Licensed Vocational Nurse​/Licensed Psychiatric Technician I​/Ii **Mcr

Licensed Vocational Nurse/Licensed Psychiatric Technician I/II MCR

Job Category: LVN/LPT Nurse

Requisition Number: LICEN
004270

Shift Monday-Friday 7:00am
-3:30pm or 7:30am
-4:00pm. Min. Hourly Rate $38.14

Pay rates for Union positions are set in the Collective Bargaining Agreement with SEIU Local 521. Each position has a total of six steps, Step 1 (entry level) through Step 6 (15 years of employment with the organization). Union staff are promoted from Step 1 to Step 2 upon their one-year anniversary. For Licensed Psychiatric Technician I/Licensed Vocational Nurse I the current Step 1 rate is $38.14/hr, and the current Step 6 rate is $42.11/hr for Licensed Psychiatric Technician II/Licensed Vocational Nurse II, current Step 1 rate is $42.56/hr, and the current Step 6 rate is $46.99/hr.

In addition to our competitive salaries, we pay a shift differential for certain shifts in our 24-hour programs as follows: (Only 1 differential
-whichever is highest will apply at a time).

• 6.25% additional pay for overnight (NOC) shift from 11 pm to 7 am
• 4.75% additional pay for evening shift from 5:30 pm to 10:59 pm
• 4.75% additional pay for weekend shifts from 12:01 am on Saturday thru 11:59pm on Sunday

We offer a competitive package of employee benefits for 30 to 40-hour week positions. You will receive a defined contribution amount of up to $15,433.08 per year (prorated for part-time employees working less than 40 hours per week) to purchase the benefits of your choice on a cafeteria plan basis. Any amount of this defined contribution not used towards your benefits will be paid to you as taxable earnings.

We offer a retirement plan with a generous employer match starting at 4% after one year of employment. Our paid time off is also more generous than many employers with vacation time accruing up to 25 days per year, 6 days of sick time per year and 12 paid holidays.

The benefits offered in our cafeteria plan are as follows:

• Medical benefits – Kaiser--ranging from $0 Deductible Plan with $15 Copay to $3,400 Deductible Plan with Health Savings Account. Sutter Health plans are also available from $0 Deductible Plan to $2,500 Deductible Plan.
• Dental benefits – Guardian: 1 dental HMO and 2 PPOs
• Vision benefits – 2 options from Guardian VSP: a standard vision plan and an enhanced vision plan

Principal duties and responsibilities:

• Serve as a member of the treatment team.
• Provide treatment services, training, and support to clients, both individually and within groups, to help improve skills related to physical and mental health care needs;
• Evaluate clients for symptoms of illness, responses to treatment, general behaviors and general physical condition; observe condition of clients and report unusual conditions; initiate therapeutic interventions;
• Assist in providing a variety of therapy techniques, such as primary process and life skills groups;
• Interview and assess patients and other appropriate persons to determine if patient is in need of voluntary or involuntary psychiatric detentions (5150 holds) or hospitalization; follow up on high risk cases; identify appropriate treatment services;
• Participate in crisis intervention; in the case of client's being a danger to self or others, determine the extent of the threat; de-escalate that threat;
• Note physician orders and follow through, as needed;

• Administer subcutaneous and intra-muscular medications under the direction of a physician.