Lvn - Bernardo - Pediatrics - Call-In/On-Call (0) - 7:00 Am - 8:00 Pm

Kaiser Permanente; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 39,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente seeks a Licensed Vocational Nurse (CA) to provide routine patient care under supervision. You will follow provider orders for medications (non-IV) and assist during examinations while maintaining sterile technique and safety.

Focus is on accurate documentation, patient instruction, and supporting a smooth workflow in a busy clinic setting across pediatric sites as needed.

Qualifications

• Licensed Vocational Nurse in California with current license.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions precisely.
• Knowledge of sterile technique and universal precautions.

Responsibilities

• Perform routine patient care under supervision, excluding IV meds.
• Administer medications as ordered, excluding IV administration.
• Prepare exam rooms and assist during procedures as directed by provider.
• Document patient information and responses to treatments in medical records.
• Maintain safety and cleanliness of work areas and equipment.

Skills

Sterile technique

Patient care

Communication

Education

Licensed Vocational Nurse - CA

Tools

Basic Life Support

Job description

Job Summary:

Under direct supervision of an RN or provider performs routine patient care, excluding administration of IV medications and venipuncture, following established policies, procedures and standards; follows Quality of Service Standards; follows Universal Precautions.

Essential Responsibilities:

• May perform nursing care functions such as vital signs, removal and/or application of dressings for assessment by licensed provider.
• Cleaning or irrigating wound after providers assessment and instructions, shaving and skin preparation, ear washes, NG insertion & lavage, urinary catheter insertion & irrigation.
• Reinforce standardized self care procedures as directed by licensed provider.
• Recognizes and responds to acute emergency situation following established procedures.
• Orients patients to system policies and practices.
• Provides appropriate instruction sheets based upon provider direction.
• Reviews instruction sheet with patient.
• Administers medications, excluding IV medications, as ordered by provider.
• Observes and documents patients response to medications and therapy.
• May perform tuberculin, coccidioidin and histoplasmin skin tests, provides such tests are part of a tuberculosis control program.
• May perform immunizations provides they are based upon written protocols.
• Completes necessary arrangements or organizes treatment rooms prior to surgical and/or examination procedures by setting up or laying out instruments, drapes and sponges contained in sterile trays and assembling equipment items as required for particular procedures as directed.
• May assist licensed provider with patient examinations and treatments by positioning, restraining patients, and assisting as directed.
• Provides assistance in treatment rooms during minor surgical procedures and/or various diagnostic examinations by positioning and draping.
• May hold clamps or retractors, sponge vascular areas, and pass instruments as specifically directed by the physician.
• Assures safety of patient during procedures.
• May prepare and transport items such as medical equipment and laboratory specimens.
• May clean and disinfect instruments/equipment according to standardized procedures.
• Follows Universal Precautions. Reports incidents of failure to follow procedures to Department Administrator or designee.
• Maintains departmental files, performing duties such as pulling file and assembling forms prior to appointment, and filing returned diagnostic reports as directed.
• Initiates and/or completes diagnostic rest forms per provider order, telephones prescriptions to pharmacies, relays medical information from physician to patient, and relays information from patient to physician.
• Charts in patients medical record as indicated.
• May perform lab tests including urine dip-tests, acetone tests, hemoccult tests, tests to determine. PH, protein, PKU.
• May perform hearing and vision tests, glaucoma tests and visual acuities.
• Collects, by non-invasive and invasive techniques, and preserves specimens for testing, including urine, and sputum and stool.
• Participates in Department Quality Assurance activities.
• Performs other duties, as required, such as checking patients medical records for incomplete data and relaying message to staff personnel.
• Note: Specific duties may vary depending on assignment.
• Note: Bold print indicates the differences between an MAII & LVN.

Basic Qualifications: Experience

• Ability to work effectively with the public.
• Demonstrated knowledge of sterile technique.
• Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.

Education

• Ability to give and follow verbal and written instructions.

License, Certification, Registration

• Vocational Nurse License (California)

Basic Life Support

• Basic Life Support

Additional Requirements: Preferred Qualifications: Notes

• Home location Rancho Bernardo may float to all pediatric sites in the North (Carlsbad, Oceanside, Escondido, San Marcos).
• Weekend and Holiday shifts required. Must meet on call requirements.