SRS - UC – LVN – Full Time – Variable Shifts

Hours:

Shift Start Time:

Variable

Shift End Time:

Variable

AWS Hours Requirement:

12/36 - 12 Hour Shift

Additional Shift Information:

Weekend Requirements:

Every Other

On-Call Required:

No

Hourly Pay Range (Minimum - Midpoint - Maximum):

$30.370 - $37.950 - $42.510

 

The stated pay scale reflects the range that Sharp reasonably expects to pay for this position.  The actual pay rate and pay grade for this position will be dependent on a variety of factors, including an applicant’s years of experience, unique skills and abilities, education, alignment with similar internal candidates, marketplace factors, other requirements for the position, and employer business practices. 

 

What You Will Do
Assists patients, staff and physicians as needed to maintain a high level of efficiency of operations and customer service while providing quality care to a designated patient population.

Required Qualifications

• California Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) - CA Board of Vocational Nursing & Psychiatric Technicians -REQUIRED
• AHA Basic Life Support for Healthcare Professional (AHA BLS Healthcare) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• ACLS Certification (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED
• Vocational Nurse IV Therapy/Blood Withdrawal Certification - Various-Employee provides certificate -REQUIRED
• Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) - American Heart Association -REQUIRED

Preferred Qualifications

• 1 Year LVN experience in a clinical area.
• Ambulatory care experience.

Essential Functions

• Clinical expert
  Demonstrates technical expertise and competency, and works within scope of practice.
  Acts as a clinical resource as needed.
  Partners with providers to continuously learn and expand clinical knowledge base.
  Maintains current knowledge of medications and administration techniques.
• Communication and teamwork
  Participates in technical and clinical in-services, customer service training, mock codes and pharmacy fairs.
  May act as preceptor for new nurses.
  Uses positive communication skills, identifies issues, makes suggestions related to access, patient care and patient satisfaction to immediate supervisor and offers solutions for resolution in cooperation with other team members.
  Gives and receives feedback about care and service delivery in a positive and constructive manner.
  Displays a willingness to float and assist in other departments and at other sites.
  Attends and participates in departmental and unit activities such as meetings and training.
  Performs all other duties as required by Director, Patient Care Manager, coordinator, lead, or supervisor.
• Department efficiency and effectiveness
  Ensures prompt and efficient return of messages according to established policy.
  Troubleshoots and resolves problem calls.
  Responsible for receiving ancillary results, routing to provider and forwarding to medical records as appropriate.
  Monitors patient flow and provider schedules.
  Completes daily tasks to ensure quality and meet service standards.
  Reviews charges for accuracy and completeness.
  Follows policy and procedure for entering items into OCM.
  Completes work within assigned hours.
  Demonstrates clear knowledge and accountability of quality regulations and standards for department.
  Maintains quality assurance book/list on unit.
  Performs all other duties as required by Director, Patient Care Manager, coordinator, lead, or supervisor.
• Nursing skills
  Demonstrates clinical nursing skills in Urgent Care as measured by providing direct patient care and successfully performing nursing tasks in assigned area.
  Demonstrates technical expertise and competency within established scope of practice.
  Uses universal precautions and demonstrates knowledge and practice of infection control policies and procedures.
• Patient education
  Provides specific educational materials and individual teaching in partnership with providers.
• Phone management
  Listens to patients, collects pertinent information, recognizes the urgency of patient's problem and routes to providers as necessary.
  Returns phone calls according to provider instruction.
  May schedule patient appointments.
  Clearly documents information in patient's clinical record or departmental logs.
  Types proficiently and accurately; has the ability to proof work.
  Consistently abides by and demonstrates the Sharp Healthcare Telephone Standards.

Sharp HealthCare is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability or any other protected class