Operating Room Nurse (Registered Nurse)

Type of Requisition:

Regular

Clearance Level Must Currently Possess:

None

Clearance Level Must Be Able to Obtain:

None

Public Trust/Other Required:

NACLC (T3)

Job Family:

SCA

Job Qualifications:

Skills:

Nursing Fundamentals, Patient Care, Patient Education, Perioperative Care

Certifications:

None

Experience:

1 + years of related experience

US Citizenship Required:

Yes

Job Description:

Operating Room Nurse (RN)
Location: Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD)
Positions Available: 8

Target Start- July 2026

Citizenship Requirement- US Citizen or Greencard holder based on contract langauge. No work visa sponsorhip will be considered for these roles.

Make a Meaningful Impact in Military Health.
GDIT’s Military Health Team is seeking skilled and mission-driven Operating Room Nurses to support surgical teams at Naval Medical Center San Diego (NMCSD). Join us in providing exceptional perioperative care to active-duty service members, veterans, and their families in one of the nation’s most advanced military medical facilities.

Work Schedule:

• Services provided Monday–Friday, between 0600–2300
• Standard 8‑hour shifts (30‑minute uncompensated lunch)
• Optional 10‑hour shifts across four weekdays (60‑minute uncompensated lunch)
• Schedules vary based on department needs
• Never more than 80 hours per two‑week period

Minimum Qualifications:

• Associate Degree in Nursing
• Graduate of an ACEN- or CCNE-accredited nursing program
• 1 year of RN experience within the last 2 years
• Unrestricted, active RN license
• BLS certification required (ACLS and PALS preferred)
• Knowledge of perioperative standards and infection control practices

Core Responsibilities:

Operating Room Nurses provide comprehensive perioperative care, ensuring safe and efficient surgical operations. Responsibilities include:

• Coordinate and deliver patient care in collaboration with multidisciplinary healthcare teams
• Support optimal outcomes related to clinical quality, safety, and cost-effectiveness
• Ensure full compliance with MTF policies, procedures, and standards of practice
• Conduct physical exams, obtain health histories, and provide patient education
• Administer medications, provide wound care, and deliver other hands-on nursing interventions
• Assign patient care based on staff competencies and scope of practice
• Recognize and respond rapidly to emergent patient conditions
• Communicate clearly with diverse teams, patients, and families
• Arrange referrals and coordinate specialty care
• Contribute to research efforts aimed at advancing patient outcomes

Perioperative/OR-specific duties include:

• Circulating nursing care throughout surgical procedures
• Pre-, intra-, and postoperative patient assessment
• Collaboration with surgical and anesthesia teams
• Maintaining aseptic technique and infection control standards
• Ensuring equipment readiness and compliance with AORN and Joint Commission standards
• Serving as team leader and providing relief charge coverage as needed

What GDIT Can Offer You:

• Comprehensive and competitive benefits
• 401K with company match 
• Challenging work that makes a real impact on the world around you  
• Internal mobility team dedicated to helping you own your career 
• Diverse, highly collaborative teams 
• Encourages professional and personal development to position employees for success.

OWN YOUR OPPORTUNITY
Explore a career at GDIT and you’ll find endless opportunities to grow alongside colleagues who share your ambition to deliver your best work.

The likely hourly rate for this position is between $30.44 - $41.18. This is not, however, a guarantee of compensation or salary. Rather, salary will be set based on experience, geographic location and possibly contractual requirements and could fall outside of this range.

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Travel Required:

None

Telecommuting Options:

Onsite

Work Location:

USA CA San Diego

Additional Work Locations:

Total Rewards at GDIT:

Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match. To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave. To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available. We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

We are GDIT. A global technology and professional services company that delivers consulting, technology and mission services to every major agency across the U.S. government, defense and intelligence community. Our 26,000 experts extract the power of technology to create immediate value and deliver solutions at the edge of innovation. We operate across 50 countries worldwide, offering leading capabilities in digital modernization, AI/ML, Cloud, Cyber and application development. Together with our clients, we strive to create a safer, smarter world by harnessing the power of deep expertise and advanced technology.

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