Special Benefits for Nurses

Experienced Registered Nurses who work at the bedside are critical to accomplishing our core patient care mission.

We value our competitive position in the nursing marketplace for any number of reasons, including being able to recruit and retain the very best pediatric nurses. Along with our employee benefits package, we offer several programs designed to retain the most qualified nursing staff in the region and nation to join our team.

This is Our Place
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Three nurses share what brought them to Los Angeles for nursing, and why they work at our hospital.

In addition, we offer a wide range of incentives and flexible shifts designed to assist our RNs in meeting their personal needs.

Market Adjustments

Childrens Hospital Los Angeles values its competitive position in the nursing marketplace for any number of reasons, including being able to recruit and retain the very best pediatric nurses.

Since 1996, Childrens Hospital has conducted many vast market surveys, and made commensurate salary market adjustments, to keep its nursing salaries competitive with comparable institutions in Southern California.

Currently, we conduct our salary surveys on a bi-annual basis.

Award-Winning Child Care

Our award-winning, on-campus Child Development Center (CDC) provides child care for our nurses and other employees. Services are provided 24-hours a day, seven days a week and include:

Infant care
Pre-school
Kindergarten care
A“Get Well Room” for mildly sick children

The CDC also provides annual dental, vision and hearing assessments.
Note: Childcare is based on models designed by developmental psychologists Jean Piaget and Erik Erikson.

DAISY Hospital Designation

We are designated as a DAISY hospital to honor the “skillful and amazingly compassionate care” provided by its nurses. The hospital presents a DAISY Award to a nurse every month.