Licensed Vocational Nurse - PT

Main Hospital - Los Angeles, CA 90026

Salary Range: $21.57 - $22.89 | Position Type:
Part Time | Education Level: Graduate Degree

Description

Licensed Vocational Nurse

Part Time Gateways Hospital & Mental Health Center

Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center located in Los Angeles is a non‑profit organization that provides an array of comprehensive mental health services for children, adolescents, transitional aged youth, and adults suffering from mental illness in the Greater Los Angeles area. The organization consists of a standalone fifty‑five (55) bed hospital and six outlying outpatient facilities that have anywhere from fourteen (14) beds to one hundred and thirty‑four (134) beds.

We are seeking a highly motivated Licensed Vocational Nurse who will assist and support the RN in patient care planning, organization, and implementation, administering personal care, medications, treatment, and procedures as authorized by hospital policy, LVN license/scope of practice, and standards of nursing care.

Minimum Experience Required

• One year experience in an adult and/or adolescent inpatient psychiatric unit; may include up to six (6) months experience on an inpatient chemical dependency unit.
• Experience with involuntary patients.
• Experience with the Management Of Aggressive Behavior and seclusion and restraints.
• Completion of clinical rotation in Psychiatric Nursing.
• Completion of curriculum Pharmacology Class.
• Reference from one nursing instructor/nurse manager.

Minimum Education Required

• Graduated from an accredited college/university/school.
• Passed CA LVN State Board exam and has a license in good standing.

Essential Skills

• Knowledge of all medications, with emphasis on psychiatric medications.
• Basic understanding of legal aspects of mental health including confidentiality, holds, probable cause hearings, and patients’ rights.
• Strong inter‑personal and communication skills, leadership skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English both verbally and in writing.
• Proven ability to work with adolescent and adult patients.
• Operate select equipment.
• Basic physical assessment skills.

Physical Strength

• Light work: able to lift a maximum of 25 pounds and occasional exertion.
• Heavy work: able to seclude and restrain patients.

Gateways offers a competitive salary with excellent benefits (medical and dental insurance; 403b Retirement Plan with company contribution, supplemental insurance plans, life and accidental death and dismemberment insurance program, flexible spending plan, paid vacation, sick time, personal holidays, and paid holidays).

Location:

Los Angeles & Gateways Hospital and Mental Health Center
Status: (2) Part‑Time/ Non‑Exempt / Union / AM and PM shifts