Licensed Vocational Nurse - Long-Term Care & Med Admin

Sweetwater Care; Sonoma (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sweetwater Care seeks an experienced LVN nurse manager to oversee nursing care within the facility and ensure compliance with standards, physician orders, and policy guidelines.

In this role you will support infection control, participate in quality improvement, educate patients and families, and supervise medication and treatment administration while coordinating rounds with physicians as needed.

Qualifications

• Current LVN license in California.
• Compact license if working in a Compact state.
• One-year nursing management experience preferred.
• Long term care experience.
• Point Click Care charting experience.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates knowledge and appropriate use of Infection Control Manual.
• Participates in Quality Improvement Program.
• Uses Quality Life Manual for patient placement and monitoring.
• Notifies Departments of patient changes (room changes, LOA, new admits, discharge).
• Conducts family and patient education.
• Administers medications timely and according to facility policy.
• Administers treatments timely and according to facility policy.
• Receives, transcribes, and carries out physician orders.
• M conducts rounds with physicians when necessary.

Skills

Nursing management

Quality Improvement

Infection control

Education

Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) license

Tools

PointClickCare

Job description

Sweetwater Care seeks an experienced LVN nurse manager to oversee nursing care within the facility and ensure compliance with standards, physician orders, and policy guidelines.

In this role you will support infection control, participate in quality improvement, educate patients and families, and supervise medication and treatment administration while coordinating rounds with physicians as needed.