Nursing Specialty
As a 915-bed quaternary care academic medical center, Cedars-Sinai offers an unparalleled variety of challenging and rewarding nursing career opportunities.
Ambulatory
At Cedars-Sinai, ambulatory care is a vital part of our patient-care capabilities. With procedural and consultation clinics, our services cover the spectrum of specialty areas. Our ambulatory RNs are highly respected for their expertise and provide the best possible care to our patients.
As an ambulatory RN at Cedars-Sinai, you’ll enjoy our supportive working environment, which includes the assistance of IV and transport teams. Our shared governance model will give you a strong voice in the direction of your workplace and as a world-class teaching and research hospital, we offer exceptional opportunities for professional education and development.
Career Float
As a Float Pool Nurse, you’ll experience the best of both worlds: variety and growth. Every shift is an opportunity to learn from dedicated healthcare professionals, care for diverse patient populations, and make a meaningful impact across multiple specialties.
What makes our Float Pool unique?
- Professional Growth – Gain exposure to multiple disciplines, sharpen your skills, and build expertise that sets you apart.
- Flexibility & Reward – Support high-demand units while enjoying greater earning potential. Your adaptability is recognized and valued.
- Collaborative Impact – Serve as a consultant across teams, sharing lessons, best practices, and innovations that strengthen our nursing practice.
- Advocacy & Excellence – Champion patients’ rights, provide outstanding care, and bring comfort and reassurance to every patient you touch.
Where You Could Make a Difference:
- Medical & Surgical, Telemetry, PCU
- ICU & PACU
- Women’s Services
- Neonatal Care, Pediatrics & PICU
- Emergency & Trauma Services
Critical Care
Join Cedars-Sinai Critical Care Nursing
As a critical care nurse at Cedars-Sinai, you’ll be part of a nationally recognized, highly skilled team dedicated to delivering exceptional care when it matters most. Our nurses gain hands-on experience across a broad spectrum of specialties—from progressive care surgical stepdown units to intensive care units specializing in surgical trauma and transplant, cardiac and cardiac surgical, medical and respiratory, and neuroscience.
The state-of-the-art Saperstein Critical Care Tower features 108 intensive-care beds and a unique 30-bed universal monitored unit, purposefully designed to support advanced, patient-centered care.
Award-Winning Nursing Excellence
Cedars-Sinai Critical Care Services is proud to be recognized with multiple honors that highlight the expertise, innovation, and compassion of our nurses:
- ELSO Award for Excellence & Extracorporeal Life Support Center of Excellence – International recognition for outstanding patient care and innovation in the use of extracorporeal life support therapies.
- The DAISY Team Award – Celebrates nursing teams that work together to go above and beyond in providing exceptional, compassionate care.
- The DAISY Leader Award – Honors nurse leaders who create a culture of compassion and drive meaningful improvements for patients, families, and staff.
- All-Pro Nursing Team Award – Recognizes collaborative nursing teams that demonstrate extraordinary leadership, professionalism, and positive patient outcomes.
- Beacon Awards for Excellence – National recognition from the American Association of Critical-Care Nurses for units that achieve excellence in patient care, work environment, and outcomes.
Global Leadership in Nursing
Beyond the bedside, our nurses are internationally recognized for advancing the science and practice of critical care. They have delivered numerous poster and podium presentations at world-renowned conferences including AACN’s National Teaching Institute (NTI), the International Council of Nurses Congress, the Magnet Conference, the Society of Critical Care Medicine, Trauma Quality Improvement Program at the American College of Surgeons, and the International Society of Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT).
Emergency
Our Ruth and Harry Roman Emergency Department gives our emergency nurses all they need for an exciting, rewarding career. As a Level I trauma center and a tertiary referral facility approved for pediatrics by Los Angeles County, the department always has learning opportunities at hand. This is an excellent department to learn and grow your career in emergency nursing.
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Medical
We offer numerous opportunities for medical nurses to advance their careers while gaining valuable clinical exposure. Nurses in the medical division have a variety of advanced skills that equips them to take care of patients with high acuity. Every unit in the medical division is a PCU unit with one step-down unit. Nursing roles are available in such specialized areas as:
- Advanced Heart Failure
- Cardiac Telemetry
- Endocrinology/diabetes
- Gastrointestinal
- General medical
- Neurology stroke
- Oncology/bone marrow transplant
- Pulmonary
- Renal
- Short Stay
Nursing Education
We’ll empower you to reach your highest levels of personal and professional development. That’s why, in 2002, Cedars-Sinai founded the Geri and Richard Brawerman Nursing Institute to provide an educational platform for our nurses and developed the New Graduate RN Residency Program as part of its commitment to ensuring the successful transition of new graduate nurses into the practice environment.
Our generous operational and endowed grant funds, allow us to offer financial assistance and free education programs to Cedars-Sinai employees, including advanced training for specialized roles such as nurse practitioner, clinical nurse specialist and certified midwife.
Our support of personal and professional growth combined with strong educational programs has given Cedars-Sinai one of the most highly trained nursing workforces in the country. More than three-quarters of our direct care nurses have a specialty certification, while eight out of 10 have a Bachelor of Science in nursing or master’s degree.
Nursing Research
Our Nursing Research and Quality Department is deeply committed to supporting the spirit of inquiry among our frontline nurses, who strive each day to deliver excellence in human caring. Central to this mission is the work of our Hospital-Based Nurse Scientists (HBNS), whose expertise and mentorship help transform ideas into practice-changing outcomes.
Our Nurse Scientists partner with nurses at the bedside to refine their quality and research questions, identify multidisciplinary team members, and design rigorous projects. They provide guidance in data analysis, interpretation, and review, ensuring that findings directly inform improvements in clinical practice. Equally important, they foster the dissemination of outcomes both within Cedars-Sinai and across the broader nursing profession, advancing our reputation as a leader in innovation and excellence.
We are especially enthusiastic about mentoring staff through all stages of scholarship from constructing compelling abstracts to developing impactful posters and oral presentations, and ultimately preparing high-quality publications. These scholarly products not only highlight the contributions of our nurses but also reinforce our Magnet journey, celebrating a culture where inquiry, evidence, and excellence come together to elevate patient care and professional practice.
Perioperative
At Cedars-Sinai, our pioneering nurses in the operating rooms and post-anesthesia care units are at the forefront of healthcare innovation, playing a vital role in our distinguished surgical teams. Recognized among the nation's best, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has proudly earned a place on the U.S. News & World Report “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for ten consecutive years, with five surgical specialties ranked in the top 10 nationally, including: GI, Orthopedics, Heart & Vascular, Pulmonary & Lung, and OBGYN.
O.R. Services — As a premier Level I trauma center with 56 operating rooms across seven locations, we specialize in a full range of surgeries, from complex to minimally invasive outpatient procedures, using the latest cutting-edge technology. Our center is known for its expertise in multi-organ transplants, where skilled teams perform liver, kidney, pancreas, heart, and lung transplants. We also perform robotic-assisted surgeries across all specialties, while maintaining the highest standards of patient care and safety.
PACU — Our recovery units, strategically located in seven sites, include 197 high-acuity bays designed for superior patient care. The peri-anesthesia nursing scope covers comprehensive care for patients, their families, and significant others throughout the peri-anesthesia continuum. Here, you will work with the latest clinical procedures and technological innovations, serving a diverse patient population, from healthy individuals to critically ill, with outstanding expertise.
Surgical
We offer numerous opportunities for surgical nurses to advance their careers while gaining valuable clinical exposure. Nursing roles are available in such specialized areas as:
- Alternate Care
- Clinical Decision
- Diabetes Education
- General surgical
- Neurosurgical spine
- Orthopedics
- Safe patient handling
- Wound Ostomy and Continence
Women & Children
At Cedars-Sinai, Women & Children’s Services are dedicated to providing exceptional, family-centered care across the continuum of maternity, neonatal, and pediatric specialties. We are proud to be the first facility in California verified as a Level IV Regional Perinatal Care Center, offering the highest level of maternal-fetal medicine support for both high- and low-risk perinatal patients. Our teams ensure every birth experience is supported by advanced expertise and compassion. Within Guerin Children’s, we deliver comprehensive pediatric specialty care, including a Level IV NICU, PICU, and Pediatric Acute Care Unit. Our pediatric programs specialize in a vast number of specialties, providing complex care for some of the most vulnerable patients.
Nurses who join our Women & Children’s Services become part of a team recognized nationally for excellence, innovation, research, and collaboration. Here, you’ll find opportunities to advance your practice, contribute to cutting-edge care, and make a lasting difference for mothers, children, and families every day.
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