MemorialCare is a nonprofit integrated health system that includes four leading hospitals, award-winning medical groups – consisting of over 200 sites of care, and more than 2,000 physicians throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties. We are committed to increasing access to patient-centric, affordable, and high-quality healthcare; your personal contributions are integral to MemorialCare's recognition as a market leader and innovator in value-based and other care models. 

Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration, and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation, and teamwork.

Title: RN, Nurse Practitioner II - Aortic Program

Location: Long Beach

Department: Cardiac Surgery Clinic

Status: Full-time

Shift: Day

Pay Range*: $160,430.40 - $225,992.00/annually

MemorialCare is a nonprofit integrated health system that includes four leading hospitals, award-winning medical groups – consisting of over 200 sites of care, and more than 2,000 physicians throughout Orange and Los Angeles Counties. We are committed to increasing access to patient-centric, affordable, and high-quality healthcare; your personal contributions are integral to MemorialCare's recognition as a market leader and innovator in value-based and other care models.

Across our family of medical centers, we support each one of our bright, talented employees in reaching the highest levels of professional development, contribution, collaboration, and accountability. Whatever your role and whatever expertise you bring, we are dedicated to helping you achieve your full potential in an environment of respect, innovation, and teamwork.

Position Summary

The Nurse Practitioner (NPII) practices as a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team using standardized procedures to independently examine, diagnose and treat patients in collaboration with supervising physician(s).

The incumbent supports management in achieving a high quality program for specific patient populations, for both clinical outcomes and customer service in an efficient manner. The NP II is knowledgeable of the latest clinical trends, best practices, regulatory requirements and reimbursement patterns for patients in the specialty program.

MemorialCare Heart & Vascular Institute is building a comprehensive regional aortic center at Long Beach Medical Center. We are looking for a nurse practitioner to be its clinical center. You will run aortic clinic alongside our cardiac surgeons, own a surveillance registry so no patient is lost to follow-up, and help launch 24/7 aortic emergency services.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities of the Job

• Clinic: evaluate patients with thoracic and thoracoabdominal aneurysm, chronic dissection, bicuspid aortopathy and genetic aortic syndromes. Order and interpret CTA, MRA, echo and labs. Manage blood pressure, heart rate and risk-factor therapy.
• Surgical care: see patients before and after open and endovascular aortic repair, including 30-day and annual follow-up. See inpatient aortic consults.
• Education: teach patients and families about their condition, activity limits and warning signs. Coordinate genetic counseling and family screening.
• Surveillance registry: build and maintain the registry, track imaging intervals by size and growth rate, flag overdue patients, and report monthly on imaging done on time and patients lost to follow-up.
• Program development: prepare multidisciplinary aortic conference, help design the referral and transfer pathway, and take part in quality improvement, referring-physician outreach and research.

*Placement in the pay range is based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, relevant years of experience and qualifications. In addition to base pay, there may be additional compensation available for this role, including but not limited to, shift differentials, extra shift incentives, and bonus opportunities. Health and wellness is our passion at MemorialCare—that includes taking good care of employees and their dependents. We offer high quality health insurance plan options, so you can select the best choice for your family. And there’s more...Check out our MemorialCare Benefits for more information about our Benefits and Rewards.

Minimum Requirements

Qualifications/Work Experience:

• Master's or doctoral degree from an accredited NP program
• Current California RN and NP licenses, and NP furnishing number
• National NP board certification (FNP, AGPCNP, AGACNP or ANP)
• DEA registration, or eligibility to obtain it
• Current BLS and ACLS

Education/Licensure/Certification:

• Two or more years in cardiac surgery, vascular surgery, cardiology or cardiovascular ICU
• Experience with aortic disease, connective-tissue disorders or imaging surveillance
• Experience building a registry or tracking process (Epic reporting, REDCap or similar)
• Bilingual in Spanish or another language spoken in our community