LVN

Provides nursing care to patients under the direction of a RN, utilizes observational skills to assess nursing intervention assists medical staff to insure optimal patient care within established policies, procedures standards.
Essential Functions:
- Upholds KP's Policies Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities applicable state, federal local laws
- Exhibits excellent customer relations to patients, visitors, physicians, co-workers; shows courtesy, compassion, respect; conforms to the critical service standards established for the department the medical group
- Provides therapeutic patient care in accordance w/ the patients established by the physician a RN within scope of practice
- Transcribes physician's orders as directed by policy
- Communicates directly w/ RN to institute changes in plan of care; assists w/ contributes to development of nursing care
- Give specified medication orally, hypodermically, intramuscularly topically
- Executes treatments such as urinary catheterizations, bladder irrigations installations, suctioning procedures, throat irrigations enemas utilizing equipment as required
- Performs related patient care functions such as taking temperature, pulse, respiration blood pressure readings; applying removing dressings; may instruct patient in various self-administered treatments or procedures; obtains specimens; assures correct culture collection
- Assists physician or other medical staff personnel w/ examinations treatments by selecting passing instruments, providing support restraint to patient, draping other assistance as directed or required
- Within scope, evaluates patient's condition by observing signs, symptoms, reactions to therapy, to identify unexpected and/or significant findings, initiates appropriate emergency procedures as necessary reports unusual conditions to the RN as established by policy procedure in a timely manner; maintains intravenous flow rate, notifies RN of any problems discontinues needles, except intra-cath CVP lines
- Identifies learning barriers
- Documents patient signs, symptoms, observations therapeutic treatments to patient's medical record
- Ensures cleanliness of nursing module, patient room, environment proper functioning of patient care equipment by visual inspection, routine testing, other related methods
- Provides a safe therapeutic environment for patients staff
- Utilizes effective verbal non-verbal forms of communication
- Performs in other areas or units to which assigned as required by nursing administration to provide maintain the established standards of care safety
- Participates in staff meetings inservice programs
- Assists in ordering distribution of module supplies equipment
- Accepts verbal teleph1 orders from physician
- Administers pulse oximetry, humidification therapy, spirometer, oxygen therapy via mask or nasal cannula, oral, nasal trach suctioning sputum induction
- Promotes, ensures, improves customer service to internal/external customers by demonstrating skills which are consistent w/ the organization's philosophy of providing extraordinary customer relations quality service
- Performs other related duties as required
- Age Related Competencies:
- Skills assessments validations are utilized to ensure that employees providing patient care to specific age groups (i.e. infants, adolescents, elderly, etc) are proficient in identifying the special needs behaviors associated w/ a particular patient population
- Assume other activities responsibilities from time to time as directed
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Current CA LVN license and BLS certification.
- Six (6) -months recent medical office or acute care LVN experience
- Extraordinary customer relations quality service are critical to our success
- We seek candidates who can demonstrate these skills and are dedicated to providing the highest quality of service to our health plan members

Notes:
- Will rotate weekends and holidays.
- This is an On-Call variable position.
- Total Scheduled Hours Per Week: 20+