Nursing Staffer - Capacity Management - 141102

UC San Diego Health; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 53,000; Part time

Job summary

UC San Diego Health in San Diego, CA is seeking a Nursing Staffer for Capacity Management. This 80% appointment provides bedside staffing aligned to patient acuity using the ANSOS system, with rotating shifts across two shifts.

You will coordinate contract labor, verify credentials, and support cross-coverage for a busy hospital capacity team. Responsibilities include managing the scheduling database, ensuring regulatory compliance, and communicating with the clinical team and next of kin as

Qualifications

• Three years of relevant clinical scheduling and staffing experience.
• Basic computer skills with email and Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Word, PowerPoint, and Excel).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide bedside staff as required by the patient acuity system.
• Maintain personnel database (ANSOS) and ensure staff credentials on file.
• Adjudicate all contract labor invoices.

Skills

Clinical scheduling

MS Office

Communication skills

Job description

Payroll Title

HOSP BLANK AST 3

Department

Capacity Management

Hiring Pay Scale

$29.15 - $38.46 / Hour

Worksite

Hillcrest

Appointment Type

Career

Appointment Percent

80%

Union

EX Contract

Total Openings

1

Work Schedule

8-Hour Rotating Shifts, Sunday-Saturday

140112 Nursing Staffer - Capacity Management

Extended Deadline

Tue 10/27/2026

UC San Diego values and welcomes people from all backgrounds. If you are interested in being part of our team, possess the needed licensure and certifications, and feel that you have most of the qualifications and/or transferable skills for a job opening, we strongly encourage you to apply.

UCSD Layoff from Career Appointment: Apply by 09/01/2026 for consideration with preference for rehire. All layoff applicants should contact their Employment Advisor.

Reassignment Applicants: Eligible Reassignment clients should contact their Disability Counselor for assistance.

Under general direction of Nursing Administration Management, responsible for providing bedside staff as required by the patient acuity system. Accurately maintains personnel database (ANSOS). Assures working staff has required credentials on file. Adjudicate all contract labor invoices.

As required, provides cross coverage with established team members and clinical and decedent affair coordinator as determined by management. The duties include, but are not limited to facilitating care through discussing postmortem process with legal next of kin, obtaining legal consent, and utilizing EMR systems for review and identification of information required by policy and guidelines; and coordinating various aspects of decedent affairs including, documentation, transportation coordination and compliance with regulatory agencies. Perform other work as requested.

The shifts for this position will rotate between the 2am-10:30am shift and the 12:30pm-9pm shift.

Minimum Qualifications

• Three years of relevant clinical scheduling and staffing experience.
• Basic computer skills with email and Microsoft Office applications (e.g. Word, PowerPoint, and Excel).
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• One (1) year of relevant experience in a large/comparable hospital setting.
• ANSOS/Web Scheduler system experience.
• Epic experience.
• Medical terminology and hospital environment experience.
• Demonstrated bed placement experience.
• Experience coordinating & collaborating operations & resources across multiple areas/sites.
• Experience coordinating & working with contract labor (registry and travel).
• Experience w/regulatory compliance.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

• Must be able to work various hours and locations based on business needs.
• Must be able to work at both UCSD Hillcrest and La Jolla hospitals.
• Telephone and message machine required.
• Must have access to reliable transportation.
• Employment is subject to a criminal background check and pre-employment physical.

Pay Transparency Act

Annual Full Pay Range: $60,865 - $80,304 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%)

Hourly Equivalent: $29.15 - $38.46

Factors in determining the appropriate compensation for a role include experience, skills, knowledge, abilities, education, licensure and certifications, and other business and organizational needs. The Hiring Pay Scale referenced in the job posting is the budgeted salary or hourly range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position. The Annual Full Pay Range may be broader than what the University anticipates to pay for this position, based on internal equity, budget, and collective bargaining agreements (when applicable).

If employed by the University of California, you will be required to comply with our Policy on Vaccination Programs, which may be amended or revised from time to time. Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements.

If applicable, life-support certifications (BLS, NRP, ACLS, etc.) must include hands-on practice and in-person skills assessment; online-only certification is not acceptable.

UC San Diego Health is the only academic health system in the San Diego region, providing leading-edge care in patient care, biomedical research, education, and community service. Our facilities include two university hospitals, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, Shiley Eye Institute, Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, the only Burn Center in the county, and dozens of outpatient clinics. We invite you to join our team!

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Misconduct Disclosure Requirement

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

• "Misconduct" means any violation of the policies governing employee conduct at the applicant's previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, or discrimination, as defined by the employer. For reference, below are UC's policies addressing some forms of misconduct:
• UC Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy
• UC Anti-Discrimination Policy
• Abusive Conduct in the Workplace