Nurse Practitioner -Ophthalmology

General Information

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Work Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA

Onsite or Remote

Fully On-Site

Work Schedule

Monday-Friday 8am-5pm

Posted Date

07/27/2026

Salary Range: $93.81 - 133.97 Hourly

Employment Type

2 - Staff: Career

Duration

indefinite

Job #

32089

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

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The Ophthalmology Nurse Practitioner (NP) will provide advanced practice care in both the emergency room and inpatient consult settings. Working collaboratively with ophthalmology residents, fellows, and attending physicians, the APP will evaluate patients, perform comprehensive histories, physical and ophthalmic examinations, and assist in the assessment and management of ophthalmology consults from the Emergency Department, operating rooms, and inpatient units. The APP may also provide outpatient follow-up care and support continuity of care across clinical settings. This role is designed to improve timely access to ophthalmic care, enhance consult efficiency, and expand the Department of Ophthalmology's clinical capacity. The APP may need to go to Santa Monica Hospital as well as Ronald Reagan Medical Center Emergency Department in Westwood.

Salary range: $93.87- $133.97/hourly

Job Qualifications

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• BLS Certification from AHA or ARC- required
• ACLS Certification from AHA or ARC-required
• CA RN and CA NP License-required
• National Certification in NP Specialty - required
• MSN or DNP-required
• Prior Ophthalmology NP experience -required
• Experience performing ophthalmology procedures-preferred
• NPI #, DEA #,

Enrollment in PECOS, Enrollment in CURE-required

• Ability to utilize excel, word and other software program-required
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and collaborative working relationships with administrative, clinical and academic personnel-required
• Skill in working independently and following through with minimum direction-required
• Ability to set priorities-required
• Demonstrate writing skills to compose logical, detailed and grammatically correct correspondenceDocument patient care in a concise and comprehensive manner-required

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts an offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of substantiated misconduct with a previous employer.

Current/former UC employees are subject to a personnel file review.