Licensed Vocational Nurse, LVN

Sweetwater Care; Lucerne (CA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sweetwater Care in California seeks an LVN with strong patient care and leadership potential to join our nursing team. The role focuses on delivering nursing care per scope of practice, physician orders, and facility policies, with opportunities to participate in quality programs.

The ideal candidate holds a California LVN license, has long-term care experience, familiarity with PointClickCare charting, and may have prior nursing management experience; we value reliability and teamwork.

Qualifications

• California LVN license required
• Long-term care experience required
• PointClickCare charting experience preferred
• Nursing management experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Provides nursing care within scope of practice per physician orders and center policies
• Notifies and coordinates with other departments on patient changes
• Educates patients and families about care plans
• Administers medications and treatments as per facility policy
• Receives and transcribes physician orders as allowed by the Nurse Practice Act
• Rounds with physicians as needed

Skills

Licensed LVN California

Long-term care experience

PointClickCare experience

Nursing management experience

Tools

PointClickCare Charting

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

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