RN - Medical Acute Overflow - San Diego - Days

Scripps Health; Escondido (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation incentives up to $7k

Job summary

Scripps Health’s Mercy San Diego campus on the Hillcrest community is seeking a benefited, full-time Med/Surg Overflow nurse for the 9th Floor unit. Work typically 12-hour day shifts from 7:00 a.m.

to 7:30 p.m., providing direct patient care and coordinating with an interdisciplinary team. The unit offers exposure to a diverse patient population with opportunities for professional growth in a mission-driven hospital known for quality care.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care within the scope of your practice and coordinate with the interdisciplinary team to implement and evaluate individualized care plans.
• Take primary responsibility for coordinating patient care as delivered by the care team under supervision, ensuring safety and patient-centered outcomes.
• Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals to optimize patient flow and care quality across shifts.

Job description

This is a benefited, full-time position working 12-hr day shifts generally from 7a-7:30pm.

Located at Scripps Mercy San Diego campus in the community of Hillcrest.

Elevate your career with Scripps Health, where Compassion Meets Excellence.

Since 1890, Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego has provided the highest-quality patient care to the downtown and central San Diego areas. Recognized as a teaching hospital that provides uninsured or underinsured patients with the utmost care and consideration. With a range of medical, primary, and specialty services, as well as a Level I trauma center and robot-assisted surgery, this San Diego hospital consistently delivers exceptional medical care.

Why Scripps Health?

At Scripps Health, your ambition is empowered, and your abilities are appreciated:

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.
• Scripps is a Great Place to Work Certified company for 2025.
• Scripps Health has been consistently ranked as a top employer for women, millennials, diversity, and as an overall workplace by various national publications.
• Beckers Healthcare ranked Scripps Health on its 2026 list of 150 top places to work in health care.
• We have transitional and professional development programs to create a learning environment that enables you to thrive in your specific field as well as in your overall career.
• Our specialties have been nationally recognized for quality in areas such as cardiovascular care, oncology, orthopedics, geriatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, and gastroenterology.

Join the Med/Surg Overflow Unit on the 9th Floor at Scripps Mercy Hospital San Diego, where you will be part of a mission-driven team dedicated to compassionate, high-quality patient care in a supportive and collaborative environment. This unit offers a dynamic clinical setting with a broad patient population, providing an excellent opportunity to strengthen core medical-surgical skills and gain valuable experience across a wide range of patient populations including some trauma overflow.

In this role, you will provide direct patient care within the scope of your practice, including comprehensive assessment, care planning, implementation of individualized plans of care, and evaluation of patient progress toward expected outcomes. You will take primary responsibility for coordinating patient care as delivered by the interdisciplinary care team under your supervision and work collaboratively with physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals to ensure safe, effective, and patient-centered outcomes.

Working on the Med/Surg Overflow unit offers exposure to diverse clinical scenarios, opportunities for professional growth, and the chance to make a meaningful impact while supporting hospital-wide patient flow and care excellence at one of San Diego’s leading healthcare organizations.

This position is eligible for New Hires and Relocation Incentives up to $7k.

The following are not eligible for hiring incentives:

• Internal candidates
• Rehires that left Scripps less than 3 years ago

In order to remain eligible for your retention incentive the following criteria must be met:

• Must remain in original hired FTE Status and Shift (if specified in offer letter)
• Must remain in original department/specialty
• Must remain in original Job Title
• Transfers to other locations will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis and may result in forfeiting remaining incentive bonus unless specifically noted in your offer letter.