The Clinical Staff  Nurse is a skilled and experienced professional Registered Nurse (RN) responsible for excellence in the clinical practice of nursing and the management of patient care.

Reporting to the Manager of Medical-Surgical Telemetry,  the Clinical Staff Nurse has 12 hour accountability for organizing, planning, directing, coordinating, and providing high quality, individualized patient/family centered care based on the Watson Model of Care for a defined group of patients, including the identification and demonstration of abilities to meet special needs and considerations of Age and Population Specific awareness.

Qualifications

A.   Education

• Bachelor in Nursing degree  preferred.
• Associate in Nursing, Nursing Diploma, or equivalent.
• Internal Candidates that have successfully completed the MLKCH Versant Nurse Residency Program will be considered

B.  Qualifications/Experience

• Minimum of one year of clinical nursing experience.
• Minimum of 12 months of Med/Surg/Telemetry or Critical Care nursing experience preferred with regard to regulatory guidelines and standard of practice and/or at the discretion of the Manager/ Director.
• Current California Nursing license
• Basic EKG Competence
• Certification in Progressive Critical Care Nursing preferred.
• Certification in Medical / Surgical Nursing preferred.

C.   Special Skills/KnowledgeBilingual skills preferred (Spanish)

• Basic computer skills
• Dysrhythmia Course certificate preferred. 
• Electronic Medical Record experience preferred
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS)
• Current Advance Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
• Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) Blue Card within 90 Days of hire or requirement notification.

About the Hospital

Martin Luther King Jr. Community Hospital (MLKCH) is a private, nonprofit, state-of-the-art, safety-net hospital with the mission of bringing the highest quality healthcare to the historically underserved communities of South Los Angeles. Since we opened our doors in 2015, we have made a meaningful impact on the lives and health of our neighbors. Come work with us.