Pediatric Intensive Care Nurse Practitioner (Orange)

Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner

CHOC Specialists, in-conjunction with Rady Childrens Health-Orange County, is seeking a fulltime, Pediatric Critical Care Nurse Practitioner to join our growing team. Responsibilities include providing quality care to pediatric critical care patients from birth to young adulthood. Our service is exclusively inpatient with shared rotating night and weekend call.

The successful candidate will be a California licensed and certified Nurse Practitioner with at least two years of bedside nursing experience in direct pediatric critical care. The candidate must demonstrate excellent communication skills. At least one year of clinical pediatric Nurse Practitioner experience is desired, but not mandatory.

CHOC Specialists, a private pediatric subspecialty group, is composed of more than 425 physicians and advance practice providers within 26 pediatric subspecialties. This group practices at Childrens Hospital of Orange County (CHOC), a premier healthcare system based in Orange County, Calif. Named one of the best childrens hospitals by U.S. News & World Report (2023-2024), CHOC is exclusively committed to the health and well-being of children through clinical expertise, advocacy, outreach and research that brings advanced treatment to pediatric patients. Affiliated with the University of California, Irvine, CHOCs regional healthcare network includes two state-of-the-art hospitals in Orange and Mission Viejo, several primary and specialty care clinics, a pediatric residency program, and four centers of excellence - The CHOC Heart, Neuroscience, Orthopedic and Hyundai Cancer Institutes.

CHOC earned the Gold Level CAPE Award from the California Council of Excellence, the only childrens hospital in California to ever earn this distinction, and was awarded Magnet designation, the highest honor bestowed to hospitals for nursing excellence. Recognized for extraordinary commitment to high-quality critical care standards, CHOCs Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) is the first in the United States to earn the Beacon Award for Pediatric Critical Care Excellence.

Orange County, California, is famous for its warm climate, with average temperatures of 70 degrees and up throughout most of the year. Orange County boasts unbeatable entertainment, shopping and attractions, and, with the beach, mountains and desert all within short driving distances, there is something for everyone.