Licensed Vocational Nurse-Bilingual

Sub Category :
Licensed Practical Nurse & Licensed Vocational Nur

The Tulare County Health & Human Services Agency (HHSA) is currently recruiting for a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)-Bilingual. This recruitment will establish an employment list to fill immediate and future vacancies throughout Tulare County. The successful candidate must have the ability to maintain effective working relationships with patients, public, staff, and other departments and agencies.

HHSA’s Public Health Branch, including our Public Health Nursing Programs as well as our Health Care Centers, offers a progressive and innovative working environment for our employees while providing comprehensive health care in the community. The Health Care Centers are seeking an LVN with leadership skills in a busy, multi-department facility to serve in our primary care clinics. The ideal candidate will possess great communication and listening skills and will perform patient triage through phone, e-messaging, and walk in.

The current vacancy will be located at the Visalia Health Center and will be focused on providing education on topics of communicable disease and family planning to patients and community health care providers.

Our Public Health Nursing Programs and the multidisciplinary team (MDT) are seeking an LVN with leadership skills to provide case management and outreach services for clients and perform job duties as a disease intervention specialist, including investigation, interviews, and education for the clients and associates. Provision of education on topics of communicable disease and family planning to patients and community health care providers is also a primary focus for this position.

• Perform dressing changes, special treatments, immunizations, and other nursing services.
• Take vital signs and measurements.
• Administer medications, injections, and vaccines as ordered by the physician.
• Complete nutritional, health education, and psych-social assessments according to established procedures.
• Prepare patients for tests or for examinations and assist a physician with the examination/procedure.
• Blood draw and obtain informed consent for procedures.
• Report dog bites and communicable diseases to appropriate public health officials.
• Take, label, and chart various specimens.

• Review requests for treatment authorization and referrals for specialist, ancillary, and in-patient services, and approve or deny requests based on health plan protocols.
• Conduct site reviews of contracting health facilities to ensure compliance with health plan requirements, as well as state and federal regulations.
• Perform case management for appropriate coordination and level of services.
• Assist management staff in completing quality improvement and utilization management-related special projects.
• Make referrals and monitor follow-up of referrals and case status.
• Provide outreach services to the community, including counseling and presentations to individuals, select groups, and health care providers.

Candidates must meet the qualifications listed below by the Final date to receive applications.

• Graduation from an accredited Licensed Vocational Nursing program
• Possession of a valid Licensed Vocational Nurse certificate issued by the California State Board of Vocational Nursing
• Bilingual Spanish or Southeast Asian

• Candidates selected will be required to pass a pre-employment drug and alcohol screening. Additionally, a background investigation may be conducted, which may include a re-investigation every 10 years for some positions. An Employment Eligibility Verification using E-Verify may be…