Responsibilities
Become one of the esteemed professionals at the UCLA Blood and Platelet Center.
We are seeking highly energetic and motivated individuals to join our team.
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
Current valid CA RN license, required
BSN or MSN, required
BLS from the ARC or AHA, required
Previous RN experience working in a blood donation clinic, highly desired
Must be flexible with ability to work various schedules.
UCLA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.