Per Diem RN - Operating Room - Float Team

General Information

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Work Location:

Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

10 hour day shifts, may include weekends and holidays as needed; 1 shift minimum per week

Posted Date

05/05/2026

Salary Range: $116.66 - 116.66 Hourly

Employment Type

6 - Staff:
Per Diem

Duration

Indefinite

Job #

30591

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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At UCLA Health, our love for our patients comes shining through during some of the most challenging times in their lives. Our nurses bring hope and healing to their patients through compassion, empathy, assurance, and the highest level of clinical expertise. If you have a passion for advancing nursing excellence, we invite you to join us.

In this exciting and rewarding position, you will provide exceptional nursing care for Operating Room patients. You will serve as a scrub and circulating nurse while providing direct patient care using the nursing process and evidence-based practice. You will collaborate with a multi-disciplinary professional team as you contribute to cutting edge and innovative surgical procedures. Our mission involves you supporting research and education to staff and students.

This position floats to various units within the UCLA Health system based on the patient census and the skills of the RN/staff. Hospital locations include but are not limited to the following:

* Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center

* UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center

* UCLA West Valley Medical Center

Salary range: $116.66-$116.66 Hourly

* May convert to career
* Job Qualifications

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We're seeking a highly skilled, self-motivated nursing professional with:

* Current California RN license, required

* BSN or MSN degree, required

* 3 years of Operating Room RN experience or 2 years of UCLA Health Operating Room RN experience, required

* Travel or extensive OR RN experience in an acute hospital setting, preferred

* BLS from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association, required

* Able to circulate and scrub OR cases including ophthalmology, required

* ACLS from the American Heart Association, preferred

* PALS from the American Heart Association, preferred

* CNOR certification, preferred

* Ability to perform comprehensive patient assessments and develop/deliver appropriate interventions, involving patients, family and staff

* Exceptional communication, prioritization, organization and designating skills

* Thorough understanding of medical/surgical terminology

* Knowledge of EHR charting

* Ability to work efficiently and effectively with others, providing compassionate and cutting-edge patient care while also contributing to the positive and collaborative team environment at UCLA Health is a must

* Official Transcripts and/or original diploma from a registered nursing program must be provided upon hire

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.