About this role
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
Additional Opportunities:
Participate in ongoing research initiatives within the department
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.
Other facts
About City of Hope
City of Hope's mission is to deliver the cures of tomorrow to the people who need them today. Founded in 1913, City of Hope has grown into one of the largest cancer research and treatment organizations in the U.S. and one of the leading research centers for diabetes and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope research has been the basis for numerous breakthrough cancer medicines, as well as human synthetic insulin and monoclonal antibodies. With an independent, National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center at its core, City of Hope brings a uniquely integrated model to patients spanning cancer care, research and development, academics and training, and innovation initiatives. 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. City of Hope’s affiliated group of organizations includes Translational Genomics Research Institute and AccessHope™.
What you'll do
- Provide evidence-based independent care to inpatient palliative care patients over the weekend while collaborating with an interdisciplinary team during the week. Participate in ongoing research initiatives within the department.
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