Per Diem Nurse Practitioner - In-Patient Hematology

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.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Nurse Practitioner to join our Inpatient Hematology team in Duarte, CA. We are searching for candidates with oncology experience, but will consider applicants with other relevant experience. If you have a passion to care for oncology patients, we encourage you to apply for this role

As a successful candidate, you will:

* 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; provides education and counseling to patients.

* Develop and participate in performance improvement activities to evaluate the program's 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.

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.