LVN

Visalia, CA

Full time – Temp to hire

Monday through Friday – 8am to 5pm

$25 to $32hr depending on experience.

Must be bilingual - Spanish and English

A Mental Health facility whose mission is to provide hope and healing through mental health services to children, adults, and families through individual and group therapy, school-based mental health services, case management, and other therapeutic services is looking for an LVN to join their team in Visalia.

Summary: Seeking a strong Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) who provides basic care to the patients.  For this job, it is essential for a candidate to complete a formal vocational nursing program, thus, it takes about 1 or 2 years to become an LVN.  Qualities that a licensed vocational nurse must possess are excellent communication skills, compassion for the patients and their families, good interpersonal skills, flexible working, quick decision-making, problem-solving skills, etc. 

Responsibilities:

• With a primary responsibility of supporting the Psychiatrist, provide support as directed to ensure that organizational goals and objectives are accomplished, and operations run efficiently.
• Schedule client appointments with designated doctors.
• Update and review charts with parents, therapist and psychiatrist.
• Record vital signs, height, weight & blood pressure.
• Record and review medication management along with doctor’s recommendations.
• Maintain an organized filing system, paper and electronic documents.
• Prepare internal and external documents for psychiatry, therapist, court officials. 
• Communicate with clients, parents, therapist and case managers by answering their questions, passing along relevant information, and addressing various issues.
• Develops and sustains a level of professionalism among staff and clientele.
• Uphold a strict level of confidentiality. 
• Monitor the progress of patience protocol and documents.
• Monitor suicidal ideation or self-harming clients.  Knowledge of Crisis Intervention form. 
• Call and schedule new psychiatric referral patients timely.  

Qualifications:

• Three years’ experience as an LVN.
• High School Diploma or equivalent.
• Must have completed an LVN program.
• Superb written and verbal communication skills.
• Bilingual preferred.
• Strong time-management skills and the ability to organize and coordinate multiple projects at once. 
• Strong self-starter and able to work independently.