Pediatric Surgery Nurse Practitioner ; NURSE PRACT

Position: Pediatric Surgery Nurse Practitioner 2 (NURSE PRACT 2)
The role of the Pediatric Surgery Nurse Practitioner is to facilitate multidisciplinary care through interaction with patients, house staff, attendings, and ward nurses. Patient care provided includes but not limited to, initiating appropriate consultations and referrals, postoperative patient evaluation and care, follow-up evaluations; and patient care planning, care education, and coordination of care. #CA-TS

Apply By Date : 9/22/2026 at 11:59 p.m. PST

Minimum Qualifications - For full consideration, applicants are encouraged to upload license and/or certification if required of the position

• Valid California Registered Nurse License without restriction
• California Nurse Practitioner Furnishing License
• California Certified Nurse Practitioner (NP) without restriction
• Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Certificate within 3 months of hire
• American Heart Association (AHA) or American Red Cross Basic Life Support (BLS), or UC Davis Health CPR
• National NP board certification in aligned specialty with the practice area
• Graduation with a master's degree, DNP or PhD in Nursing from an accredited School of Nursing
• Minimum 1 year of recent experience as a Nurse Practitioner
• Ability to cope with personal stress experienced by team members, other professionals, and caretakers
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Judgement skills to effectively meet the needs of patients
• Self-direction and organizational skills to function in an independent role
• Ability to meet minimum standards for hospital credentialing and billing standards as a billable provider
• Knowledge of research methods
• Ability to coordinate data collection
• Judgment skills to effectively meet the needs of patients
• Ability to use time effectively
• Readily assist other workers and motivate cooperation of staffs at all levels
• Supervisory skills, knowledge and ability to train, lead, and oversee, the work of others
• Performs duties in a self-directed manner with minimal supervisor or direction according to defined level of responsibility
• Demonstrate the ability to professionally interact and communicate appropriately with staff, patients, and families
• Ability to write legibly and dictate clearly
• Ability to apply relevant theories and concepts to clinical practice
• Knowledge of hospital policy and procedures, standardized procedures, and scope of nursing practice
• Ability to use advanced medical and nursing knowledge in the evaluation of a variety of medical and surgical problems by obtaining an accurate history and performing an appropriate physical exam
• Physical ability and technical skills to perform a variety of surgical procedures and to assist in moving patients or stand on feet for extended periods of time.
• Specialized knowledge and skill in the management of Neonatal surgery patients and their families with complex problems with a focus on gastrointestinal and/ or colorectal disorders:
  • problems with a focus on gastrointestinal and or colorectal disorders
  • problems with a focus on gastrointestinal and or colorectal disorders
• Pediatric surgery inpatient and outpatient knowledge
• Pediatric colorectal skills (irrigations, enemas, bowel management, anal dilations)
• Management of gastrostomy, cecostomy, and appendicostomy tubes
• Management of ostomies
• Pediatric surgical wound management knowledge

Preferred Qualifications

• Doctor of Nursing Practice from an accredited School of Nursing is strongly preferred
• Dedicated experience with bowel management and complex colorectal anomalies is preferred
• Pediatric Surgical NP experience strongly preferred
• NP experience in both in-patient and out-patient care settings
• Surgical specialty experience

Key Responsibilities

• 80% - Clinical Practice
• 10% - Quality Improvement, Data Management, and Other Administrative Duties
• 10% - Programmatic Development

Department Overview

The Department of Surgery encompasses a wide variety of divisional surgical specialties. These include burn surgery, colorectal surgery, cardiac surgery, thoracic surgery, FMG surgery, pediatric surgery, plastic surgery, transplant surgery, trauma, acute care and surgical critical care surgery, vascular surgery, and surgical oncology. The Department's extensive surgical expertise,…