RN-Operating Room-Westwood Surgery Center
UCLA Health$65.76–$97.76/hrLos Angeles, CA2 - Staff- CareerPosted 2w agoStill open, checked every night- Magnet hospital
- BLS
- BSN
- RN license
How this pay compares
This posting states $65.76–$97.76 an hour. Open operating room nurse jobs in California post a median of $73.51 an hour, the middle half $65.22–$82.26, across 121 jobs that state their pay, so this one is within the middle half of what they post. Operating room nurses employed in California earn a median of $67.44 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics).
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- Minimum nurse-to-patient ratios: General acute care hospitals must keep licensed nurse-to-patient ratios by unit, for example 1:2 in critical care and 1:5 in medical-surgical units. Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22, § 70217(a) (source: Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22, § 70217(a))
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About the job
Description
Make a significant impact with a world-class health system. Contribute to award-winning, Magnet™-designated patient care. Experience unequaled professional rewards. UCan do all this and more at UCLA Health.
Under minimal supervision, function primarily as a scrub and/or circulating nurse within the Outpatient Surgery Center Operating Room. Administrative and teaching responsibilities to be performed as necessary, including inventory, instrument set-ups and chart reviews. Implement appropriate nursing interventions on a consistent basis, relevant to an operating room arena. Function as a member of a team. Inherent duties include, but are not limited to, the proper care of instrumentation and equipment, utilization of all safety measures and the accurate completion of all documentation
Salary range: $65.76-$97.76/Hourly
Qualifications
- BSN or MSN degree required.
- Current and valid California RN license
- A minimum of 2 years of circulate and scrub experience required.
- Graduated of an accredited school of nursing with clinical skills applicable to nursing specialty, OR
- Current BLS from the American Heart Association or American Red Cross required.
- Writing skills to accurately document the operative procedure with all interventions; i.e., drug and supply dispensing, equipment measurements and team member presence
- Skills in setting priorities, organizing workload effectively and integrating multiple assignments with multilevel personnel
- Skill in speaking the English language with excellent medical/surgical terminology
- Ability to comply with department standards inclusive of: attendance, dress code and varied work
From UCLA Health's job posting, checked 9 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About UCLA Health
UCLA Health is the University of California, Los Angeles academic health system, with Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center and clinics across Southern California.
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