$200K - $275K
Nurse Practitioner- Pediatric Acute Care NP CTICU
UCLA Health · Los Angeles, CA
Posted March 11, 2026
UCLA Mattel Children's Hospital · 757 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, US, 90095
Make a difference in people’s lives every day. When you join UCLA Health, you’ll be working at an institution that provides leading-edge care to the people of L.A. and throughout the world. We provide our team members with the environment and support to do amazing work, because each and every one of them plays a vital role in our commitment to care.
Description
Join a collaborative team on our Pediatric Cardiothoracic ICU Service. As an APP on this service, you can make a difference in our patient and families lives.
The APP team works to manage the care for the patients in the Peds CTICU post operatively and pre operatively. APPs also assist in coordinating some care and provide some outpatient follow- up visits.
- NP2: Salary range: $93.81-$133.97/hourly
- NP1 (less than 6 months NP exp) Salary range: $84.62hourly
Qualifications
- Successful completion of a Master’s Degree or higher in an accredited Nurse Practitioner program with a specialty in Pediatrics, Acute Care – Required
- CA NP, NPF, and CA RN license – Required
- NPI #, DEA # – Required
- Enrollment in PECOS, Enrollment in CURES- Required
- National Certification in Nurse Practitioner Specialty as an Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner- Required
- BLS certification from American Heart Association or American Red Cross – Required
- PALS certification from American Heart Association -Required
- Pediatric CTICU exp as a RN or NP – Required
- NPI: if less than 6 months NP exp
- NP2-6+ months NP exp or more
- Ability to utilize excel, word and other software programs-Required
- Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and collaborative working relationships with administrative, clinical and academic personnel-Required
- Skill in working independently and following through with minimum direction-Required
- Ability to set priorities-Required
- Demonstrate writing skills to compose logical, detailed and grammatically correct correspondence-Required
- Document patient care in a concise and comprehensive manner-Required
Employer
UCLA Health
UCLA Health is among the most comprehensive and advanced health care systems in the world. Our mission is to provide state-of-the-art patient care, generate research discoveries leading to new treatments and diagnoses, and train future generations of health care professionals. Together, the UCLA Hospital System and the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA strive every day to be a leader in setting the standards of excellence.
We offer an integrated network of primary and specialty care services at more than 280 clinics across Southern California and the Central Coast and at five medical centers and hospitals – Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital, the Stewart and Lynda Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA, UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center and UCLA West Valley Medical Center.
For 35 consecutive years, UCLA Health hospitals have earned a place on the U.S. News & World Report national honor roll, a distinction reserved for only 20 hospitals or systems providing the highest-quality care across multiple medical specialties. In 2024, U.S. News ranked UCLA Health #1 in both California and in Los Angeles*.
UCLA Health is where discovery leads to exceptional health care.