Licensed Vocational Nurse

7 days ago

Palm Desert, California, United States Recruitics JB Full time
Job Summary:

As a Licensed Vocational Nurse, you will provide high-quality patient care under the direction of a Registered Nurse or physician/advanced practice provider. You will utilize your observational skills to identify nursing interventions and assist medical staff in ensuring optimal care within established policies, procedures, and standards. You will work under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse or provider to provide nursing care in accordance with the legal scope of practice and within established standards of care, policies, and procedures. You will demonstrate performance consistent with the Mission, Vision, and Strategic Plan of the organization. You will demonstrate quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice and treat coworkers, patients, families, and all members of the health care team with dignity and respect.

Key Responsibilities:
  • Successfully complete a Kaiser Permanente LVN Orientation Training Program, which requires less than 6 months of LVN experience.
  • Exhibit excellent customer relations with patients, visitors, providers, and co-workers, showing courtesy, compassion, and respect, and conforming to the critical service standards established for the department.
  • Provide therapeutic patient care in accordance with the patient's established plan of care by physician/advanced practice providers and/or a registered nurse within the scope of practice.
  • Transcribe physician/advanced practice providers' orders and direct them by policy.
  • Communicate directly with a registered nurse to institute changes in the plan of care and assist with and contribute to the development of a nursing care plan.
  • Administer specified medication appropriately and accurately following the provider's order and/or standing orders within the scope of practice.
  • Execute treatments such as urinary catheterizations, placement of intravenous catheters, bladder irrigations and instillations, suctioning procedures, throat irrigations and enemas, and utilizing equipment as required, adhering to infection prevention and control policies and procedures.
  • Adhere to high-level disinfectant, point-of-use, peel-packs policies, and procedures.
  • Perform related patient care functions such as taking temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure readings, wound care, may instruct patients in various self-administered treatments or procedures, obtain specimens, and assure correct culture collection.
  • Assist physician/advanced practice providers or other medical staff personnel with examinations and treatments by selecting and passing instruments, providing support and restraint to the patient, draping, and other assistance as directed or required.
  • Within scope, observe and document patients' conditions by gathering signs, symptoms, and reactions to therapy, to identify unexpected and/or significant findings, initiate appropriate emergency procedures as necessary, and report unusual conditions to the registered nurse/advanced practice provider as established by policy and procedure in a timely manner.
  • Collect and process specimens per policy, procedures, guidelines, and protocols.
  • Provide non-complicated teaching following the registered nurse/advanced practice provider/physician plan for education, report any identified learning needs and discharge barriers.
  • Ensure cleanliness of nursing module/station, patient exam room, and proper functioning of patient care equipment by visual inspection, routine testing, and other related methods, providing a safe and therapeutic environment for patients and staff.
  • Utilize effective verbal and non-verbal forms of communication.
  • Perform in other departments or modules to which assigned as required by the nursing/department administration to provide and maintain the established standards of care and safety.
  • Perform departmental back-office workflows including but not limited to proactive office encounter, successfully closing care gaps, patient outreach, access, and/or nurse visits.
  • Participate in staff meetings, and in-service programs.
  • Assist in ordering and distribution/stocking of module/department supplies and equipment.
  • Accept verbal and telephone orders from the physician/advanced practice providers.
  • Support patient communication and message management including but not limited to patient emails, call center messages, and all other back-office messages.
  • Administer pulse oximetry, humidification therapy, spirometer, oxygen therapy via mask or nasal cannula, oral, nasal, and trach suctioning, and sputum induction.
  • Document care in Health Connect per policy, procedures, guidelines, and protocols.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned and required, including orientation of new employees.
  • Assist in coordinating the discharge process.
  • Perform all job functions within license certification and scope of practice.
  • Promote, ensure, and improve customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills consistent with the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations and quality service.
  • Consistently support compliance and the Principles of Responsibilities (Kaiser Permanente's Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non-compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations, accreditation, and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente's policies and procedures.
  • Age-Related Competencies: Skills assessments and validations are utilized to ensure that employees providing patient care to specific age groups (i.e., infants, adolescents, elderly, etc.) are proficient in identifying the special needs and behaviors associated with a particular patient population.
Basic Qualifications:
  • Zero (0) to six (6) months experience as an LVN.
  • High School Diploma or GED
  • License, Certification, Registration

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