Licensed Vocational Nurses

Facility: Skilled Nursing 

Location:  Eureka, CA  

Start Date: ASAP

Shifts: X2 for PM shift (8hr. 4on/2off)

Length: 4, 6, 8, or 13-week contract

Responsibilities and Duties

• Provides for activities of daily living by assisting with serving meals, feeding patients as necessary, ambulating, turning, and positioning patients; and providing fresh water and nourishment between meals.
• Maintains patient stability by checking vital signs and weight, testing urine, and recording intake and output information.
• Provides patient comfort by utilizing resources and materials; transporting patients; answering patients’ call lights and requests; and reporting observations of the patient to the nursing supervisor.
• Documents actions by completing forms, reports, logs, and records.
• Maintains work operations by following the policies and procedures of the facility
• Protects the organization’s value by keeping patient information confidential.
• Enhances nursing department and facility reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; and exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
• Checks residents/patients frequently to ensure that their personal care needs are being met.
• Treats all residents, visitors, and staff with courtesy
• Maintaining professionalism at all times

Requirements

Step # 1 

• Resume - long-term care experience 
• Nursing license – LVN (CA) 
• Current BLS/CPR 
• Skills checklist 
• 1 to 2 current supervisor references  

Step # 2 

• Physical (within the last 12 months) 
• PPD (within the last 12 months) 
• MMR, Varicella, Hep B (or decline) 
• Tdap/Flu (or decline) 
• Exams 
• LGBT Training Certification 
• Copy or driver’s license and SS card 
• Must be able to pass background check/urine drug screen