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We are seeking a Hospitalist Nurse Practitioner to join our client in California for a 120-day assignment starting Oct 5, 2026. This role involves providing comprehensive hospitalist medicine services, with shifts including 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, 7:00 PM to 7:00 AM, and 3:00 PM to 3:00 AM options across multiple sites. The ideal candidate will manage diverse...
Location:CA
Specialty:Hospitalist
Provider Type:Nurse Practitioner
Our client in California is actively seeking a dedicated Family Practice Nurse Practitioner for a 60-day assignment beginning Sep 14, 2026. This role involves providing essential primary care services within a busy clinic setting, with daily shifts from 8 AM to 5 PM. The successful candidate will manage a diverse patient population, including a notable...
Location:CA
Specialty:Family Practice
Provider Type:Nurse Practitioner
We are actively seeking a dedicated Women and Adolescent Health Nurse Practitioner for a 60-day assignment in California, starting Sep 14, 2026. The role involves managing a diverse patient caseload, primarily focusing on pregnancy consultations, birth control insertions, vaginal health, and pre and post-partum care. You will work Monday through Friday...
Location:CA
Specialty:Women and Adolescent Health
Provider Type:Nurse Practitioner
We are seeking a dedicated Women and Adolescent Health Nurse Practitioner for a 60-day assignment starting Sep 21, 2026, in California. This role involves managing a diverse patient caseload with 5 eight-hour shifts, focusing on pregnancy consultations, birth control and insertions, vaginal health, and pre and post-partum care. Our client provides robust...
Location:CA
Specialty:Women and Adolescent Health
Provider Type:Nurse Practitioner
We are seeking a dedicated Family Practice Nurse Practitioner for an engaging 60-day assignment in California, starting Sep 14, 2026. This vital role involves managing a very busy clinic with consistent 8-5 shifts. The successful candidate will provide comprehensive primary care, primarily serving a patient base where 75% are Spanish-speaking (with...
Location:CA
Specialty:Family Practice
Provider Type:Nurse Practitioner
Our client is seeking an Emergency Medicine Nurse Practitioner for a 56-day assignment in California, commencing Sep 2, 2026. This role involves working independent of Physician supervision, managing low acuity ER cases such as sutures, chest pain, abdominal pain, pelvic exams, lacerations, and headaches. The schedule operates on shifts from 10:45 AM...
Location:CA
Specialty:Emergency Medicine
Provider Type:Nurse Practitioner
We are seeking a Gynecology Nurse Practitioner for our client in California, for a 60-day assignment starting Jul 13, 2026. This role involves working 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM shifts, providing comprehensive outpatient GYN care. You will be responsible for handling scheduled appointments for consults, CCS, and routine examinations in a dynamic clinical setting.Responsibilities...
Location:CA
Specialty:Gynecology
Provider Type:Nurse Practitioner
Our client is seeking a dedicated Pediatric Nurse Practitioner for a 60-day assignment starting Jul 6, 2026, in California. This role offers daily shifts from 8 AM to 5 PM, focusing on typical pediatric cases including cold, cough, flu, diabetes, and hypertension. The assignment involves a patient population that is 75% Spanish-speaking, with support...
Location:CA
Specialty:Pediatrics
Provider Type:Nurse Practitioner
We are seeking a dedicated Family Practice Nurse Practitioner for an engaging 15-day assignment in California. This role involves covering an outpatient family practice, managing a fluctuating patient volume through daily shifts from 8a-5p or 9a-6p, and providing comprehensive care for scheduled appointments and walk-ins to support the community.Responsibilities...
Location:CA
Specialty:Family Practice
Provider Type:Nurse Practitioner
Our client in California is seeking an Obstetrics/Gynecology Nurse Practitioner for a 70-day assignment. This role involves 8a-5p shifts focusing on comprehensive women's healthcare, including annual wellness exams, contraception, menstrual concerns, STI screening and treatment, pregnancy and prenatal care, menopause management, and managing common...
Location:CA
Specialty:Obstetrics/Gynecology
Provider Type:Nurse Practitioner
Locum tenens NP jobs are contract roles designed to fill gaps in care at healthcare facilities over a specific timeframe. These assignments can range from a week to well over a year. Locum and travel nurse practitioners hold all the same qualifications as a permanent nurse practitioner, and often choose locum work for higher pay and increased flexibility. Explore our locum tenens guide to learn more.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, NPs in California earn an average of $161,540 a year.
Nurse practitioners have restricted practice authority in California. Restricted scope of practice means state laws restrict the ability for NPs to practice in at least one element. They require a career-long supervision or management by another healthcare provider.
NPs in California are required to complete 30 hours of CE every two years, in order to renew or maintain their license.
Acute care nurse practitioners are the highest paid NP specialty.
