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MLK Community Healthcare

RN ICU Full Time Days

MLK Community Healthcare, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90079

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Pay Range MLK Community Healthcare provided pay range. Actual pay based on skills and experience.

Base Pay Range $45.00/hr - $65.00/hr

Position Summary The Clinical Staff Nurse is a skilled and experienced registered nurse (RN) responsible for excellence in clinical practice and management of patient care. Reporting to the Clinical Unit Supervisor, 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.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The nurse demonstrates the use of the nursing process as a problem‑solving model; utilizing knowledge and experience to anticipate and plan to meet patient and family needs.

Nursing assessment is focused to target areas most productive for a given patient population or situation.

Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age and needs of the patients served on the assigned unit.

Demonstrates the Hospital's Patient Satisfaction effort when interacting with patients, families, and co‑workers.

The nurse develops and maintains a therapeutic nurse/patient relationship throughout the health‑care continuum.

The nurse communicates utilizing the SBAR in all hand‑off situations.

Performs documentation of patient care including assessment, interdisciplinary plan of care (IPOC), implementation, evaluation, and the Watson Model of Care following unit‑specific and hospital documentation policies and procedures.

Anticipates variables affecting patient comfort and alters physical and psychosocial interventions accordingly, using a variety of modalities.

Demonstrates commitment to meeting the learning needs of patients and families, utilizing appropriate resources to achieve positive patient outcomes.

Works with Care Managers during the patient’s stay and takes a proactive role in coordinating interdisciplinary discharge planning for a specific patient population.

Reviews all orders on patients and communicates changes in patient condition with physician and other team members \ interventions and documents outcomes in the IPOC. Utilizes patient classification system according to standards.

Demonstrates ability to plan, supervise, instruct and evaluate ancillary nursing personnel, floats, orientees and registry staff.

Upholds professional appearance and demonstrates such through adherence to dress code.

Maintains a safe and clean environment that complies with regulatory standards including Patient Safety Goals.

Participates in the implementation of the unit‑specific Quality and Performance Improvement Plan, completes monitoring forms and reports findings to the Clinical Unit Supervisor and Nurse Manager.

Other duties as assigned.

Position Requirements

Education: Associates Degree in Nursing/equivalent or higher level of nursing degree required. BSN preferred.

Qualifications/Experience: Minimum of one (1) year of clinical nursing experience in Critical Care nursing with regard to regulatory guidelines and standard of practice.

Current California nursing license.

Certification in Critical Care Nursing preferred.

Bilingual skills preferred (Spanish).

Basic computer skills.

Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Health Care Providers from the American Heart Association.

Current Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) from the American Heart Association.

Completion of Critical Care Course preferred.

Electronic Medical Record experience preferred.

Seniority Level Entry level

Employment Type Full‑time

Job Function Health Care Provider

Industries Hospitals and Health Care

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