Scripps Memorial Hospital- La Jolla is another member of the Scripps family of health care centers in San Diego. Located on a 43-acre site in La Jolla, CA, it benefits from the same type of expert treatment and support, cumulated over 80 years of experience, as the other 3 hospitals and 11 clinics operated by Scripps in the area. Created in 1924, it features 293 licensed beds and over 2,200 employees, over twice as many as Scripps Green Hospital.
Scripps Memorial Hospital- La Jolla offers all the basic services one comes to expect from a hospital of this size, as well as many specialized services too. Among the regular services we can mention surgical, intensive care, interventional cardiology and radiology, radiation oncology, cardiothoracic and orthopedic services, neurology, ophthalmology, mental health and psychology services. Additionally, Scripps Memorial Hospital- La Jolla provides the services of the Whittier Institute for Diabetes (dedicated to the research, education and patient care), the Scripps Polster Breast Care Center (one-of-the-kind facility that provides breast screening and diagnostic services), and a Level II Trauma Center (verified by the American College of Surgeons). This impressive range of services, combined with the excellence in the attention has resulted in a no less impressive list of awards, including its inclusion in the 50 top U.S. hospitals for heart care (U.S. News & World Report, 2003) and it being named one of the nation's Consumer Choice #1 hospitals. (National Research Corp., 2003, 2001).
As far as working opportunities are concerned, Scripps Memorial Hospital- La Jolla uses the same web-based search engine that covers all the positions available at all the facilities that operate in the area, the biggest difference being, of course, the fact that this hospital is really big, and therefore, one can safely expect that its needs are greater than those of smaller centers. Scripps is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and it was voted San Diego?s employer of choice in 2003 by the San Diego Society of Human Resource Management. So, if you feel tempted to try something new, why not try Scripps Memorial Hospital- La Jolla?