NOC SHIFT LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE, L.V.N

Sweetwater Care; Kerman (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sweetwater Care in California seeks an LVN with nursing management experience to oversee patient care in a long-term care setting, ensuring compliance with standards, physician orders, and center policies.

The role includes medication and treatment administration, queuing physician orders, rounds with physicians, staff education, QA participation, infection control, and timely documentation in PointClickCare. Full-time, on-site position with opportunities for professional growth.

Qualifications

• Currently licensed LVN in California.
• One year nursing management experience preferred.
• Long-term care experience required.
• PointClickCare charting experience

Responsibilities

• Uses Infection Control Manual knowledge in daily care.
• Participates in and helps implement Quality Improvement Program.
• Uses Quality Life Manual to identify, place, and monitor patients in programs.
• Notifies departments of patient changes such as room changes, LOA, new admits, or discharge.
• Educates patients and families.
• Administers medications timely according to facility policy.
• Administers treatments timely according to facility policy.
• Receives, transcribes, and carries out physician orders as permitted by Nurse Practice Act.
• Makes rounds with physicians when necessary.

Skills

Nursing management experience

Long-term care experience

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

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