Nurse Practitioner: Breast Care and Imaging

Primary Duties And Responsibilities

* The Nurse Practitioner provides high quality advanced nursing care in
accordance with professional regulatory standards and within the scope of the
nurse practitioner license. This role provides multidisciplinary care
providing patient evaluations and assessments, patient education,
interventions, and documents plan of care. Requests physician consultations
and multidisciplinary consults. Recognizes that ethical/legal/medical
dilemmas exist in the nursing practice, and confers with the appropriate
resources and staff when making ethical decisions. May work as an independent
provider and/or under indirect supervision of a supervising physician. May
see all and treat a variety of age populations.
* Depending on area, may work different hours, weekends and holidays. May
require on-call time.
* Privileges granted by the Medical Staff Department can include arranging
admission and transfer of patients, performing and dictating exams, history
and physicals, rounding on assigned patients and writing progress notes with
plan of care, and dictating discharge summary. Also may furnish medications
(non-narcotic) and durable medical equipment (DME), controlled substances
III, IV, V with appropriate licensure/certification, and controlled
substances II with appropriate licensure/certification. May order blood
products, laboratory tests, radiological, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and
neurological studies, oxygen therapy, respiratory treatment, and pulmonary
tests. May perform drain and suture removal. May order and administer
medications and IV therapy with the ability to assess and adjust appropriate
dosing. 

* Performs other duties as assigned.

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is a nonprofit regional health care delivery
network in Orange County, California, consisting of three acute-care hospitals
with sixteen urgent care centers, eleven health centers and a network of more
than1,800 physicians, 100 allied health members, 8,000 employees, and 2,000
volunteers. More than 30,000 inpatients and 550,000 outpatients choose Hoag each
year.

For over 70 years, Hoag has delivered a level of personalized care that is
unsurpassed among Orange County’s health care providers. Since 1952, Hoag has
served the local communities and continues its mission to provide the highest
quality health care services through the core strategies of quality and service,
people, physician partnerships, strategic growth, financial stewardship,
community benefit and philanthropy.

Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of health care services including six
institutes providing specialized care in the areas of cancer, heart and
vascular, neurosciences, women's health, orthopedics, and digestive health
through our institutes.

Hoag was the highest ranked hospital in Orange County in the 2024-2025 U. S. News
&World Report, the only Orange County hospital ranked in the top 10 for
California. The organization was ranked the #5 hospital in the Los Angeles Metro
Area and the #10 hospital in California.

To learn more about Hoag’s awards and accreditations, visit:
https://www.hoag.org/about-hoag/awards-accreditations/
[https://www.hoag.org/about-hoag/awards-accreditations/].

Hoag is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and
harassment of any kind. Hoag is committed to the principle of equal employment
opportunity for all employees and providing employees with a work environment
free of discrimination and harassment. Hoag hires a diverse group of people in a
manner that allows them to reach their full potential in the pursuit of
organizational objectives.