Work Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday - Friday 0630-1500
Posted Date
03/10/2026
Salary Range $37.6 - 78.35 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
29206
Under the direction of the Unit Director, Main OR, and the Director of Nursing Operations, SMH-UCLA Perioperative Services, the incumbent has a strong clinical background to assist in training staff to perform duties/responsibilities and provide oversight to the OR Assistants and of Operating Room equipment management. Incumbent must have strong leadership, communication, and critical thinking skills. Under the direction of the Unit Director, the incumbent is responsible for coordinating equipment readiness, functionality, and compliance, including collaboration with vendors, Biomedical Engineering, Supply Chain, and Information Technology to support procurement, installation, maintenance, upgrades, troubleshooting, and lifecycle management of OR, anesthesia, and AV equipment.
The incumbent functions as a primary resource to its direct reports, OR Assistants, while also providing support when needed to the Anesthesia Technicians. The incumbent is responsible, as requested, for ensuring the proper performance of the OR Assistants, including onboarding, training, daily management, and quality checks. The incumbent is responsible for Capital Equipment maintenance, Capital Inventory, performance metrics, and standards related to the OR environment.
This position ensures a high standard of patient safety, operational efficiency, and continuous survey readiness, while supporting sustained operational readiness, quality outcomes, and alignment with UCLA Health policies, regulatory requirements, and institutional standards.
At least 2 years of leadership experience in a hospital setting - required
Bachelor's or Higher - preferred
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.
For more than half a century, UCLA Health has provided the best in healthcare and the latest in medical technology to the people of Los Angeles and throughout the world.
Comprised of Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Medical Center Santa Monica, Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital, UCLA West Valley Medical Center and the UCLA Medical Group with its wide-reaching system of primary-care and specialty-care offices throughout the region, UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced healthcare systems in the world.
Our physicians are world leaders in the diagnosis and treatment of complex illnesses, and our hospitals are among the best in the country. Consistently ranked one of the top ten hospitals in the nation and the best medical center in the western United States by U.S. News & World Report, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center is at the cutting edge of biomedical research, and our doctors and scientists are leaders in performing pioneering work across an astounding range of disciplines, from organ transplantation and cardiac surgery to neurosurgery and cancer treatment, and bringing the latest discoveries to virtually every field of medicine.
