NURSE PRACTITIONER
Listed compensation
$75/hour
The week · per this postingWeekdays only
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Job Description
VNAcare, a not-for-profit leader in hospice care, is looking for dedicated healthcare professionals to join our team.
Join our team and provide compassionate care to patients in your community! We are a leader in Hospice services that offers the best programs available in Murrieta and surrounding communities. Come on board with us as a Nurse Practitioner!!!
With offices throughout Southern California, you can become part of the team who continues to be a leader in providing professional and comprehensive care to critically, chronically or terminally ill patients in our community.
Our clinicians enjoy flexible schedules including limited weekends/after-hours/on-call which promotes a healthy work-life balance.
We offer competitive salaries, mileage reimbursement and a comprehensive orientation/on-the-job training program.
The Nurse Practitioner position is open in our Murrieta location and surrounding areas. This is a Per Diem position during our day shift.
Requirements of the Nurse Practitioner
- Current Registered Nursing license in the State of California.
- Current Nurse Practitioner license in the State of California.
- Minimum of one year professional Nursing experience is required.
- Hospice/Palliative Care experience preferred.
Nurse Practitioner Duties Include
- Demonstrates an ability to work within an interdisciplinary setting.
- Demonstrates an understanding of Hospice philosophy, principles of death and dying.
- Compliance with accepted professional standards and practices.
- Demonstrate excellent observation, assessment, nursing judgment and communication skills.
- Ability to provide accurate written documentation in a timely manner.
- Self-directed with the ability to work with little supervision.
- Demonstrates ability to efficiently schedule home visits of patients needing a face to face visit for recertification.
For assistance in applying for a position with VNAcare, please contact the Human Resources Dept. at (909) 624-3574.
EEO, M/F/Protected Veterans/Individual with Disability
Key Responsibilities
The Nurse Practitioner will provide professional and comprehensive care to critically, chronically, or terminally ill patients in an interdisciplinary setting. Responsibilities include conducting home visits for patient recertification and maintaining accurate, timely clinical documentation.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a current Registered Nursing license and a Nurse Practitioner license in the State of California. A minimum of one year of professional nursing experience is required, with hospice or palliative care experience preferred.
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates NURSE PRACTITIONER at VNAcare a 8.7 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Hospice & Palliative Medicine (NP) — ranked against 79 active Hospice & Palliative Medicine (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Hospice & Palliative Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 40 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 23% are remote, 43% have no call, 75% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$156k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $141k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 8.7 / 10 · top 5% in hospice & palliative medicine (np) | ranked against 79 Hospice & Palliative Medicine (NP) listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | $156k | Nurse Practitioner median $239k (middle half $192k–$293k)19 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$141k in purchasing power | California index 110.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Nurse Practitioner listings in California | 1,088 active | 14,056 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 23% remote · 43% no call · 75% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | California Nurse Practitioner listings: 18% state a sign-on bonus (median $20k) · 12% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Oct 2026 |
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Benefits & Perks
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- No weekends
- No nights
About VNAcare
Benefits & Perks
Living in Murrieta
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $603k
- Typical market rent
- $2,650/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 37 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 106.4
- State income tax
- Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.