Registered Nurse (Per diem) - Emergency
- Night differential $8.00/hr
- PRN / per diem
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- RN license
How this pay compares
This posting states $83.04–$111.05 an hour. Open emergency room nurse jobs in California post a median of $68.59 an hour, the middle half $62.16–$76.74, across 189 jobs that state their pay, so this one is above the middle half of what they post. Emergency room nurses employed in California earn a median of $67.44 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).
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Medicare rating of Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula
Medicare gives Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula 4 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; California's hospitals average 3.1). 82% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Medicare cut its pay for patient harm in fiscal 2026. Its central line bloodstream infections ran 39% below predicted by Medicare's measure. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · California hospitals by rating.
What this hospital paid
By Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula's report to Medicare, its registered nurse hours averaged $102.55 an hour in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits, against $85.20 an hour across California's hospitals. An average over every such hour, not this job's pay: the posting states its own. What California hospitals pay nurses.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Medicare lists Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula as a non-profit hospital: the kind of employer PSLF counts (a government organization or a 501(c)(3) non-profit) for its own full-time staff, toward forgiveness of federal Direct Loans after 120 qualifying payments. The federal PSLF Help Tool confirms an employer by the EIN on your W-2. Every PSLF-eligible hospital hiring.
What California law says about nurse staffing
- Minimum nurse-to-patient ratios: General acute care hospitals must keep licensed nurse-to-patient ratios by unit, for example 1:2 in critical care and 1:5 in medical-surgical units. Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22, § 70217(a) (source: Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22, § 70217(a))
Registered nurse and LPN jobs in our research
- How long these jobs stay listed: Median days to removal 28.0 days · Still listed at 7 days 80.7%
- Applicant demand per open job on this site (1.00x is the average job): Index 0.45x · Clicks 136
- How often these jobs state their pay: Jobs stating any pay 54.8% · Stating an hourly rate 34.1%
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About the job
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Job Description
Under the leadership of the department director, assistant director, nursing supervisor, and/or charge nurse, the registered nurse is responsible and accountable for planning directing, assessing and providing nursing care according to the policies and procedures of the hospital and Emergency Department. Important dimensions of this position consist of quality of care, professional commitment, teamwork, interpersonal skills, safety, good public/customer relations and a broad nursing knowledge. The registered nurse is an experienced nurse who shall orient new staff, precept students, and assume relief charge nurse duty as oriented and assigned.
Experience
Must have a minimum of 2 year of recent Emergency Department experience and/or successful completion of the CHOMP Emergency Nurse Orientation (ENO) program. Must have knowledge of hemodynamics and basic IV skills, and a thorough understanding of cardiac rhythms. Excellent assessment skills, above average critical thinking skills, the ability to work in a fast- paced and often stressful environment, and the ability to work autonomously are essential.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in nursing preferred.
Must pass orientation and initial competency assessment prior to independent assignment of patients requiring the applicable skill, and must complete and pass all annual competencies.
Licensure/Certifications
State of California RN license required. American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS, ACLS, PALS, and NIHSS*- Stroke Certification is required. Assault crisis training must be completed within the first 6 months of hire.
*Training program positions and internal transfers from units not requiring stroke certification must complete required stroke certification before taking an independent stroke assignment. Education to be completed by the stroke coordinator. In her absence the educator or manager may deliver required stroke education.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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Assigned Work Hours
varied - AM, midshift and NOC
Position Type
Per Diem
Pay Range (based on years of applicable experience):
$83.04
to
$111.05
The hours employees work determine when a shift differential is paid.
Hourly Evening Shift Differential: $5.50
Hourly Night Shift Differential: $8.00
From Montage Health's job posting, checked 12 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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