| Location | Irvine, CA |
Nurse Practitioner
Join the transformative team at City of Hope where we are changing lives and making a real difference in the fight against cancer, diabetes, and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hopes 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.
We have an exciting opportunity for a Nurse Practitioner to join our Integrative Care team in Irvine, CA. We are searching for candidates with Palliative Care or Oncology experience. If you have a passion to care for oncology patients, we encourage you to apply for this role.
Responsibilities:
• Utilize the City of Hope nursing process in clinical practice. • Assume responsibility for independent direct medical management of a defined patient population according to standardized procedures and in collaboration with a physician advisor or supervising physician. • Perform physical examinations applying the medical model and nursing process to patient care problems that require medical intervention and skill. • Develop and follow protocols, standardized procedures for practice for Nurse Practitioners in the department. • Assist in developing methods and systems for provision of medical care and overall department operations. • Maintain open lines of communication with the physician and multidisciplinary health team regarding patient information. • Develop and implement patient education activities, provide education and counseling to patients. • Develop and participate in performance improvement activities to evaluate the programs effectiveness in meeting patient care and departmental needs. • Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reviewing current literature, attending in-service meetings and workshops.
Requirements:
• Masters Degree or Doctorate Degree as a Nurse Practitioner • Three years of 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
About City of Hope:
City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.