Senior LVN - Venice Family Clinic - South Bay Float

Description

Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality health care to people in need regardless of their ability to pay or personal circumstance. The organization has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people with compassion, dignity, and respect across the Westside of Los Angeles, Inglewood, the South Bay, and everywhere in between. We have a network of clinics, Early Head Start centers, and mobile clinics, plus an expansive street medicine program to reach people experiencing homelessness. Read more about us at venicefamilyclinic.org.

Come join our Venice Family Clinic as a Senior Licensed Vocational Nurse and make a difference in the community. As a Senior LVN, you'll assist our provider staff within our adult and pediatric primary care clinic in providing health care to the clinic population. The Senior LVN will also provide leadership to the Medical Assistants to ensure efficient clinic flow and excellent patient care and customer service.

As a Sr. LVN you will:

• Interview patients regarding health problems and accurately record services provided in patients chart using EHR.

• Monitor and manage EHR in-basket messages from patients, providers, and other departments, including responding to patient inquiries

• Take vital signs and performs point of service care, such as hemoglobin, blood sugars, urine tests, etc. and CLIA waived back office labs.

• Perform in-clinic procedures, such as urine catheter, visual acuity, audiometry, etc.

• Perform and coordinate nursing visits for immunizations, PPD placements and readings, breathing treatments, oral, injectable, topical medications and other provider-ordered services and per protocol.

• Performs various types of wound care, assist with examinations, and translate for providers as needed.

• Provide contraceptive counseling and pregnancy counseling.

• Help monitor clinic flow and coordinate with provider, nursing and front desk staff.

• Train medical assistants and volunteer staff.

• Oversee overall inventory of supplies and forms as needed.

• Process screening tests and send lab specimens to the appropriate lab.

• Float to other sites as needed within the South Bay region and LA County, and perform other duties as assigned within legal scope of practice.

South Bay region includes Inglewood, Hawthorne, Gardena, Redondo Beach, Torrance and Carson.

Salary Range: $38.54 - $50.84 Hourly

Qualifications

REQUIRED

• Current California LVN license with IV certification.

• Effective oral and written bilingual English/Spanish communication skills.

• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) from American Heart Association or American Red Cross.

• Experience working with pediatric population and skill in starting IVs, urinary catheterization and routine immunizations.

• Ability to follow through on assignments, while helping to facilitate the organization, prioritization, and completion of all clinic tasks through collaboration with other clinic staff.

• Interpersonal skills to deal with patients, staff and volunteers of diverse educational, economical and cultural backgrounds.

• Ability to pass Basic Health Worker course and obtain certificate.

• Ability to perform phlebotomy on adults, children and infants.

• Ability to perform basic lab procedures such as pregnancy tests, UA, etc.

• Ability to take direction from RN and medical providers, and ability to work collaboratively with all other staff members.

• Float to other sites as needed within LA County, and perform other duties as assigned within legal scope of practice.

• Articulates clearly with patients over the phone and in person.

• Ability to prioritize medical problems within scope of job responsibilities and ability to proactively problem solve.

• Knowledge of clinic policies and procedures with the ability to follow same.

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