Licensed Vocational Nurse

Full Time
San Diego, CA 92120
$29 an hour
Posted Today
Job description
Welcome to Pathways of California’s career website! If you are passionate about helping others and enthusiastic about your future, we want you to join our team!Our company is known for an unwavering commitment to exceptional value and recovery-focused, quality care. We are experts in the field of behavioral health care, providing cutting-edge mental health and substance use community-based services and offer a dynamic employment experience! Pathways offers competitive salaries and benefits, comprehensive on-boarding and job training, a supportive learning environment, ongoing education in the use of evidence-based, promising practices and much more! We have over 30 outpatient behavioral health locations nestled throughout our communities located in Kern County, Los Angeles County, Orange County, and San Diego County. Pathways is seeking an innovative and purpose driven individual to join our team as a part-time Licensed Vocational Nurse at our Kickstart Program in San Diego, who will be under the direction and supervision of a medical doctor, educates clients on medications and side effects, TB, HIV and hepatitis and the use of drugs and alcohol. Also, provides case coordination for more complex patients with multiple medications or conditions. The LVN combines an understanding of the System of Care with critical medical, psychiatric symptom and drug interaction knowledge to support and enhance clinical team efforts in providing service to clients QUALIFICATIONS
  • Graduate from an accredited vocational nursing school or accredited school for Psychiatric Technicians
  • Current license to practice in the resident state
  • Valid driver's license and proof of automobile insurance
  • One-year acute care experience and community clinic experience preferred
  • Perinatal and substance abuse experience and education required
  • Knowledge and experience working with the severely and persistently mentally ill population
  • Good organizational skills and communication skills, both written and verbal required
  • Intermediate level PC skills required
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS
  • Provides case management/linkage services for more complex clients with multiple medications or conditions
  • Follows-up with issuing medical doctors orders and pharmacies to ensure prescriptions filled accurately and promptly
  • Under direction and supervision of a medical doctor, may dispense and administer medications
  • Establishes and maintains working relationships with community resources to assist in case management
  • Educates clients on various diseases such as TB, HIV and hepatitis
  • Counsels clients on the effect of alcohol and drug
  • Teaches parenting skills and child development education
  • Functions as a resource to client, family and community resources and allied professionals
  • Provide the best customer care possible, including reliability in working scheduled hours
  • Identify and build upon the strengths of consumers, coworkers, and the communities we serve
  • Support consumers’ steps towards Recovery and Wellness
  • Create an organizational culture that respects and celebrates the diversity of our consumers
  • Value learning as an ongoing process that enables us to better service our consumers and establishes our leadership in the industry
  • Research and utilize our industry’s best practices and analyze our own services to ensure the best possible outcomes
PERKS OF WORKING WITH PATHWAYS CALIFORNIA:

*NOW OFFERING DAILY PAY TO OUR EMPLOYEES*


PERKS OF WORKING WITH PATHWAYS CALIFORNIA
  • Competitive salaries & benefits
  • Paid Vacation Days (1st year 12 days; increases with tenure)
  • Paid Sick Days (Accrual per pay period)
  • 10 Paid Holidays (including Day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Eve)
  • Medical, Dental, Vision including a Health Savings Account or FSA
  • Health, Dependent and Transportation Flexible Spending Accounts
  • Basic and Optional Life Insurance for Employee, Spouse and/or Dependents
  • 401K
Perks @ Pathways (student loan refinancing, pet insurance, Verizon wireless discount, movie, hotel, concert and sporting event discounts)

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