Licensed Vocational Nurse; LVN

We are urgently seeking Licensed Vocational Nurses for full-time assignments at correctional facilities in Susanville, CA.

40 Hours per week (3 month assignment).

Location:

Susanville, CA.

Schedule:

Monday-Friday 5:45am-2:15pm. Rate: $58/hr Local ($2,320/week) or $62/hr Traveler ($2,480/week).

Must have a license by the California State Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians.

• Organize, provide, and maintain necessary healthcare services consistent with policies and procedures.
• Conduct basic hygiene and nursing care, including administration of prescribed medications and the therapeutic effects, treatments, and disease prevention as ordered by the physician.
• Collect information regarding patient status and report the results to the Primary Care Provider (PCP) or RN in a timely manner.
• Provide patient/youth education and accurately document care in the approved format, noting and carrying out physician's orders.
• Administer/assist with therapeutic measures and treatments.
• Clean and maintain equipment.
• Obtain specimens for diagnostic testing as ordered.
• Assist the RN and PCP with clinic appointments; e.g., physical exams, minor surgeries, casting, identifying minor illnesses.
• Assist mental health professionals by contributing to the treatment planning process and the formal evaluation of patient/youth progress by monitoring and recording observed patient behavior.
• Participate in the training of patient/youth in activities of daily living and assist in routine treatments.
• Document in the patient/youth health record the nursing care and treatment provided and the patient/youth response to facilitate the continuity of care and communicate to other healthcare providers.