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Cedars-Sinai
Los Angeles, California

Nurse Practitioner (NP) - Surgical ICU - Full Time - 12hr Days

Nurse PractitionerIncludes callFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$164K - $262K

The week · per this posting

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Make a difference every day; attention to detail is crucial in our culture.

Engage with a dedicated healthcare team and access innovative facilities to support your efforts in achieving something remarkable—for yourself and for others. Join our team and experience why U.S. News & World Report distinguishes us as one of America’s Leading Hospitals!

Care for critically ill patients in our 24-bed Surgical, Trauma and Transplant ICU.

  • Responsible and accountable for the application of the care plan, supervision of clinical practice, research involvement, consultative services, inter and intradepartmental liaison, education, leadership, and patient care management across the healthcare continuum including preventative care, acute care through discharge, and ambulatory care environments.
  • Collaborates with diverse healthcare professionals to deliver outstanding patient care using independent decision-making skills.
  • Reports to the Medical Director, the Lead Nurse Practitioner, and the Chief Nursing Officer (CNO) and functions as an integral part of the medical team.
  • Supplies personalized care that aligns with CSHS philosophies, encompassing care consistent with Standards of Care/Practice, the Nursing Care Provision Plan, the Patient Care Provision Plan, the Performance Improvement Plan, the Patient Education Plan, the Standards of Professional Organizations, Code of Conduct, and hospital and departmental policies and procedures.
  • Provides care to special patient populations and those with diverse cultural backgrounds.
  • Performs all job duties with sensitivity and attention to age and developmental achievements of the population(s) served, which may include adolescent, adult, and geriatric.
  • Recognizes safety issues, implements safety measures, and assesses patients with developmental achievements in mind.

Key Responsibilities

The Nurse Practitioner is responsible for managing the care of critically ill patients in a 24-bed Surgical, Trauma, and Transplant ICU. This includes applying care plans, supervising clinical practice, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary medical team to deliver high-quality patient care.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master of Nursing Degree from an accredited program and possess a current CA RN license along with NP and Furnishing licenses. A minimum of two years of NP experience in an ICU setting is required, preferably in surgical, trauma, or transplant care.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Critical CareClinical Practice SupervisionTrauma CareInterdepartmental LiaisonCare Plan Application

Critical Care — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 20% are remote, 56% have no call, 74% 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 ~$213k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $193k in an average-cost state. 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Nurse Practitioner Jobs

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Salary Distribution33 jobs · 25 employers

14
<$175k
12
$175k-215k
0
$215k-255k
5
$255k-295k
2
$295k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks31 jobs · 25 employers

401k / retirement match
84%
CME allowance
61%
Sign-on bonus
39%
Loan repayment
26%
Relocation assistance
6%

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Below most Critical Care (NP) listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 45 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Los Angeles

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$923k≈ 5.6× annual pay
Typical market rent
$2,778/mo≈ 20% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
31 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
113.6
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.