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LVN (Licensed Vocational Nurse)

Woodville, CA 93257

Posted: 09/02/2024 Industry: Allied Job Number: 87857 Pay Rate: 40.00

Job Description

Medical Edge Recruitment has an immediate opening for a LVN (Licensed Vocational Nurse)

Specialty: Behavioral Health
Location: Porterville, CA
Facility type: Treatment Facility
Pay rate: $40
Start Date: 9/24/2024
Type: 14 Weeks
Shift/Hours: 8 hour shifts (days, evenings, nights )


Duties Include:
  • May perform nursing procedures as regulated by licensure and certification such as: administering medications by any route except intravenous and intrathecal; performing treatment and procedures including passage of nasogastric tubes, administration of enteral feedings, monitoring of blood glucose, urinary catheterization, and administration of enemas;
  • maintaining infection control by using universal precautions;
  • collecting and documenting in the interdisciplinary notes data such as vital signs, forensic client/patient/inmate behavior, forensic client/patient/inmate response to medications, nursing care, and treatment plan;
  • documenting significant changes in forensic client's/patient's/inmate's behavior and health status in the interdisciplinary notes and reporting those significant changes to both a registered nurse or physician and the assigned supervisor;
  • demonstrating competent and safe utilization of unit and hospital emergency care equipment and techniques; participating as part of the treatment team with other disciplines by contributing to the overall treatment program for the forensic client/patient/inmate;
  • participating in forensic client/patient/inmate activities including unit routines and specific group activities, as outlined in nursing care plans/Individual Program Plans; using therapeutic nursing interventions and modalities to assist forensic client/patient/inmate in regaining and improving their physical adaptive skills and decreasing maladaptive behavior;
  • assisting rehabilitation therapists in occupational, recreational, and industrial therapy programs for forensic clients/patients/inmates; motivating and assisting forensic clients/patients/inmates to develop self-reliance in activities of daily living;
  • escorting forensic clients/patients/inmates to intramural or extramural medical, health, or other community services; demonstrating awareness of forensic client/patient/inmate rights and the potential for forensic client/patient/inmate abuse; promptly reporting any adverse behavior, forensic client/patient/inmate abuse, or suspected abuse by staff;
  • observing and intervening in instances of disruptive or assaultive behavior.

Requirements:
  • Current and valid LPN license in California
  • Minimum 1-2 years of experience
  • Current BLS certification is required
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited school of nursing is required
  • COVID VACCINATION MANDATORY but will accept exemption

Meet Your Recruiter

Kevin Crawford
Sr. Director of Business Development

Kevin Crawford is an experienced leader in the healthcare staffing industry. While working within the healthcare staffing space in the past 20 years, he has managed client relationships with staffing services in home health, homecare, hospice, and locums. 

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