LVN
About The Position
Under limited supervision, the Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) will perform triage of client needs per protocol, prepare patient assist medications for dispensing, process new chronic pain clients, participate in referral processes including tracking, assist the medical team with client care in the clinic, assist the RN with dispensary services, and assist upper management with quality assurance, planning, and implementing strategic goals. The role involves verifying new pain patients according to the pain management protocol, verifying patient charts for continuous care flow, and ensuring medication accuracy using the 5 rights of medication. The LVN will perform face-to-face or telephone triage, consult with RN or Clinician for instructions, provide patient education, and assist in orienting new staff. The position requires the ability to work independently and with others, follow up on referrals, autoclave instruments, and perform case management. Adherence to policies and procedures, ethical conduct, client confidentiality, efficient time management, flexibility, and maintaining a safe work environment are expected behavioral standards.
Requirements
- Current licensure in California as LVN.
- Knowledge of standard nursing practices and processes of RN’s, LVN’s, MA’s and other nursing personnel.
- Current CPR certification.
- Blood Withdrawal Certification.
- Current driver's license and insurance.
- Intermediate level language skills.
- Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
- Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
- Ability to speak effectively before individuals, groups or employees of organization.
- Basic math skills.
- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
- Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percentages.
- Very high level reasoning skills.
- Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
- Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical information and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
- Basic working knowledge of Windows operating systems, Microsoft Office Suite - Word, Excel, Outlook, and Internet browsers.
- Working experience with medical management software such as Health Pro and Medi-Tracks.
- Good working knowledge of standard nursing equipment.
- Ability to work independently and with others.
Nice To Haves
- Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Responsibilities
- Perform triage of client needs per protocol.
- Prepare patient assist medications for dispensing.
- Process new chronic pain clients per protocol.
- Participate in referral processes including tracking.
- Assist medical team with client care in clinic.
- Assist RN with dispensary services.
- Assist upper management with quality assurance, planning, and implementing strategic goals.
- Verify new pain patient according to pain management protocol.
- Verify patient’s charts to assure continuous flow of care.
- Verify patient medication utilizing the 5 rights of medication.
- Perform face to face or telephone triage, consults with RN or Clinician for advice or instructions.
- Provide patient education.
- Assist in orientation of new staff.
- Follow up of referrals.
- Autoclaves instruments.
- Case Management.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
