-star rated pediatric subacute and long term care facility that helps patients and their families transition from the acute care environment by providing additional support and parent education prior to going home. The Bernardy Center team provides more than just medical support. Because they are children first, the developmental, emotionally and physical well-being of each child is the focus of care. Bernardy staff participate with the children in community as well as unit activities. So if you are looking to find a nursing position in which you have the time and opportunity to get to really know your patients and work alongside their families as well as make a life changing difference, the Bernardy Center team is looking for you!
JOB SUMMARY:
Responsible for independently applying the nursing process through the assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation & documentation of pediatric patient care. Selects & administers the appropriate care, taking into consideration the age, developmental level & size of the patient. Provides a caring relationship that facilitates health, healing & quality of life. Able to identify own limitations & seeks resources, as needed. Acts as role model & resource person providing clinical leadership to other staff members & ensures quality clinical practices, skills, & developmentally appropriate activities for the residents.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Associate's Degree
1 year of experience
Current California RN license
BLS for Healthcare Providers, issued by American Heart Association
PALS (AHA) within 6 months of hire
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's Degree
2 years of experience
Minimum one year of supervisory experience
Experience working with ventilator-dependent children and children with developmental disabilities
The current salary range for this position is $53.27 to $88.00
A candidate’s placement in the range will be determined based on the terms and conditions of the applicable collective bargaining agreement. Rady Children’s Hospital is committed to being externally competitive and internally equitable. We demonstrate this commitment by reviewing market data to remain competitive within the nonprofit, healthcare sector. This posting will remain open from the “date posted” until the hiring manager has determined there is a sufficient applicant pool or until the position is filled.
EOE including disability/vet
How this job compares
Set against the 59,021 open Registered Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$53.27–88/hr
- California median$53–75/hr1,541 hourly ranges
- US median$38–54/hr24,640 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $70.64/hr, is 12% above the California median midpoint ($63/hr) — in the middle half of Registered Nurse hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 2,401 open Registered Nurse jobs in California and 59,021 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Kaiser Permanente299 open
- Health Advocates Network217 open
- Sutter Health176 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience; Registered Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year at the median (28,717 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 16,688 of the 59,021 open Registered Nurse jobs (28%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 31, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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