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 Clinical Unit Supervisor of 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.  

This position requires the full understanding and active participation in fulfilling the Mission of Martin Luther King, Jr. Community  Hospital. It is expected that the employee will demonstrate behavior consistent with the Core Values. The employee shall support Martin Luther King, Jr. Community  Hospital's strategic plan and the goals and direction of the quality and performance improvement process activities.

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 licenseBasic EKG Competence
• Certification in Progressive Critical Care Nursing preferred.
• Certification in Medical / Surgical Nursing preferred.

C.   Special Skills/Knowledge 

• Bilingual skills preferred (Spanish)
• Basic computer skills
• Dysrrythmia Course certificate preferred. E
• lectronic 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.