Licensed Vocational Nurse I

Northeast Valley Health • San Fernando, CA

36d

About The Position

The Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) I provides a variety of administrative, clinical nursing, health education, and outreach services within the community health center. Basic skills for physical assessment include observation, auscultation, palpation, and percussion. Basic mental status assessment includes observation of general behavior, appearance, and attitude, collection of data relative to sensorium or orientation to time, person, and place, and assessment of recall ability. When the LVN notes a problem, complication, or abnormality, he/she must notify the physician or Registered Nursing Supervisor under whose direction the licensee functions. The LVN cannot independently evaluate or synthesize data.

Requirements

• High school graduate or GED equivalency.
• Satisfactory completion of a state-approved program in vocational nursing.
• Current license to practice in the State of California.
• Current Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation certification.
• Ability to comprehend quickly and follow instructions accurately.
• Ability to communicate tactfully and empathetically, with cultural sensitivity, with staff, patients, and family members.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Willing and able to work a varied and flexible schedule.
• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served, including principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Ability to identify and categorize each patient's age-specific group needs (infant, adolescent, adult, or geriatric).
• Fluency in English (speaks, reads, and writes).
• Fluency in Spanish (speaks, interprets, reads, and writes).
• Ability to maintain absolute confidentiality about health care and other patient information.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in practical nursing is desirable, preferably in an ambulatory patient facility.

Responsibilities

• Provides administrative, clinical nursing, health education, and outreach services.
• Performs basic physical assessments including observation, auscultation, palpation, and percussion.
• Conducts basic mental status assessments.
• Notifies physician or Registered Nursing Supervisor of any noted problems, complications, or abnormalities.
• Utilizes electronic medical records for patient information intake, documentation, and appointment scheduling.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED