Long Term Contract LVN position in Chula Vista, CA, at a skilled nursing veterans home.
Duties/Responsibilities
- Organize, provide, and maintain necessary health care services consistent with CalVet policies and procedures
- Plan and implement nursing care. This includes medication administration, therapeutic agents, treatments, disease prevention, physicians’ orders, and obtaining specimens for diagnostic testing.
- Participate as a member of the interdisciplinary team in developing multi-disciplinary treatment efforts; complete assigned weekly summaries, update care plans, assist physicians with rounds; note and institute physician orders;
- Collect information regarding patient status and report the results to the Primary Care Staff (PCP) or RN promptly
- Provide Resident education and accurately document care in the approved format
- Assist mental health professionals by contributing to the treatment planning process and the formal evaluation of Resident progress by monitoring and recording observed patient behavior
- Document in the Resident’s health record the nursing care and treatment provided and the Resident’s response to facilitate the continuity of care and communicate to other health care Staff
- Ensure that staff utilizes optimum standards of resident care and that staff members observe safety and Infection Control Precautions and regulations at all times
Qualifications
- Valid license as LVN issued by the California State Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners
- CPR Certified
- Minimum of six (6) months of experience within the last three (3) years rendering direct patient care in public or private institutions
- Clinical competencies must be current
- Minimum of 6 months of experience working with an electronic medication administration record system and an electronic medical records system
- Intermediate MS Office skills (Word, Excel, Outlook)
Schedule
8-hour shifts
- 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM
- 3:00 PM - 11:30 PM
