Licensed Practical Vocational Nurse

NEEDED:
Licensed Practical / Vocational Nurse

LOCATION:
13777 Air Expressway Blvd., Victorville, CA 92394

SCHEDULE: 40 hours per week, 8 hours per day, Monday – Friday, as needed between 6:00 AM – 10:00 PM, for 120 workdays annually. Total: 960 hours annually

• To be considered, applicants must provide verification of credentials (education, current licensor/status competency, continuing medical education).
• Must be certified to practice medicine in the state of California.
• Must have at least one or more years of experience.
• Must have Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certified, in accordance with the American Heart Association Basic Life Support.

• Provide direct patient care services in accordance with legal, ethical, and institutional standards through the evaluation of patients and therapeutic treatment as ordered by Health Services clinical staff
• Perform Licensed Practical Vocational Nurse duties within the scope of the current licensure
• Administer medications as prescribed i.e., by mouth, intradermal, subcutaneously, or intramuscularly
• Assist with distribution of medications at pill line
• Monitor and evaluate the response to therapy
• Perform skin testing
• Assist with telehealth
• Take medical histories, examine patients, order and interpret laboratory tests and x-rays
• Perform venipuncture for the purpose of obtaining laboratory specimens
• Maintain accurate logs of all reports in accordance with Bureau of Prisons and AAAHC policy Screen laboratory tests/results for normal/abnormal lad values and notify the physician or physicians
• Ensure all sharps are secured, accounted for, stored and disposed of according to institutional and national policy
• Maintain patient privacy and confidentiality
• Adhere to infection control policies and procedures
• Ability and skill to operate EKG
• Clinically manage injuries by bleeding control, bandaging, splinting, and immobilizing
• Attend to medical emergencies
• Work collaboratively with the staff physician(s), consulting physician(s) and Nurses in planning, instituting, evaluating and revising program plans
• Assist in determining conditions, resources and policies essential to delivery of healthcare services
• Discriminates between normal and abnormal findings to recognize early stages of serious
• physical, emotional, or mental problems
• Manages the daily operation of the clinic and conducts daily sick call, which may include securing health histories from the patient, recording findings and providing clinical evaluations
• Provides a wide range of emergency services, in the absence of the physician
• Perform duties as required, but accept only those nursing assignments that are commensurate with his/her educational preparation, training, experience, and licensure laws
• Preform intakes on newly incarcerated or transferred inmates
• Prepare medical documentation for transferring inmates/patients

Competitive hourly pay rate, accrued vacation, accrued Sick Leave, 11 paid federal holidays, 401K opportunity and healthcare benefits contributions.