(RN) Registered Nurse - Mission Control - 141951

University of California San Diego; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 121,000 - 136,000; Full time

Job summary

UC San Diego Health seeks an experienced Enterprise Bed Flow Nurse to join the 24/7 Mission Control. You will coordinate bed placement, optimize patient throughput, and support seamless care transitions across multiple locations.

Key responsibilities include leading daily bed meetings, coordinating transfers, and addressing discharge delays while ensuring high-quality patient care and compliance with hospital policies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing required.
• Registered Nurse (RN) license issued by California.
• Current UCSD BART or BLS certification with plan to obtain BART within six months.
• 4+ years of inpatient RN experience.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate patient placement across UCSD Health locations.
• Lead daily bed meetings to align patient flow and bed availability.
• Monitor discharge delays and address barriers to throughput.
• Coordinate interfacility transfer requests with clinical teams and transport services.
• Ensure timely and safe transitions of care across units and facilities.
• Support compliance with EMTALA and transfer policies.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Analytical thinking

Clinical judgment

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

RN license (California)

BART/BLS certification

Job description

Payroll Title: NURSE SVC SUPV 2

Department: Mission Control

Hiring Pay Scale: $87.50 - $99.00 / Hour

Worksite: Jacobs Medical Center

Appointment Type: Career

Appointment Percent: 90%

Union: Uncovered

Total Openings: 3

Work Schedule: Variable, 12-Hour Shifts, Sunday - Saturday

#141951 (RN) Registered Nurse - Mission Control

Filing Deadline: Thu 11/5/2026

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 10/28/2026 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.

DESCRIPTION

UC San Diego Health is proud to be a four-time Magnet-designated organization and has now earned Magnet with Distinction from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Magnet is the gold standard for nursing excellence, achieved by only about 10% of hospitals worldwide. Magnet with Distinction is awarded to the highest-performing Magnet organizations, with only a select few earning this prestigious honor. This recognition reflects our commitment to transformational leadership, professional nursing excellence, innovation, exceptional patient outcomes, and an empowering practice environment where nurses thrive.

UC San Diego Health is seeking an experienced and collaborative Enterprise Bed Flow Nurse to join our 24/7 Mission Control. This role plays a critical part in ensuring safe, efficient, and timely patient movement across all UCSDH locations. The Enterprise Bed Flow Nurse will leverage clinical expertise and operational insight to coordinate bed placement, optimize patient throughput, and support seamless care transitions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Coordinate and oversee patient placement across UCSDH locations, ensuring alignment with clinical needs and organizational priorities.
• Implements established protocols during increased census, initiates alerts per Mission Control policy and actively oversees bed tracking dashboards to ensure real-time accuracy and communicate updates during bed huddles.
• Partner with Unit Charge Nurses across three locations to assess patient acuity and prioritize bed placement for EDIP and Post-Operative patients.
• Leads structured daily bed meetings to ensure an organized and coordinated approach to patient placement.
• Monitor and follow up on discharge delays, proactively identifying and addressing barriers to timely patient throughput.
• Facilitate real-time communication between care teams to ensure safe and effective transitions of care.
• Participate in ongoing performance and quality improvement initiatives to enhance flow processes, streamline communication, and minimize delays.
• Apply clinical expertise and hospital policies to support safe and effective patient transitions throughout the enterprise.
• Coordinate incoming and outgoing interfacility transfer requests, ensuring timely placement of patients based on clinical needs, level of care, and bed availability.
• Serve as the central communication hub between referring providers, accepting physicians, nursing teams, transport services, and operational leaders to facilitate seamless patient transfers.
• Facilitate physician-to-physician consultations and acceptance processes in accordance with organizational policies and regulatory requirements.
• Monitor transfer request volume, turnaround times, and barriers to placement, escalating urgent issues as appropriate to ensure timely access to care.
• Support compliance with EMTALA, transfer agreements, and documentation requirements related to patient transfers and referrals.
• Collaborate with Mission Control, Bed Management, Emergency Departments, Procedural Areas, and inpatient units to optimize patient flow across the health system.
• Provide clinical triage and prioritization of transfer requests, utilizing nursing judgment to align patient needs with available resources and capabilities.
• Maintain situational awareness of system capacity, specialty service availability, and operational constraints to support enterprise-wide patient access and throughput.
• Other duties as assigned.

While not required, a cover letter is highly recommended when applying to this position.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• A Bachelor's Degree in Nursing.
• Registered Nurse (RN) issued by the state of California.
• Current UCSD BART certification, or BLS certification at time of hire with commitment to get BART within six months of hire date.
• House Supervisor with placement experience OR Inpatient System Flow Experience (RN).
• Four (4+) or more years of inpatient RN experience.
• Demonstrated strong interpersonal skills, ability to communicate clearly with individuals at all organizational levels (including physicians, nurse leaders, and administrative leaders), and comfort working in a dynamic, rapidly changing environment.
• Demonstrated skills to manage the complex workflow and multiple priorities involved with a patient care unit.
• In-depth knowledge of patient care clinical standards and care delivery, systems, external regulations and internal policies.
• Knowledge of human resources management policies, with the ability to train, monitor, evaluate, and document human resources matters and employee performance. Provides input to decision-makers on human resources matters.
• Excellent analytical and critical thinking skills, with the ability to quickly analyze problems, determine appropriate levels of intervention, and develop and apply effective solutions.
• Effective interpersonal skills for effective information exchange and problem-solving with all levels of management and staff, consultants and outside agencies.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to train and mentor subordinates, to convey complex clinical and technical information in a clear and concise manner. Prepares and presents a variety of reports, documentation, analyses, and project proposals
• Knowledge of business software and specialized applications and data management systems used in nursing units or departments.
• Demonstrated hospital management skills, with progressive expertise in patient care services.
• Knowledge to manage disaster incidents, and sentinel events and ability to problem solve with critical thinking skills.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• MSN or relevant graduate degree.
• Relevant nursing certification (CCRN, NE-BC, CNML, etc.).
• Inpatient flow RN experience.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS

• Must be able to work various hours and locations based on business needs.
• Employment is subject to a criminal background check and pre-employment physical.

Pay Transparency Act

Annual Full Pay Range: $136,600 - $267,600 (will be prorated if the appointment percentage is less than 100%)

Hourly Equivalent: $65.42 - $128.16

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).

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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