RN - Supervisor - Labor&Delivery/Post-Partum - Encinitas

Scripps Health; Encinitas (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Scripps Health in Encinitas, CA is seeking a Supervisor of Patient Care Registered Nurse to lead the Maternal Child Health team on night and day shifts. This full-time role ensures nursing practice meets established standards and promotes patient safety while coordinating staffing and bed management.

The Supervisor collaborates with the Patient Care Manager, oversees bed placement, transfers, and discharges, and provides hand-offs to the next level of care.

Qualifications

• Active California RN license.
• BSN preferred or higher.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Experience supervising nursing staff.

Responsibilities

• Lead nursing unit and manage daily staffing plans.
• Ensure bed placement and patient transfers using Teletracking; adherence to care processes.
• Oversee discharge planning and hand-offs to the next level of care.

Skills

Nursing leadership

Staff scheduling

Patient safety

Communication

Education

Registered Nurse License – California

BSN preferred

Tools

Teletracking

Job description

This is a full-time benefited position working night shift. Schedule includes 12-hour charge shifts and 8-hour admin shifts.

Position does cover weekends and only takes calls on holidays as needed.

This role rotates work caring for L&D, Antepartum, Postpartum, and newborn patients. Located at Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas.

Why join 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 2026
• 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.

Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas is proud to be recognized as the first hospital in San Diego County to receive the official designation of Baby-Friendly by the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF).

We invite you to join our highly engaged Maternal Child Health team as a Supervisor of Patient Care Registered Nurse.

As a Supervisor of Patient Care, you will ensure nursing practice reflects established standards of care and practice and a culture that promotes patient safety. In addition, you will be responsible for:

• Under the general direction of the Patient Care Manager, shares leadership responsibilities for the nursing unit, including managing daily staffing plans.
• Ensures appropriate and timely use of bed placement technology (Teletracking) and adherence to care processes for bed placement/patient transfer/patient transport/room cleaning and patient discharge.
• Ensures the safe transition of patients through the continuum of care to include active participation of nursing staff in planning and coordinating patient care, and direct hand-off to next appropriate level of care.