RN Maternal Child Health Clinical Practice Expert

Job Summary and Responsibilities

The RN Maternal Child Health Clinical Practice Expert is a registered nurse with advanced knowledge and clinical expertise in women's health nursing. This role ensures high patient/family satisfaction and cost-effective care by assessing needs, planning/executing/evaluating nursing care, and implementing coordinated programs within Women's Health. As an expert practitioner, they optimize nursing quality through direct patient care, clinical staff development, consultation, and research. This expert also leads the design, implementation, and evaluation of evidence-based educational programs, orientations, and continuing education across multiple units or facility-wide, managing programs that foster professional growth and competency in alignment with organizational goals. Serving as a clinical leader, they promote excellence in clinical nursing care, acting as an advanced learning facilitator, change agent, mentor, and champion for interprofessional collaboration, driving evidence-based practice and teaching across client, nurse, and system spheres of influence.

Job Requirements

Registered Nurse: CA (RN:CA) upon hire Required

Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR), upon hire Required

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) upon hire Required

Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) upon hire Required

Fire Safety (FIRESAFETY) within 90 Days Required

Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) upon hire Required

APRN Clinical Nurse Specialist:CA (APRN-CNS:CA) upon hire Preferred

Education

Masters Of Nursing upon hire Preferred

Minimum of three (3) years of clinical experience in Maternal Child Health in the acute care setting. Preferred

PhD, DNP, EdD upon hire

Experience with data analysis and quality improvement methodologies. Preferred

Experience in precepting or charge nursing roles preferred. Preferred

Where You'll Work

Founded in 1887, Dignity Health - California Hospital Medical Center is a 318-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital located in downtown Los Angeles, California. Serving over 100,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II Trauma Center, Level III NICU, heart care, women's health, and a family birth center. In 2025, we opened our new patient tower, Grand Tower, featuring a dramatically expanded Emergency Department and Family Birth Center that will increase patient comfort and privacy. Additionally, California Hospital Medical Center has been recognized as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation. It is a Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, and recently was awarded the AMA/ASA's Get the Guidelines - Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement, recognizing the hospital's commitment to providing the best stroke care. California Hospital Medical Center shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health and CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation's largest health care systems, dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care. One Community. One Mission. One California