Nurse Practitioner- Stroke Team -Per Diem

Work Location: Santa Monica, CA, USA Onsite or Remote Fully On-Site Work Schedule 1 - 12 hour shifts a week, 7 days a week, days, nights, weekends and holidays: 7a-7:30p or 7p-7:30a Posted Date 07/13/2026 Salary Range : $98.95 - 98.95 Hourly Employment Type Duration indefinite Job # 31776 Primary Duties and Responsibilities The Per Diem Stroke Advanced Practice Provider (APP) provides comprehensive inpatient stroke and neurologic care at UCLA Health Santa Monica Hospital as part of a 24/7 Comprehensive Stroke Program. Working a minimum commitment of one 12-hour shift per week, the Per Diem APP functions as an integral member of the multidisciplinary stroke team, providing high-quality, evidence-based care to patients with acute stroke and other neurologic emergencies. Per Diem Stroke APPs respond to Code Stroke activations, manage acute neurologic patients across multiple inpatient settings, and collaborate closely with vascular neurologists, emergency medicine physicians, hospitalists, nursing, radiology, pharmacy, rehabilitation services, and other members of the healthcare team. During each scheduled shift, the Per Diem APP is expected to function with the same clinical autonomy and responsibilities as regularly scheduled Stroke APPs. This position is ideal for experienced Acute Care Nurse Practitioners seeking a flexible schedule while maintaining expertise in acute stroke and neuroscience care. Salary range: $98.95/hourly Job Qualifications CA RN and CA NP License- required State of California NP, State of CA NP Furnishing with Schedule II, National Certification (i.e. ANCC)-required MSN or DNP in NP Specialty (AG-AC NP/Adult - Gero Acute Care NP)

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1 year neurology experience as a NP- required BLS and ACLS certification from AHA or ARC Previous Stroke Team experience - strongly preferred NIHSS Certification - required, SCRN - preferred Ability to utilize excel, word and other software program-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 As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substiaed misconduct with a previous employer. Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review. #J-18808-Ljbffr UCLA Health