Nurse Practitioner Oncology Palm Desert CA
Listed compensation
$120K–$180K USD
The week · per this posting
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Job Description
About The Oncology Institute (Www.theoncologyinstitute.com)
Founded in 2007, The Oncology Institute (NASDAQ: TOI) is advancing oncology by delivering highly specialized, value-based cancer care in the community setting.
TOI offers cutting-edge, evidence-based cancer care to a population of approximately 1.9 million patients, including clinical trials, transfusions, and other care delivery models traditionally associated with the most advanced care delivery organizations.
With over 180 employed and affiliate clinicians and over 100 clinics and affiliate locations of care across five states and growing, TOI is changing oncology for the better.
Join a mission-driven organization where your clinical expertise directly improves outcomes for underserved cancer patients in community-based settings.
Base Salary with Opportunity for Semi-Annual Performance Bonuses
Advanced Practice Provider Role
Performs physical examinations and treats common complications of cancer treatment, counsels patients and families and monitors patient progress. Works in collaboration with other health care team members, consulting and referring as appropriate, but retains responsibility for ongoing clinical management of the patient.
Responsibilities Include
Ensure patient information, visit history, refer outs, lab follow-up, phone calls, and consults are carefully and completely documented in the electronic medical record.
Conducts in-depth interviews with patients and/or family, constructs comprehensive medical histories, performs initial and periodic physical examinations and explores patient's interpretation of health needs. Identifies and treats patients' diseases.
- Directly performs or orders appropriate diagnostic studies and interprets finished results.
- Develops and implements long and short-range treatment plans.
- Performs procedures such as bone marrow biopsy.
- Instructs and counsels patients and families regarding preventive care, medical problems, psychological problems, and use of prescribed treatments and drugs.
- Writes orders to increase, decrease or change medication, subject to checking and countersigning by physician.
- Identifies and records pertinent progress of patients, updating and summarizing charts, changing orders when appropriate and notifying the responsible physician of changes in the patient's condition.
- Will need hospital privileges to assist with call.
- In-Patient rounding across Palm Desert, Beaumont, and Hemet.
Minimum Qualifications
- Master's degree in nursing
- Possession of current certificate of completion from a Nurse Practitioner program
- Current and unrestricted license to practice.
- Oncology experience preferred but not required.
- National Certification required upon employment (Nurse Practitioners).
The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role.
- Pay Transparency for salaried teammates
- $120,000—$180,000 USD
Key Responsibilities
The Nurse Practitioner performs physical examinations, treats cancer complications, and manages long- and short-range treatment plans for patients. Responsibilities include conducting in-depth interviews, ordering diagnostic studies, and performing procedures such as bone marrow biopsies.
Requirements
Candidates must have a Master's degree in nursing, a current Nurse Practitioner certificate, and an unrestricted license to practice. National Certification is required upon employment, and oncology experience is preferred.
Qualifications
- Education
- Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Oncology — Nurse Practitioner Career Context
Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 58% have no call, 76% require no weekends.
Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$150k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $136k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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