Nurse Practitioner, Neonatal (Per-Diem) - Neonatal, ICU (NICU)
Rady Children's Hospital San Diego
Murrieta, CAPer Diem$74.51–102.45/hrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner provides care to acute, critical, complex chronically ill, and well neonates in collaboration with the Division of Neonatology. The role includes assessment, diagnosis, treatment planning, resuscitation, multidisciplinary medical management, transitional care, consultations, psychosocial support, and health education. The practitioner also serves as a clinical leader, educator, researcher, and consultant. The unit operates 24/7, with schedules that may include holidays.
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JOB SUMMARY:
The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner delivers primary care to acute, critical, complex chronically ill and well neonates collaboratively with the Division of Neonatology. The Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive: physical assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation for patients and their families. The Nurse Practitioner also provides acute resuscitation, on-going multidisciplinary medical management, transitional care to sub-acute and lower level neonatal units within the community, critical care consultations and evaluations, psychosocial support, and health education to infants/children and their families in the critical care arena. The Nurse Practitioner also
functions as a clinical leader, educator, researcher, and consultant in collaboration with physicians of numerous subspecialties, nurses, and all healthcare team members. The Nurse Practitioner supports the philosophies of the department and is evaluated by nursing and medical staff. The Nurse Practitioner supports the philosophies of the department and is evaluated by nursing and medical staff. The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner also performs under standardized procedures within the neonatal services per Medical Staff Privileges. Generally, they are working in a unit that is a 24/7 operation. Schedules are not limited to MondayFriday w/ limited or no holidays.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (all due at time of hire unless otherwise noted):
Master's Degree
BLS for Health Providers (American Heart Association)
California RN License
NP Furnisher, State of CA • NRP Advanced Provider (AAP)
National Provider Identifier
Nurse Practitioner, CA
Successfully complete the credentialing process through Medical Staff Services
National Neonatal NP Certification, obtained within 6 months of employment
PER DIEMS ONLY: Must adhere to department per diem availability requirements, which may include a minimum of 12 shifts per fiscal year
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
2 Years of Experience
NRP Instructor (AAP)
Ped Adv Life Support Prov(American Heart Association)
Two years experience of clinical nursing within a Neonatal ICU
The current salary range for this position is $74.51 to $102.45
Rady Children’s Hospital is committed to compensation that is externally competitive and internally equitable. We demonstrate this commitment by conducting regular market reviews to remain competitive with organizations of similar size in the nonprofit, healthcare sector. The range listed above does not represent the full salary range for the position but is the expected hiring range for qualified candidates. Compensation decisions consider a variety of factors including experience, education, licensure, unique skillsets, organizational need, and internal equity. This posting will remain open from the “date posted” until the hiring manager has determined there is a sufficient applicant pool or until the position is filled.
EOE including disability/vet
How this job compares
Set against the 9,989 open Nurse Practitioner jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$74.51–102.45/hr
- California median$92–115/hr134 hourly ranges
- US median$46–85/hr2,523 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $88.48/hr, is 12% below the California median midpoint ($100/hr) — in the middle half of Nurse Practitioner hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 388 open Nurse Practitioner jobs in California and 9,989 across the US. 3% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Sutter Health42 open
- Kaiser Permanente29 open
- Providence23 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Nurse Practitioner postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (2,913 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a master's degree; 3,084 of the 9,989 open Nurse Practitioner jobs (31%) ask for a master's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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