Nurse Practitioner: Digestive Health Clinic: Aliso Viejo And Irvine

About the role

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 delivers multidisciplinary care, including patient evaluations, assessments, education, interventions, and documentation of the plan of care. The Nurse Practitioner requests physician and multidisciplinary consultations, recognizes ethical/legal/medical dilemmas, and confers with appropriate resources when making decisions.

May work as an independent provider or under indirect supervision of a physician, treating a variety of age populations. Depending on the area, hours may vary, including weekends, holidays, and on-call time.

Privileges granted by the Medical Staff Department may include:

• Arranging admission and transfer of patients
• Performing and dictating exams, history, and physicals
• Rounding on assigned patients and writing progress notes with a plan of care
• Dictating discharge summaries
• Furnishing medications (non-narcotic) and durable medical equipment (DME)
• Ordering and managing controlled substances (III, IV, V, and II with appropriate licensure/certification)
• Ordering blood products, laboratory tests, radiological, ultrasound, nuclear medicine, and neurological studies
• Ordering oxygen therapy, respiratory treatments, and pulmonary tests
• Performing drain and suture removal
• Ordering and administering medications and IV therapy, with the ability to assess and adjust dosing

Specialty-Specific Responsibilities

Hoag Compass – Jamboree

Provides support through face-to-face, chat, texting, or video platforms. Must be competent in using consumer health technologies and software, such as fitness wearables and health applications.

Hospice

Responsible for explaining benefits to GIP program and home hospice candidates (or their DPOA) and admitting patients to the hospice GIP program. Functions as an integral member of the hospice interdisciplinary team, providing daily visits for hospice care patients and coordinating their plan of care. Fulfills the requirements of the “face-to-face encounter” with Medicare beneficiaries enrolled in hospice as needed.

Heart Valve Clinic

Provides advanced clinical care to patients with complex heart failure across inpatient and outpatient settings, working closely with cardiologists, surgeons, and the multidisciplinary team.

Risk Adjustment

Executes guided processes to complete Annual Health Assessments (AHAs) for Hoag Clinic’s Medicare patient population. Works with patients with chronic illnesses commonly encountered in adult and geriatric care. Responsible for assessment, diagnosis, education, health promotion, and care coordination. Requires advanced knowledge of HCC Coding and Documentation, and Quality Measure guidelines.

Requirements

Education and Experience

• Master’s in Nursing (MSN) or DNP required
• Completion of proctoring by Medical Staff Office
• Advanced clinical knowledge and skills in patient care and management

Department-Specific Experience

• Breast Care: 3 years' experience in Women’s Health or Adult Oncology as a nurse/NP or equivalent. Advanced clinical knowledge in personalized cancer risk assessment. Training or education in genetics preferred; bilingual preferred.
• Cardiac Admin: Experience in adult/geriatric cardiovascular care. Experience in cardiovascular data collection preferred.
• Emergency Dept: Experience in psychiatric/mental health.
• Endoscopy/Surgical Center for Digestive Diseases: Experience in adult/geriatric care, ambulatory, and/or inpatient care preferred.
• Hoag Compass: 3+ years of clinical nursing experience, preferably in primary care. Experience delivering care through hybrid, virtual, and in-person models a plus. Knowledge of electronic medical record systems, patient registration, scheduling, and insurance verification. Passion for changing healthcare access and delivery.
• HMG – Primary Care: Experience in Family or Internal Medicine and/or adolescent/adult/geriatric care preferred.
• HMG – Urgent Care: Urgent care/ER experience or 3 years of Family Medicine as an NP preferred. Comfortable working as a single provider and seeing patients of all ages. Proficient in procedures frequently performed in an urgent care setting.
• HOI: Experience in Orthopedics and/or recent adult/geriatric acute care preferred.
• Neuro/Oncology Clinic: Experience as a Nurse/NP in Adult Oncology/Neurology or equivalent. Bilingual or multilingual and/or clinical trial experience preferred.
• Neuroscience: Minimum of 1+ year recent experience as an NP, preferably in ambulatory and acute healthcare or Neuroscience. 2+ years preferred. Bilingual or multilingual preferred. May participate on the Crisis Response Team, Addiction, and Pain Management Service. For C&L Psychiatric, 2 years recent experience as a PMHNP.
• Medical Imaging (Nuclear Medicine, Neuro-Interventional Radiology, etc.): Minimum 2 years of experience performing or assisting in invasive procedures with advanced imaging.
• Palliative Care: 2 years’ advanced practice nursing experience, including prescribing. Experience in adult/geriatric care preferred. Advanced knowledge and assessment skills in Palliative Care preferred.
• Risk Adjustment: Experience in Family or Internal Medicine and/or Geriatric Care preferred. Bilingual or multilingual preferred.
• Heart Valve Clinic: 2+ years cardiology or advanced heart failure experience preferred. Experience with advanced therapies (LVAD, transplant, MCS) preferred.

Licenses Required

• Current license in good standing to practice as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner in California
• Furnishing license issued by the State of California and personal DEA number (for all areas other than Breast Center)
• Department-Specific Licenses:
  • Endoscopy Clinic: DEA license required within 6 months of position effective date
  • HATC Admin: Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner license designated by manager
  • Infusion Centers: DEA license required within 90 days of position effective date
  • Neurosurgery – Pituitary: NPF – Nurse Practitioner Furnishing License preferred
  • Neurosciences C&L Psychiatric: PMHNP strongly preferred

Certifications Required

• BLS required
• National board certification as Nurse Practitioner in area of specialty required (except Outpatient Oncology)
• Department-Specific Certifications:
  • Cardiac Administration: ACLS required
  • Chemical Dependency: ACLS required
  • Emergency Department: ACLS required
  • Endoscopy/Surgical Center for Digestive Diseases: ACLS required
  • Heart Valve Clinic: ACLS required
  • HATC Admin: ACLS required
  • HMG – Primary Care: ACLS required
  • HMG – Urgent Care: National Certificate in area of specialty required
  • Hoag Orthopedic Institute: Completion of an ECG course and testing or equivalency required
  • Neuro/Oncology Clinic: ACLS required; ONS certification preferred
  • Neurosurgery – Pituitary: ACLS required
  • Neuroscience: ACLS required
  • Nuclear Medicine: ACLS required
  • Pain Management: ACLS required
  • Palliative Care: ACLS required
  • Risk Adjustment: ACLS required
  • Infusion Centers: ACLS required
  • Solmar Retreat: BLS – AHA Basic Life Support; current negative TB test and health screen report or questionnaire clearance by a physician prior to employment (renewed annually)

Certifications Preferred

• Hoag Orthopedic Institute: Orthopedic Nurse Certification preferred

About Us

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is a nonprofit regional healthcare delivery network in Orange County, California, consisting of three acute-care hospitals, sixteen urgent care centers, eleven health centers, and a network of over 1,800 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 personalized care unsurpassed among Orange County’s healthcare providers. Since 1952, Hoag has served local communities and continues its mission to provide the highest quality healthcare services through core strategies of quality and service, people, physician partnerships, strategic growth, financial stewardship, community benefit, and philanthropy.

Hoag offers a comprehensive blend of healthcare services, including six institutes specializing in cancer, heart and vascular, neurosciences, women's health, orthopedics, and digestive health. Hoag was the highest-ranked hospital in Orange County in the 2024-2025 U.S. News & World Report and the only Orange County hospital ranked in the top 10 for California. The organization was ranked #5 in the Los Angeles Metro Area and #10 in California.