RN - Blood and Platelet Center - Westwood

Description

The clinical nurse is a professional Registered Nurse who assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of donors for a designated time frame and provides care to these donors by using the nursing process in accordance with the standards of professional nursing practice of State of California BRN. The clinical nurse performs in the professional role as described by the American Nurses Association (ANA); engaging in activities related to ethics, education, evidence-based practice and research, quality improvement, leadership, collaboration, professional practice evaluation, resources utilization , environmental health, and donor advocacy as appropriate to clinical nursing practice. The primary responsibilities include collection of blood and blood components from allogeneic and autologous donors, assessing donor / patient eligibility according to defined criteria, perform automated and blood collections using apheresis equipment. Serve as charge nurse as assigned. Must be able to work weekends, holidays and flex to cover other shifts as needed.

Qualifications

We're

seeking

a highly-skilled ,

self-motivated nursing professional with :

Current California RN

license required

BSN or MSN required

At

least 2 years of previous

RN experience, required

Previous

experience working in a blood and platelets donor center, highly desired

BLS from the American

Red Cross or American Heart Association required

Charge

Nurse experience, preferred

Skill

in implementing appropriate nursing

interventions on a consistent basis

Ability

to perform historical, physical

and behavioral patient / donor assessments

Official Transcripts

and / or original diploma from a registered nursing program must be provided upon

hire.