RN, Per Diem - PTU/PACU, Santa Monica Surgery Center
- PRN / per diem
- BLS
- ACLS
- PALS
- BSN
- RN license
How this pay compares
This posting states $96.74 an hour. Open registered nurse jobs in California post a median of $68.97 an hour, the middle half $61.58–$78.90, across 1,927 jobs that state their pay, so this one is above the middle half of what they post. Registered nurses employed in California earn a median of $67.44 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, opens in a new tab), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, opens in a new tab).
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About the job
Description
Skills, Knowledge and abilities
- Ability to complete a nursing physical assessment
- Skill in developing a plan of care including setting goals, monitoring, and documenting process
- Ability to implement interventions that are pertinent to goals established in the plan of care
- Ability to evaluate the effective of intervention towards the attainment of established goals and to recognize the need to reassess or reset goals parameters.
- Ability to delegate tasks in a management style that is consistent with promoting leadership and teamwork
- Knowledge base to provide education to patient, families, and other staff regarding clinical and patient care issues.
Qualifications
*Please ensure your resume and application clearly specify the unit(s) you have worked on as part of your work experience*
- BSN or MSN
- Current California RN license
- PACU experience preferred
- ACLS,PALS,BLS required
- recent ICU or ER adult trained
- Must be able to push, pull, lift, up to 35 lbs.
From UCLA Health's job posting, checked Oct 29, 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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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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