Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) - Behavioral Health (Special Treatment Program)
Position Summary:
We are seeking a compassionate and dependable LVN to join our skilled nursing team. The LVN will provide direct patient care, administer medications, monitor resident conditions, and collaborate with RNs and physicians to ensure high-quality care for our residents. Responsibilities include documenting patient status, responding to changes in condition, assisting with treatments, and supporting daily nursing operations in a fast-paced STP environment. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and committed to delivering excellent patient care.
Currently seeking an LVN position for our Special Treatment Program.
Qualifications:
- Currently CA license in good standing
- 1+ years' experience in behavioral health preferred
- CPR and First Aid certified
- Outstanding communication skills
- Positive, professional and calm demeanor in all work-related situations
Responsibilities:
- Observes, reports and documents/charting on patient conditions
- Administers medications in accordance with physician orders
- Takes and records temperatures, respiration and pulse
- Sets up treatment trays, prepares instruments and/or other equipment, as needed
- Maintains working knowledge of assigned patient’s conditions at all times
- Reviews reports from previous shifts to determine changes in status of residents and assigns various duties to C.N.A.’s or other nursing personnel
- Turns over accurate records and ensures oncoming shift nurses are updated
- Responsible for notifying Director of Nursing Services (DNS) and/or Administrator of changes in patient condition or other job-related problems
Benefits:
- Competitive pay
- Health Care
- 401K
We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Work schedule
- 8 hour shift
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- 401(k)