Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
8 hour day shifts from 0645-1515 including weekends, holidays, and on-call. Upon completion of the training program, shift offered will be based on department needs to include on-call
Posted Date
02/19/2026
Salary Range $65.76 - 97.76 Hourly
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
29149
*Please read application instructions below prior to clicking on APPLY NOW*
The application for the Fall 2026 OR Training Program will be open from March 2, 2026 and will close on March 9, 2026 at 5pm (PST).
Prior to submitting your application, please review program information and requirements on our website: https://www.uclahealthcareers.org/nursing-new-graduates/
As you complete the online application you will need to submit/upload the following documents when applying to this position. We do not accept late submissions. All documents must be submitted correctly at the time you apply. Each document is uploaded individually as a Word or PDF file:
After submitting the application, you will be emailed and prompted to take a questionnaire (if not previously completed). It takes 45 minutes to complete. PLEASE BE SURE TO COMPLETE THE QUESTIONNAIRE. Your application will not be considered until it is completed.
This program is for experienced nurses who would like to be trained in the Operative Room Services units.
As an operating room nurse, 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 role has a varied schedule that includes call assignments on nights, weekends, and holidays.
When submitting your application, you will be asked to select your top unit choice of preference.
Interviews will be held throughout May 2026. Please note we are only conducting virtual interviews at this time.
The program will start in September 2026.
Salary range: $65.76-$97.76Hourly
Required:
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.
