Skip to content

Nurses

Registered Nurse - Emergency Department - Sharp Tri City - Nights - Full-time - May be eligible for up to 12.5k in New Hire Incentives

Sharp HealthCare logoSharp HealthCare$44.670–$56.760/hrSTCMC Tri-City Medical Center Main Campus - 4002 Vista Way (Oceanside, CA)Full timePosted 3w agoStill open, checked every night

How this pay compares

This posting states $44.67–$56.76 an hour. Open emergency room nurse jobs in California post a median of $67.87 an hour, the middle half $62.16–$72.42, across 174 jobs that state their pay, so this one is below 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).

Emergency room nurses in California: pay by town and employer

The Registered Nurses & LPNs job market: pay, applicant demand and hiring, researched nightly

What California law requires of the employer

  • 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))

Every state's nurse staffing law, in its own words

Registered nurse and LPN jobs in our research

  • How long these jobs stay listed: Still listed at 7 days 81.0%
  • Applicant demand per open job on this site (1.00x is the average job): Index 0.45x · Clicks 134
  • How often these jobs state their pay: Jobs stating any pay 54.7% · Stating an hourly rate 33.9%

From every open job we read and every apply click on this site, as of 9 Nov 2026. Every figure for Registered nurse and LPN jobs

About the job

Hours :

Shift Start Time

7 PM

Shift End Time

7:30 AM

AWS Hours Requirement

12/36 - 12 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information

Weekend Requirements

Every Other

On-Call Required

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum)

$44.670 - $56.760 - $68.850

This position is covered by a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) with CNA.

What You Will Do

The staff Registered Nurse (RN) is a professional caregiver who performs patient assessment, develops, implements and evaluates effectiveness of an interdisciplinary plan of care for patient populations with various diagnoses. Maintains professional standards of conduct and ethics as outlined in department expectations and professional organizations. Provides education to patients, families, caregivers and other health professionals. Assists in the supervision of other staff members, students and volunteers, as appropriate. Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to patients'/caregivers' rights, as identified within the institution.

Required Qualifications

  • Six (6) months of Emergency experience as a Registered Nurse, required. May consider (2) years of expereience in an acute care hospital in lieu of emergency experience.

One (1) year experience in acute care, sub-acute care, rehab setting or urgent care center.

  • California Registered Nurse (RN) - CA Board of Registered Nursing -REQUIRED
  • AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Other Qualification Requirements

  • Current ACLS required upon hire; American Heart Association Healthcare Provider. Transitional: within 90 days. - REQUIRED

PALS within 180 days of hire. Transitional: within 180 days. - REQUIRED

NVCI within 90 days of hire or by the end of orientation, whichever comes first. - REQUIRED

NIH Stroke Scale within 90 days of hire. - REQUIRED

Essential Functions

  • The position characteristics reflect the most important duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job in a fully competent manner. They should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. The characteristics of the position and standards of performance may be changed by TCMC with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.

Maintains a safe, clean working environment, including unit based safety and infection control requirements.

Professional caregiver who performs patient assessment

Develops, implements and evaluates effectiveness of an interdisciplinary plan of care for patient populations with various diagnoses.

Maintains professional standards of conduct and ethics as outlined in department expectations and professional organizations. Provides education to patients, families, caregivers and other health professionals.

Assists in the supervision of other staff members, students and volunteers, as appropriate.

Demonstrates awareness and sensitivity to patients'/caregivers' rights, as identified within the institution.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class

New Hire Bonus Eligibility

  • Relocation Assistance: $5000

Relocation Assistance: Must be relocating from 100+ miles outside of San Diego to be eligible

The following are not eligible for hiring incentives:

  • Current Sharp employees
  • Rehires/Reinstates that are rejoining the organization less than 12 months from last date of employment with Sharp Healthcare

From Sharp HealthCare's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.

Selected agencies hiring now

All agencies and apps →
  • AHS Staffing logo

    AHS StaffingTravel nursing agency

    Places travel and local contract nurses and allied professionals.

    Places: Nurses, CNAs & PCTs, Therapy & rehab, Mental health

  • PRN Healthcare logo

    PRN HealthcareTravel nursing agency

    Places RNs, LPNs and allied professionals in travel, local, per diem and permanent jobs.

    Places: Nurses, Allied health

These agencies and apps pay CareJobs.Now a referral fee when someone we introduce is placed or signs up. It costs you nothing and never changes your pay. Hospital and clinic jobs below keep their own order.

Sponsored

Sponsored jobs from job networks, which pay CareJobs.Now when you click one.

Free tools for this application: check your resume against this job, answer the application's questions or see every free tool.

New registered nurse and LPN jobs in California, by email

One email a week with the newest ones, straight from the employers' own careers sites, with the pay each posting states. Free, stop anytime.

About Sharp HealthCare

Not-for-profit health system in San Diego with five acute-care hospitals, five specialty hospitals, three affiliated medical groups and a health plan.

Based in San Diego, CAHires in CaliforniaPay on its listings: 99.3% of its open jobs state an hourly rate

More registered nurse and LPN jobs

A licensed RN or LPN?

One profile for every employer here. Hospitals, clinics and care companies ask us for people with a specific license, specialty, language or schedule: add yours once, and when a job fits, we introduce you, only with your yes. Free.

Create my profile

Sharp HealthCare openings, sent to you weekly

Each week we send the newest postings from Sharp HealthCare's own careers site, along with similar openings at other hospitals and care employers. It costs nothing and you can stop anytime.