Nurse Practitioner - West Valley Surgery Service
West Hills, CAJob$93.81–133.97/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Nurse Practitioner will work alongside attending physicians to care for surgical patients at UCLA West Valley Medical Center across General Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery, and Urology. The role implements Standardized Procedures, coordinates patient care and education, supports continuity of care, participates in interdisciplinary and clinical rounds, makes referrals, and documents services. The NP reports to designated clinical and administrative leaders.
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Description
The NP will work alongside the attending physicians to care for surgical patients at UCLA West Valley Medical Center including patients on the General Surgery, Cardiac Surgery, Vascular Surgery and Urology services.
The NP functions in an interdependent role by implementing the appropriate Standardized Procedures (SPs). By using the SPs the NP is able to change treatment regimen after observing signs and symptoms of illness, reactions to treatment, general behavior and physical condition and determines if they are abnormal findings (Ca Nursing Practice Act, subsection(b) of Section 2725). The NP will provide and coordinate the care of patients, provide patient/family education, promote safe continuity of care. The NP also participates in interdisciplinary and clinical rounds, provides education and support, as well as makes appropriate referrals and documents services rendered.
Standardized Procedure(s) outline the requirements for supervision. The Nurse Practitioner reports to the designated medical director for clinical practice and designated person for administrative issues.
Salary range: $93.810 $133.97/hourly
Qualifications
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CA RN License
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CA NP License, State of CA NP Furnishing with Schedule II, National Certification (i.e. ANCC) in AG- ACNP (Acute Care)Specialty -required
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Master's or Doctoral Degree in Nursing in Adult-Gero Acute Care NP Specialty -required
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NPI #, DEA #, Enrollment in PECOS, Enrollment in CURES -required
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Previous NP experience -required
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Surgical ICU experience -preferred
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BLS from AHA or ARC -required
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ACLS from AHA -required
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Ability to utilize excel, word and other software programs -required
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Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and collaborative working relationships with administrative, clinical and academic personnel. -required
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Skill in working independently and following through with minimum direction- required
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Ability to set priorities -required
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Demonstrate writing skills to compose logical, detailed and grammatically correct correspondence -required
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Document patient care in a concise and comprehensive manner -required
UCLA Health welcomes all individuals, without regard to race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin or disabilities, and we proudly look to each person’s unique achievements and experiences to further set us apart.
How this job compares
Set against the 9,861 open Nurse Practitioner jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 14, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$93.81–133.97/hr
- California median$92–115/hr148 hourly ranges
- US median$46–85/hr2,532 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $113.89/hr, is 10% above the California median midpoint ($104/hr) — in the top quarter of Nurse Practitioner hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 419 open Nurse Practitioner jobs in California and 9,861 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sutter Health46 open
- Kaiser Permanente30 open
- UnitedHealth Group30 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 (2,855 postings).
- Education
- 3,440 of the 9,861 open Nurse Practitioner jobs (35%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Pay, requirements and demand for Nurse Practitioner jobs
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 14, 2026. Figures based on too few postings are left out.
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