Cedars-Sinai Jobs, Salaries & Visa Sponsorship

Cedars-Sinai began in 1902 as a 12-bed hospital in the Angelino Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles. Today it says it serves more than 1 million people a year in over 40 locations, with more than 4,500 physicians and nurses and 1,500 research projects.

The main medical center is on Beverly Boulevard on the west side of Los Angeles.

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center was named to the U.S. News & World Report 2026-2027 Best Hospitals Honor Roll, which lists 20 hospitals in alphabetical order. It also runs Cedars-Sinai Health Sciences University for education and research.

For internationally trained clinicians, the main hurdle is California licensing. Nurses apply to the Board of Registered Nursing, which evaluates foreign transcripts itself against California's own educational requirements, and Cedars-Sinai's nursing careers page asks new graduates to hold a California RN license before their program begins. Pharmacists, physical therapists, respiratory therapists and other licensed staff each need a license from their own California board first.

For doctors, Cedars-Sinai runs residency and fellowship programs whose visa options are listed program by program. We did not find a single published institution-wide visa policy for clinical or research staff.

Founded

1902

Run by

Cedars-Sinai Health System, a nonprofit academic healthcare organization

Leadership

• Peter L. Slavin, MD, President and CEO of the Cedars-Sinai Health System
• Ravi Thadhani, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President of Clinical Affairs, and Chief Medical Officer of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and Cedars-Sinai Health System
• David Marshall, JD, DNP, RN, FAAN, Senior Vice President and Chief Nursing Executive

Accreditations

• Magnet designation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center, first earned in 2000; Cedars-Sinai says it was the first Southern California hospital to earn it and is the longest continuously designated hospital in California.

Awards and rankings

• U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals 2026-2027: named to the Honor Roll of 20 hospitals (U.S. News & World Report).
• Cedars-Sinai says it is tied for #1 in California and has been on the U.S. News & World Report Best Hospitals Honor Roll 11 years in a row (2026-2027 rankings).
• 2023 Human Experience Guardian of Excellence Award in Consumer Experience (Press Ganey).

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• Smidt Heart Institute

  Cardiology and cardiac surgery, including heart transplantation.

• Cancer care

  Cancer treatment and research at the medical center.

• Comprehensive Transplant Center

  Organ transplant programs, which Cedars-Sinai reports include recent HIV-to-HIV organ transplants.

• Neurosciences

  Neurology and neurosurgery programs.

• Orthopedics and sports medicine

  Cedars-Sinai is the official medical provider for Team USA and the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

• Women's health and maternity

  Obstetrics and gynecology at the Los Angeles medical center.

• Nurses: we found no international nurse recruitment program on Cedars-Sinai's own pages. Its nursing careers page describes a New-Graduate Registered Nurse Residency Program with starts throughout the year and tells applicants to have their California Registered Nurse license before the program begins.
• Internationally educated nurses usually reach California employers after getting a California RN license, applying directly or through an agency that arranges an EB-3 green card petition with a named employer. Ask any agency which employer will sign your petition.
• Doctors: Cedars-Sinai residency and fellowship programs list their visa options on their own pages and on the AMA's FREIDA database, where many show J-1 sponsorship through ECFMG. H-1B availability varies by program. Check each program before applying.
• Observerships: we found no general observership program for international graduates on Cedars-Sinai's pages.

• Registered nurses: a California RN license from the Board of Registered Nursing (BRN). Graduates of international nursing programs must have official transcripts mailed to the BRN with its breakdown of educational program form, meet all California educational requirements (completing an approved course for anything missing) and pass the NCLEX-RN. The BRN evaluates the education itself.

• Visa for nurses: VisaScreen is required for most foreign registered nurses before a visa is issued. For most internationally educated nurses the long-term route is an employer-sponsored green card in the EB-3 category. USCIS says professional nurses are a Schedule A occupation, so the employer does not need a DOL-approved labor certification first; your wait then depends on the State Department Visa Bulletin for your country of birth.

• Doctors: ECFMG certification (which includes passing USMLE Step 1 and Step 2 CK), a residency place through ERAS and the National Resident Matching Program, any training license the Medical Board of California requires, and a visa the program supports.

• H-1B: USCIS says certain new H-1B petitions filed at or after 12:01 a.m. Eastern on September 21, 2025 must be accompanied by an additional $100,000 payment unless an exception applies, so check with the employer before relying on an H-1B.

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   1. Start California licensure early

   Send the BRN's transcript request and breakdown of educational program forms to your nursing school, which must mail official transcripts to the board. Allow time for any course deficiencies to be identified.
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   2. Pass the NCLEX-RN

   Once the BRN approves your eligibility, register with Pearson VUE and pass the NCLEX-RN.
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   3. Search careers.cshs.org

   Cedars-Sinai's nursing jobs, including new-graduate residency cohorts, are posted on its careers site. Check each posting for license and work authorization requirements.
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   4. Doctors: check each program's visa options

   Read the program page and FREIDA listing, then apply through ERAS.
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   5. Complete immigration steps

   Nurses complete VisaScreen and an EB-3 petition with the sponsoring employer; residents complete ECFMG J-1 sponsorship or the H-1B process if the program offers it.

• Registered nurses

  $135,560

  Median, May 2025. Mean $140,370; 10th to 90th percentile $100,980 to $174,200.

• Nurse practitioners

  $161,470

  Median, May 2025. Mean $163,610.

• Licensed practical and vocational nurses

  $79,310

  Median, May 2025. Mean $80,810.

• Pharmacists

  $157,440

  Median, May 2025. Mean $151,100.

• Physical therapists

  $108,170

  Median, May 2025. Mean $115,890.

• Respiratory therapists

  $104,640

  Median, May 2025. Mean $102,570.