Nurse Practitioner - Stroke Team
- BLS
- ACLS
How this pay compares
This posting states $93.81–$133.97 an hour. Open nurse practitioner jobs in California post a median of $95.98 an hour, the middle half $88.03–$113.89, across 103 jobs that state their pay, so this one is within the middle half of what they post. Nurse practitioners employed in California earn a median of $81.02 an hour (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, opens in a new tab), according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025) (source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, opens in a new tab).
About the job
Description
The Stroke Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive inpatient stroke and neurologic care at UCLA Santa Monica Hospital as part of a 24/7 stroke program supporting emergency, inpatient, and critical care services. The APP functions as an integral member of the multidisciplinary stroke team and participates in rapid evaluation and management of patients presenting with acute stroke and neurologic emergencies.
This role includes participation in around the clock stroke coverage, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays. The Stroke APP collaborates closely with neurology attendings, emergency medicine physicians, nursing, pharmacy, rehabilitation services, radiology, and hospital operations to support timely, evidence based stroke care and optimize patient outcomes.
Salary range: $93.81-$133.97/hourly
Qualifications
- CA RN and CA NP License- required
- State of California NP, State of CA NP Furnishing with Schedule II, National Certification (i.e. ANCC)-required
- MSN or DNP in NP Specialty (AG-AC NP/Adult - Gero Acute Care NP)
- NPI #, DEA #,
- Enrollment in PECOS, Enrollment in CURES
- 1 year neurology experience as a NP- required
- BLS and ACLS certification from AHA or ARC
- Previous Stroke Team experience - strongly preferred
- NIHSS Certification - required, SCRN - preferred
- 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 correspondence-required
- Document patient care in a concise and comprehensive manner- required
From UCLA Health's job posting, checked Oct 29, 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About UCLA Health
UCLA Health is the University of California, Los Angeles academic health system, with Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center and clinics across Southern California.
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