Licensed Vocational Nurse Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• California license as a Licensed Vocational Nurse or Licensed Psychiatric Technician.
• Excellent computer skills in a Microsoft Windows environment, including email and Internet navigation.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality, a professional demeanor, and a positive representation of the organization.
• Demonstrated maturity, sound judgment, and emotional stability.
• Problem-solving skills, including timely identification and resolution of problems and skillful information gathering and analysis.
• Customer-service skills, including responding promptly to client needs and handling difficult situations.
• Strong oral and written communication, including professional progress notes and other formal communications; ability to speak clearly and participate in presentations and meetings.
• Quality-management skills, including accuracy, thoroughness, and identifying ways to improve quality.
• Planning and organization skills, including prioritizing tasks and using time efficiently.
• Adaptability in changing work conditions and when managing competing demands or unexpected events.
• Dependability, including punctuality, following instructions, responding to management direction, and seeking feedback.
• Ability to promote and follow safety and security procedures and use equipment and materials properly.
• Ability to work independently on special projects as a self-starter.
• Ability to occasionally push or pull up to 50 pounds and lift or carry up to 25 pounds; perform frequent typing, writing, and similar manipulative tasks; and walk, stand, and sit for extended periods.
• Ability to read documents and reports, distinguish normal sounds in background noise, and speak and understand English clearly.
• Ability to concentrate on moderately detailed tasks despite interruptions, attend to tasks for 20–45 minutes, understand multiple ideas, and remember multiple assignments over several days.
• Ability to obtain criminal records clearance as required by applicable regulations and Caminar practices.
• If driving is required: valid California driver’s license, reliable personal vehicle, current personal auto insurance, and an MVR that meets agency insurability requirements.
• Ability to pass post-offer pre-employment medical and drug tests as required by regulations or agency policies.

Nice To Haves

• At least one year of demonstrated work experience or training in a mental health setting.
• Knowledge of social rehabilitation.
• Experience with Human Service Information Systems.
• Experience with web-based time and attendance and staff training and development systems.
• First Aid and CPR certification, or ability to obtain and maintain it if required.
• A personal cell phone with reliable service and a data plan for business purposes, if applicable.

Responsibilities

• Follow Caminar policies, procedures, and medication management protocols.
• Participate in team and interdisciplinary meetings and trainings; communicate observations about medication compliance and responses to medications.
• Communicate with the Willow MHRC treatment team and route client concerns to appropriate parties, using clinical knowledge within scope of practice.
• Relay medication-order changes to pharmacies and the treatment team in a timely manner; coordinate with pharmacies on medication needs, clarifications, and billing questions.
• Maintain accurate clinical records, including uploading relevant documents to the electronic medical record, and protect client confidentiality under HIPAA.
• Meet documentation and billing standards established by County requirements, Medi-Cal, and Caminar.
• Coordinate with the Director of Nursing, coworkers, and other providers, sharing information about important interventions.
• Administer medications as ordered by psychiatrists, including long-acting injections, and assist clients with scheduling medication-related appointments.
• Conduct focused assessments to monitor responses to psychiatric and other medications.
• Support clients in maintaining personal health and accessing medical, psychiatric, and dental care.
• Provide medication education to individual clients as needed.
• Facilitate and monitor client compliance with laboratory work ordered by psychiatrists and community physicians.
• Participate in treatment planning and implementation of services that support medication compliance.
• Drive a personal or agency vehicle to offices, meetings, and other locations as required; document mileage and follow agency vehicle policies.
• Promote social rehabilitation and develop respectful, caring, ethical, and empowering relationships with people served.
• Help maintain a safe, healthy, clean working environment and contribute to a cooperative, respectful, teamwork-oriented workplace.
• Perform other related duties and special projects as assigned.