Licensed Vocational Nurse PRN Nights

Oceans Behavioral Hospital Pasadena is dedicated to helping adults and seniors manage anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues through innovative, progressive therapies and a range of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric counseling and treatment options.

About the role

The Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) provides nursing care for patients experiencing common, well‑defined health problems. Working as a member of a multidisciplinary health‑care team, the LVN utilizes the nursing process to implement patient care under the supervision of a registered nurse, making safe, appropriate, and independent decisions within the LVN scope of practice. All duties are performed in accordance with Joint Commission, Federal and State regulations, Oceans’ mission, policies, procedures, and performance‑improvement standards.

Essential Functions

• Deliver quality nursing care to an assigned group of patients by collecting data, identifying deviations from normal, and assisting with reassessments according to unit protocol or hospital policy.
• Accurately document findings in the patient record, identify expected outcomes, and communicate pertinent assessment information to other health‑care team members.
• Implement nursing care interventions from individualized multidisciplinary treatment plans, performing prescribed nursing procedures and treatments.
• Conduct bedside laboratory tests, provide wound care, and assist patients with activities of daily living (ADLs) to promote coping, adaptation, and problem‑solving related to illness or stressors.
• Provide supportive, age‑appropriate, culturally acceptable communication and document special needs.
• Safely administer medications in accordance with facility policies and physician orders, ensuring proper assessment before and after administration, accurate documentation, and patient education.
• Follow up on patient‑care responsibilities, communicate incomplete assignments and patient needs to other disciplines, transcribe orders accurately, and perform chart audits per facility guidelines.
• Utilize nursing knowledge to meet the needs of the facility, patient population, and staff, and enhance evidence‑based practice.
• Guide, educate, and provide leadership as a preceptor to new staff.
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Current, valid, and active license to practice as a Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurse in the state of employment (compact licenses accepted).
• High School Diploma or GED required.
• One year of inpatient hospital experience strongly preferred.
• Ability to work in high‑stress environments and assess potential for patient escalation.
• Effective oral and written communication skills; highly organized; sensitivity to culturally diverse and special‑needs populations (chronically mentally ill, geriatric, developmental disabilities, etc.).
• Basic knowledge of normal physical and emotional development.
• Critical‑thinking abilities for continuous improvement of patient care.
• Self‑confidence and conceptual thinking for leading and directing others.
• Successful completion of CPR certification and an Oceans‑approved behavioral health de‑escalation program.
• Ability to cope mentally and physically with a high‑paced, stressful environment, including occasional disagreeable odors, sights, and unpredictable patient behavior.
• Willingness to spend approximately 90% of time inside a building that offers protection from weather but not necessarily from temperature changes.