LVN

Mercy Mcmahon Terrace•Sacramento, CA

4d•$35 - $40

About The Position

The Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) provides direct resident care at Mercy McMahon Terrace, a senior living community offering assisted and independent living. The LVN assesses resident conditions, administers medications, performs prescribed treatments, and documents care. The role works with registered nurses and physicians to implement individualized care plans and supports resident well-being and safety. The LVN receives shift reports, organizes and designates assignments, and supervises aides and other resident care staff under the direction of the Nurse Manager. Responsibilities also include managing resident admissions, transfers, and discharges; monitoring residents and responding to changes in condition; carrying out physician orders; assisting with medications and toileting; and maintaining required documentation and medication records.

Requirements

Two years of recent experience involving some contact with the senior population.
Licensed Vocational Nurse license in California, required upon hire.
Basic Life Support (CPR) certification, required upon hire.

Responsibilities

Receive reports from the previous shift and organize and designate shift assignments.
Supervise aides and other resident care staff at the direction of the Nurse Manager.
Admit, transfer, and discharge residents.
Make regular rounds for appropriate residents and account for all residents, including Level A residents, daily.
Take and document residents’ temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure.
Monitor residents with temporary illnesses, arrange meal trays for them, and communicate expectations to them.
Observe, report, and document changes in residents’ conditions to the Nurse Manager, physician, and immediate family as directed.
Answer emergency call signals.
Chart in individual Resident Care Charts when appropriate, complete the 24-hour report, and complete incident reports when applicable.
Submit charges to the manager for medical supplies given to residents.
Carry out physician orders by assisting with, performing, and documenting procedures, including specimen collection, irrigations, enemas, heat and cold application, dressing changes, mechanical comfort, catheterization, postural drainage, and oxygen therapy.
Assist residents with medication prescriptions and administer medications.
Reorder medications as needed and maintain the centrally stored medication book.
Reorder oxygen as necessary.
Provide toileting assistance to residents who regularly or intermittently require it.