Registered Nurse - PACU Per-Diem
- PRN / per diem
- BLS
How this pay compares
This posting states $80.02–$98.39 an hour. Open PACU nurse jobs in California post a median of $66.49 an hour, the middle half $60.38–$78.21, across 57 jobs that state their pay, so this one is above the middle half of what they post. PACU 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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Union record
By the bargaining notices filed with the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service, a union bargains for workers at Stanford Health Care here: California Nurses Association/National Nurses United at Pleasanton, CA (500 workers, contract up for renewal 23 Apr 2024). The union represents its own unit: ask the recruiter whether this position is in it. Healthcare union contracts.
Medicare rating of Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
Medicare gives Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley 5 of 5 stars (Jul 2026; California's hospitals average 3.1). 77% of its patients said their nurses always communicated well (the middle US hospital: 79%). Medicare did not cut its pay for patient harm in fiscal 2026. Its central line bloodstream infections ran 46% below predicted by Medicare's measure. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the job. Its other hospitals · California hospitals by rating.
OSHA inspections here
OSHA inspected Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley in Pleasanton, CA on 2 Apr 2024 and cited 3 violations, $980 in penalties as they stand. OSHA inspected Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley in Pleasanton, CA on 3 Oct 2022 and cited 1 violation, $935 in penalties as they stand. A citation says what OSHA found then, not how the site is now. Workplace injuries and OSHA citations.
What this hospital paid
By Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley's report to Medicare, its registered nurse hours averaged $102.68 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 Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley 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))
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- How often these jobs state their pay: Jobs stating any pay 54.8% · Stating an hourly rate 34.1%
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Day - 08 Hour (United States of America)
This is a Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley job.
A Brief Overview
The Registered Nurse (RN) provides direct patient care, practicing in an evidence-based manner, within the Scope of Practice of the California Nursing Practice Act, regulatory requirements, standards of care, and hospital policies. The RN performs all the steps of the nursing process including assessing patients, interpreting data, planning, implementing, and evaluating care. In addition, the RN coordinates care with other providers and acts as a teacher to the patient and family to provide the knowledge and skills needed to manage their care and prevent complications.
Locations
Stanford Health Care Tri-Valley
What you will do
- Assesses patients by collecting and documenting data about patients through interviewing, history taking, personal needs and physical assessment findings.
- Obtains accurate and relevant assessment screening data and interprets the data as normal v. abnormal.
- Determines nursing diagnosis. Monitors and evaluates data as frequently as needed based on stability.
- Safely performs and documents care plan using the nursing procedures required for the patient assignment consistent with the standards of care.
- Evaluates effectiveness of interventions and monitors patient for adverse responses and side effects.
- Assesses patient/family level of understanding and documents information on clinical records.
- Creates and maintains a climate conducive to healing through being present to patient & family, identifying and managing discomforts and providing emotional support and education.
- Teaches needed information for self-care and illness prevention to patient and family members.
- Recognizes and communicates to proper authority ethical and legal issues relative to patient care; completes incident report.
- Safety performs all provision of care for any age-related needs of the patients served on the unit, including growth and development principles
- Attends meetings and serves on departmental and/or hospital committees as assigned.
- Works to support the achievement of department strategic and organizational goals.
- Employee must perform all duties and responsibilities in accordance with the C-I-CARE Standards of the Hospital. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford Healthcare Tri-Valley patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions
Education Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing Required
Experience Qualifications
- Minimum of one-year + years in hospital PACU experience required. (within last 3 years)
- Minimum of one-year + years ICU experience required.
- Experience in administration of moderate sedation required
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong communication skills - Ability to read, write and understand the English language.
- Strong attention to detail
- Ability to problem solve and adapt to a changing environment
- Ability to use information and keep abreast of developments in technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making in patient care
- Ability to work as a valued team member, but also autonomously
- Ability positively influences others to meet patient needs and achieve shared goals
- Ability to effectively prioritize to provide quality and valued patient care
- Knowledge of principles, practices and current trends in health care and hospital system organization and administration sufficient to provide clinical management, leadership, coordination, and operational direction for assigned areas of responsibility
Licenses and Certifications
- CA Registered Nurse - Valid license as a Registered Nurse issued by the California Board of Registered Nursing (BRN). Any combination of education and experience that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills and abilities as well as possession of any required licenses or certifications is qualifying. required .
- Current American Heart Association Certification for Basic Life Support for Healthcare
Providers required .
These principles apply to ALL employees:
SHC Commitment to Providing an Exceptional Patient & Family Experience
Stanford Health Care sets a high standard for delivering value and an exceptional experience for our patients and families. Candidates for employment and existing employees must adopt and execute C-I-CARE standards for all of patients, families and towards each other. C-I-CARE is the foundation of Stanford’s patient-experience and represents a framework for patient-centered interactions. Simply put, we do what it takes to enable and empower patients and families to focus on health, healing and recovery.
You will do this by executing against our three experience pillars, from the patient and family’s perspective:
- Know Me: Anticipate my needs and status to deliver effective care
- Show Me the Way: Guide and prompt my actions to arrive at better outcomes and better health
- Coordinate for Me: Own the complexity of my care through coordination
Equal Opportunity Employer Stanford Health Care (SHC) strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity and non-discrimination in all of its policies and practices, including the area of employment. Accordingly, SHC does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity and/or expression, religion, age, national or ethnic origin, political beliefs, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, veteran status, or disability, or the perception of any of the above. People of all genders, members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply. Qualified applicants with criminal convictions will be considered after an individualized assessment of the conviction and the job requirements.
Base Pay Scale: Generally starting at $80.02 - $98.39 per hour
The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training. This pay scale is not a promise of a particular wage.
From Stanford Health Care's job posting, checked 14 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About Stanford Health Care
Stanford Health Care is the adult academic health system of Stanford Medicine, anchored by Stanford Hospital, with 622 (source: Stanford Health Care, Stanford Health Care 2025-2026 (By the Numbers)) licensed beds, 2,995 (source: Stanford Health Care, Stanford Health Care 2025-2026 (By the Numbers)) physicians on its active medical staff and clinics across the San Francisco Bay Area. Source: Stanford Health Care, Stanford Health Care 2025-2026 (By the Numbers)
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