Neurocritical Care Nurse Practitioner
Carmichael, CAJob$179K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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The Neurocritical Care Nurse Practitioner will join Mercy Medical Group’s specialized Neurocritical Care service in Carmichael, supporting a certified Stroke Center and caring for patients with emergent neurological injuries and complications in a 20-bed Neuro ICU. The role collaborates with an interdisciplinary stroke intervention team. The posting prefers prior Neurocritical Care experience and describes procedural experience as desirable.
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Job Summary and Responsibilities
As a Neurocritical Care Nurse Practitioner with Mercy Medical Group, you will join a highly specialized and robust Neurocritical Care service within Dignity Health Neurological Institute of Northern California, located in Carmichael, CA. You will be instrumental in expanding our advanced neurological critical care capabilities, directly supporting a Joint Commission-certified Stroke Center and ensuring the highest quality of care for patients suffering from emergent neurological injuries and complications in our dedicated Neuro-ICU.
Every day you will bring your expertise to manage critically ill patients with complex neurological conditions within our 20-bed Neuro ICU, the region's first certified Comprehensive Stroke Center. You will collaborate and coordinate care with a comprehensive interdisciplinary stroke intervention team, including 3 Neurointensivists, neurosurgeons and neuro-interventional radiologists, leveraging bi-plane angio neurointerventional suites.
To be successful in this role, you will be a Board Certified Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP) certification. Preference for prior Neurocritical Care experience. Procedural experience is desirable. You will possess excellent communication skills, a commitment to patient safety and quality outcomes, and a desire to contribute to a market-leading Neurosciences Department actively involved in innovation and setting community standards.
We offer the following incentives to eligible new hires:
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Competitive base salary of $179,000 with additional bonus potential
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Sign-on bonus
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Relocation assistance
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100% employer-paid medical and dental benefits for your family
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401(k) matching
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CME allowance
Job Requirements
Required:
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Completion of an accredited APRN program
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Certification as ACNP or AGACNP
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Neurocritical Care experience desirable
Where You'll Work
Dignity Health is a member of CommonSpirit Health® , one of the nation’s largest health systems dedicated to advancing health for all people. #HEC
Community Description:
Nestled in beautiful Northern California, Sacramento is one of the most ethnically diverse and livable cities in America. The capital city of California serves as the political nucleus of one of the nation's most influential states, the sixth-largest economy in the world. The area offers a wide variety of activities to enjoy, including fine dining, shopping, biking, boating, river rafting, skiing, or attending one of many different cultural events. Because of its central location, Lake Tahoe, San Francisco, the vineyards of Napa Valley, and the historical Gold Rush towns of the foothills are all within easy driving distance.
Pay Range
$179,000 - $179,000 /year
We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.
How this job compares
Set against the 10,052 open Nurse Practitioner jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$179K/yr
- California median$146–198K/yr177 salary ranges
- US median$110–164K/yr3,757 salary ranges
This rate, $179K, is 5% above the California median midpoint ($171K) — in the middle half of Nurse Practitioner salary ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 387 open Nurse Practitioner jobs in California and 10,052 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sutter Health42 open
- Kaiser Permanente28 open
- Cedars-Sinai21 open
- Experience
- Nurse Practitioner postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (2,965 postings).
- Education
- 3,633 of the 10,052 open Nurse Practitioner jobs (36%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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