LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE, L.V.N NOC SHIFT

Sweetwater Care; Orosi (CA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Sweetwater Care in California seeks a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) to provide nursing care within scope and follow physician orders, facility policies, and state guidelines. The role supports quality improvement, coordinates with physicians, and educates patients and families.

The ideal candidate has CA LVN licensure, LTC experience, and PCC charting familiarity. Nursing leadership exposure is preferred but not required, with ongoing rounds and multidisciplinary collaboration to ensure

Qualifications

• Current CA LVN license required.
• Nursing management experience preferred but not required.
• Long term care experience preferred.
• PointClickCare charting experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide nursing care per scope of practice and policies.
• Conduct family and patient education.
• Administer medications and treatments per facility policy.
• Receive, transcribe, and carry out physician orders as allowed by law.
• Make rounds with physicians when needed.
• Notify departments of patient changes (room changes, LOA, admits, discharges).

Skills

Infection control

Quality improvement

Patient education

Orders transcription

Education

Licensed LVN CA

Tools

PointClickCare

Job description

Objective

Provides nursing care within scope of practice to ensure patient’s needs are met in accordance with standards of practice, physician orders, center policies and procedures, and state, federal and local guidelines.

Principal Responsibilities

• Demonstrates knowledge and appropriate use of the Company Infection Control Manual.
• Understands, participates and assists in implementing the Quality Improvement Program.
• Utilizes the Quality Life Manual for identification, placement, and monitoring of patients in the appropriate programs.
• Notifies other Departments of patient changes, i.e., room changes, LOA, new admits, discharge, etc.
• Conducts family and patient education.
• Demonstrates the ability to administer medications timely and according to facility policy.
• Demonstrates the ability to administer treatments timely and according to facility policy.
• Demonstrates ability to receive, transcribe, and carry out physician orders, if allowed by Nurse Practice Act
• Makes rounds with physicians when necessary.

Qualifications

• Currently licensed as LVN in state of California
• One-year prior nursing management experience preferred, not required.
• LONG TERM CARE EXPERIENCE
• POINT CLICK CARE CHARTING EXPERIENCE

FullShift Staffing provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.