Advance Practice Nurse - Mercy Hospital - Days

This is a Full Time Salaried position located at Scripps Mercy Hospital.

Receive endless appreciation and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations nationwide.

Why join Scripps Health?

AWARD-WINNING WORKPLACE

• Selected as one of the 100 Best Places to Work for 2024 by Fortune Magazine and the Great Place to Work Institute for the 16th time. A remarkable achievement as only five healthcare organizations nationwide made the list, and Scripps is the sole healthcare provider in California to be recognized.

• Recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.

• Nearly a quarter of our employees have been with Scripps Health for over 10 years.

Scripps Mercy Hospital is a private Catholic hospital located in San Diego , California . Founded in 1890, it is the oldest hospital in San Diego County and has campuses in Chula Vista and Hillcrest . The hospital has 700 acute-care-licensed beds and employs 1,300 physicians. The Hillcrest campus is home to one of four regional Level I Trauma Centers and receives more than 2,100 trauma patients each year .

Ø As Advance Practice Nurse, you will assume clinical leadership responsibilities for nursing and nursing practice.

Ø Be active in house-wide clinical program planning.

Ø The primary focus of this position is the advancement of expert nursing practice.

Ø Evaluate clinical practice for patient care and monitors the standards of practice.

Ø Provide the use of evidence-based resources, change and system theories to promote organizational improvements.

Ø Facilitate point of service decision making activities, including but not limited to education, research and performance improvement for their areas of expertise.

Ø This is a nursing leadership position which functions in the nursing (not medical) model to advance practice within a designated scope of responsibility.
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Qualifications
Experience/Specialized Skills:

• Two years full-time equivalent of experience as an RN, preferably in the APN role.

• Prefer three to five years working in specialty area.

• Provides portfolio for the interview with at least 2 examples of: creative work such as articles submitted for publication, contributions to texts, papers written for nursing coursework., outlines for classes taught, examples of performance improvement projects or evidence-based practice change projects, evidence of leadership activities such as chairing a committee or output developed from activities submitted to a committee or task force.

• Prefer those with experience leading a project to measured outcomes.

Required Certification/Registration:

• Current CA RN license.

• CNS certification preferred.

• National Board Certification through ANCC and/or equivalent in specialty area preferred.

• Current American Heart Association Healthcare Provider BLS card required.

Required Education/Course(s)/Training:

• Masters required, Prefer CNS. Prefer Masters in nursing.

• Masters in related field acceptable with bachelors in nursing.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous working experience in ICU/ED highly preferred.

• National Board Certification through ANCC and/or equivalent in specialty area preferred.

• Doctorate recommended, Preferred doctorate in nursing such as DNP, PhD, DNSc.

• Will accept EdD and others upon review.