Hospice LVN - Peregrine Team
Newport Beach, CA
About the Job
Peregrine Team is Urgently Hiring Hospice LVNs in Newport Beach, CA. This is a local position with 12-week-long contracts (able to extend).
Pay: $30-33/hour
Job Duties:
- Under the direction of a registered nurse, provides care within the scope of the Vocational Nurse Practice Act and regulatory standards.
- Assists in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care.
- Follows patient identification procedures, provides appropriate information for all patient procedures, and collects and handles specimens.
- Assesses and implements prescribed interventions for the patient.
- Implements and documents discharge plan for each patient.
- Recognizes that ethical/legal/medical dilemmas exist in the nursing practice and confers with the appropriate resource personnel when making ethical nursing decisions.
- Participates in maintaining a safe patient care environment.
- Assist with the care and maintenance of department equipment.
- Complete and accurate charting of patient records.
- Complete and accurate record keeping of equipment and quality measures.
- Collaborate with other disciplines of the health care team to ensure the delivery of care across the continuum, providing timely, safe and quality care.
- Responsible for providing a safe, HIPAA compliant environment for the patient and the staff.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications:
- High school graduate or equivalent.
- Current BLS certification. – Required
- Current California LVN License. - Required
- One or more years of experience in a healthcare care facility
- Basic keyboarding skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, including Outlook, Word and Excel
- Basic knowledge of medical terminology
- Community health/hospice or medical/surgical experience - Preferred
- Understands philosophy of hospice concept
- Also understands needs of the terminally ill
- Must be a licensed driver with an automobile that is insured in accordance with state and/or organization requirements and is in good working order
- Shift- 40 hours- 5x8 (Mids)
Email your resume to careers@PeregrineTeam.com ASAP or apply here for consideration.
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