LVN - Skilled Nursing Facility

Job Title

Los Angeles and Torrance Locations Per-Diem Contract

Job Responsibilities:

Prepares and passes medications as indicated. Administers medications according to policy and procedure. Observes and documents resident's response to pertinent medications. Ensures medications are documented and ordered in a timely fashion and in accordance with the Company's policies and procedures. Prepares and administers treatments as indicated. Performs resident treatments in accordance with physician orders and evaluates and documents the resident's response to the treatment.

Contacts the attending physicians for required orders, as needed. Administers medication and treatment following regulatory guidelines. Provides pain medication interventions as ordered, including evaluation of interventions. Provides resident teaching regarding medication as required. Monitors condition changes and properly documents and follows-up as necessary. Reports lab and x-ray results, condition changes, and incidents, etc., in a timely manner to physicians and family members Prepares equipment and aids Physician during treatment and examination of resident.

Maintains awareness of comfort and safety needs of resident. Takes temperature, pulse, blood pressure, and other vital signs to detect deviations from normal and assess condition of resident. Assures residents are provided with good nutrition and with necessary fluids for hydration. Assures that documentation is accurate:
Completed timely, weekly summaries are completed per schedule Assures each resident is given care to prevent formation and progression of decubiti, contractures, and deformities. Performs wound treatments Identifies/assesses emergency medical situations and provides appropriate interventions as indicated Assists with all admissions and discharges. Responds to life saving situations based upon nursing standards, policies, procedures, and protocol. Answers signal lights, bells, or intercom system promptly to determine residents' needs.

Maintains oxygen equipment, changing humidifier bottles as scheduled. Provides proper infection control to ensure resident care and safety. Establishes and implements patient plans of care and documents care provided appropriately. Provides direction to CNAs

Requirements:

• LVN license from the State of California.
• Current First Aid and CPR Card.
• Ability to read and interpret documents.
• Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
• Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers or employees of organization.
• Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as fractions, percentages, ratios proportions, and volume in practical situations.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Basic computer skills, including being able to access data and print documents.

Care Navigators On Demand is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran disability or genetic information or any other reason prohibited by law in employment.