Lead RN - Surgery (OR) - Ortho Spine - La Jolla Green

Scripps Health•San Diego, CA

124d•Onsite

About The Position

Scripps Health is hiring a full-time, benefited Lead OR RN for its orthopedic spine service line at Scripps Green in Torrey Pines, La Jolla. The role requires orthopedic spine circulating experience with procedures including ALIF, PLIF, ACDF, TLIF, LLIF/XLIF, discectomy, laminectomy, foraminotomy, corpectomy, and microdiscectomy. The schedule is a 10-hour day shift, three days per week from 0645 to 1730 and one day per week from 0645 to 1630. Varied on-call shifts are required, with a 45-minute callback time. Eligible new hires may receive a $4,000 bonus and a $3,000 relocation incentive. Scripps Health describes its workplace as supportive of employee ambition and development, notes its Great Place to Work certification for 2026, and highlights professional development programs and nationally recognized specialties.

Requirements

Registered nursing degree from an accredited school of nursing.
California Registered Nurse license.
Circulating experience with an orthopedic spine service line.
At least one year of recent surgery or operating room RN experience in an acute care setting.
Current American Heart Association BLS provider certification.
Ability to speak, read, and follow instructions in English.
Ability to demonstrate positive behaviors.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree in nursing.
Three or more years of nursing experience.
Two or more years of related experience.
CNOR certificate.
Leadership experience.

Responsibilities

Work directly with surgeons to address service-line needs.
Work and collaborate with CST Leads on service-specific needs.
Collaborate with Clinical Mentors on team education needs.
Monitor, review, and confirm scheduled cases in EPIC 24 hours before the scheduled cases.
Build, edit, and revise DPC.
Verify equipment needs.
Work with Charge RNs and Clinical Mentors on daily assignments.