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.

Qualifications

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

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.

Special Skills/Knowledge

•  Bilingual skills preferred (Spanish)
• Basic computer skills
• Dysrrythmia 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 tens of thousands of our neighbors. If you are committed to making a difference with your work, come work with us.