Licensed Vocational Nurse; LVN

Ava Med Incis a trusted

Healthcare Staffing Agency, providing skilled professionals to California State Correctional Facilities (CDCR). We are currently inURGENTneed of aLicensed Vocational Nursefor a
Full-Time assignment at the correctional facility in Soledad, CA.

• Job Title:
  
  Licensed Vocational Nurse
• Schedule:
  
  Thursday - Monday6am - 2:30pm
• Pay Rate:$50/hr (Weekly Pay)
• Employment Status:
  
  Traveler/W2

• Job Title:
  
  Licensed Vocational Nurse
• Location:
  
  Soledad, CA
• Schedule:
  
  Thursday - Monday6am - 2:30pm
• Pay Rate:$50/hr (Weekly Pay)
• Employment Status:
  
  Traveler/W2

• Organize, provide, and maintain necessary healthcare services consistent with CCHCS 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; and
• 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.

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