Nurse Practitioner

Join the transformative team at City of Hope, where we're changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope’s growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California, a new cancer center in Orange County, California, and treatment facilities in Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix. Our dedicated and compassionate employees are driven by a common mission: To deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. 

City of Hope – Orange County has an exciting opportunity for an experienced Palliative Care Advanced Practice Provider (APP) for a unique role that combines collaborative team-based care with autonomous weekend inpatient responsibilities. 

About the Role: 

· This position offers the best of both worlds—working as part of a robust, interdisciplinary supportive medicine team during the week, and leading independently in inpatient palliative care over the weekend. 

Schedule: 

· Full time 40 hour, Friday to Monday

· Overnight call (Friday–Sunday): Telephone-only, covering urgent/emergent issues for existing palliative care patients 

Responsibilities: 

· Weekend inpatient care: Provide evidence based independent care to inpatient palliative care patients over the weekend (consults and follow ups), with physician backup  

Weekday collaboration: Work alongside a comprehensive interdisciplinary team that includes: 

·                     Palliative care physicians and NPs 

·                     Social workers, chaplains 

·                     Physical and occupational therapists 

·                     Psychiatry and psychology professionals 

·                     Integrative medicine and physiatry specialists 

·                     Interventional pain physician 

·                     Resource and case management teams 

·                     Additional services: Mind-body medicine, acupuncture, oncology massage therapy, music therapy  

Your qualifications should include:

• Master's Degree, or Doctorate Degree as Nurse Practitioner
• Three years clinical experience

Required Certification/Licensure:

• Current California RN license
• California NP License
• California NP Furnishing License within 6 months of hire
• DEA within 6 months of hire
• National NP Board Certification through accrediting body
• Basic Life Support (BLS), CPR card through American Heart Association
• ACLS and PALS
  “City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria:  work experience, qualifications, and work location.”

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.