Licensed Vocational Nurse

Responsibilities

• Performs triage of all patients, ensuring timely appointments as needed.
• Performs EKG testing, nebulizer treatments, audiograms, visual acuity, and point of care testing.
• Obtains and prepares laboratory specimens for transport.
• Ensures requested tests, patient counseling, immunizations, and ordered treatments are carried out within the confines of Licensed Vocational Nurse scope of practice.
• Medicates patients as directed by providers.
• Supervises follow-up activities such as consultation referrals and results of tests and x-rays ordered by providers.
• Provides clinical supervision of the medical assistants as needed and assists with patient care when needed.
• Affords assistance to practitioners with medical procedures as needed.
• Collaborates with front office, back office, and medical department staff to ensure timely rooming of patients, appropriate patient flow, and appropriate communication between the front and back office.
• Participates in case management of patients in conjunction with providers and the Community Services department, providing education and information to the patient, completing of necessary documentation, participating in processing referrals, and assisting patients in scheduling revisits to the clinic.
• Attends regular meetings and provides necessary information on patients from the Diabetic Registry, including case management of all Native American/Alaskan Native diabetic patients, CenCal SMART program, and other patient panels as assigned.
• Learns and maintains data entry into the electronic health record to record medical information.
• Maintains working knowledge of all programs that are provided such as CHDP/Patient Assistance Program, Medi-Cal, Healthy Families, Family PACT, Every Women Counts, etc.
• Acts as liaison with Community Services in requesting Purchased Referred Care (PRC) home visits as ordered by the physicians.
• Upholds a work environment that promotes teamwork, partnership, recognition, mutual respect, and collaboration, while role modeling the company values, behaviors, and culture of One.Team.Chumash.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED Certificate.
• Associate’s Degree in Nursing or completion of NCLEX-PN exam is required.
• Valid Vocational Nursing License in the state of California.
• Valid CPR certification.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish are preferred.
• Intermediate computer proficiency utilizing Microsoft applications, e-mail, and internet.
• Willingness to work flexible schedules in a 24/7 work environment, including holidays, nights, and weekends.
• Native American hiring preference applies.
• Organizational Awareness: Having and using knowledge of systems, situations, procedures, and culture inside the organization to identify potential problems and opportunities; perceiving the impact and the implications of decisions on other components of the organization.
• Problem Solving: Having the ability to identify problems and issues of varying complexities and to find effective solutions with few guidelines.
• Oral Communication: Shaping and expressing ideas and information in an effective manner.
• Written Communication: Expressing ideas and opinions clearly in properly structured, well organized, and grammatically correct reports or documents; utilizing language and terminology that is understandable for the reader.
• Integrity: Upholding generally accepted social and ethical standards in job-related activities and behaviors.