Josephine D. Leyva

Dynamic healthcare professional with extensive experience in resident assessment and crisis management at Merrill Gardens Senior Living. Proven leader skilled in regulatory compliance and staff mentoring, dedicated to enhancing patient care and operational efficiency. Committed to fostering independence in residents while ensuring high-quality care in fast-paced environments.

• Resident Care Director, 05/2024-10/2024, Merrill Gardens Senior Living, Monterey, CA, FT nursing leadership position in an assisted living and memory care facility; responsible for coordinating resident care and medication management as directed by the residents' medical care providers, as well as ensuring and maintaining the residents' highest level of independence; attended weekly leadership meetings to discuss and monitor residents' progress and evaluate need for open communication with their families and PCPs; resigned to move back to Las Vegas and continue care of my terminally ill parent.
• Clinical Supervisor Level III NICU, 06/2023-10/2023, Spring Valley Hospital Medical Center, Las Vegas, NV, FT NOC shift; clinical manager role with staffing, payroll, staff mentoring, and other critical leadership responsibilities geared toward effective operation of the 25-30 bed unit; resigned to care for ailing parent.
• Staff RN Level II NICU, 06/2020-11/2021, Abrazo Arrowhead Medical Center, Glendale, AZ, FT days; direct care of ill neonates from L&D and outside facilities; resigned after contracting COVID-19 and to care for husband requiring long-term home care and rehab from COVID-19.
• Staff RN Level III NICU, 02/2020-06/2020, Desert Spring Regional Medical Center, Palm Springs, CA, Per Diem days; direct patient care; resigned to accept FT position at sister Tenet facility in Glendale, AZ (Abrazo Arrowhead).
• Staff RN, 07/2012-11/2013; 01/2018-12/2019, NurseCore and Maxim Healthcare Services, Las Vegas, NV, FT days; home care of complex care, vent-dependent infants and toddlers post-NICU/PICU stay; promoted to Clinical Manager/Case Manager @ NurseCore to manage and supervise both pediatric and adult patient population; focused on teaching and mentoring responsible family members in patient care and maintenance of medical devices (e.g., portable respirators, IV and gastric feeding pumps, central lines and routine dressing changes, wound care, etc.).
• Clinical Coordinator/Pediatric Nursing Classroom Instructor, 01/2012-07/2012, Nevada Career Institute (NCI) LVN Program, Las Vegas, NV, Responsible for procuring facility affiliations for student training and clinical rotations, plus part-time classroom didactic education and clinical/laboratory training; resigned to start FT NICU travel contract assignment in West Hills, CA.
• Staff/Charge RN Level III NICU, 2010-2011, White Memorial Medical Center, Boyle Heights, CA, FT NOCs; direct patient care and relief charge RN role; resigned to accept management/teaching position at NCI-Las Vegas, NV.

• BSN, 03/1981, Manila Doctors Hospital College of Nursing and Liberal Arts, Manila, Philippines
• CGFNS-certified, 12/1980, Manila, Philippines
• BRN RN Licensure examinations, 07/1981, Miami, FL
• NICU/PICU Training Course, 09/1986, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (KFH)-Los Angeles Medical Center (LAMC), Los Angeles, CA
• Care of the Cardiac Neonate Course, 01/1990, Los Angeles, CA
• CCRN, 08/1999
• Legal Nurse Consulting (LNC), 04/1998, Laurie Ellston Law Center, Los Angeles, CA
• Healthcare Case Management Program, 09/2010, Mullahy and Associates, Irvine, CA
• Paralegal Studies with Concentration in Litigation and Corporations, 12/2010, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
• Creative Writing Program, 08/2016, UNLV Outreach Education Center, Las Vegas, NV
• How to Communicate with Difficult People with Tact and Skill, 07/2016, UNLV Outreach Education Center, Las Vegas, NV
• EDAP (Pediatric Emergency Nursing) Course I & II, 08/2021, FlexEd Training Center, Los Angeles, CA
• Adult Emergency Nursing Course, 07/2021, FlexEd Training Center, Los Angeles, CA

• NV RN License #67091
• CA RN License #399765
• BLS/CPR Certificate