Senior LVN - Venice Family Clinic

Description

Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality health care to people in need. The organization has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people with compassion, dignity, and respect across an area from the Santa Monica Mountains through the South Bay. We have a network of clinics, Early Head Start centers, and mobile clinics, plus an expansive street medicine program to reach people experiencing homelessness. Read more about us at venicefamilyclinic.org.

Come join our Venice Family Clinic as a Senior Licensed Vocational Nurse and make a difference in the community. As a Senior LVN, you'll assist our provider staff within our adult and pediatric primary care clinic in providing health care to the clinic population. The Senior LVN will also provide leadership to the Medical Assistants to ensure efficient clinic flow and excellent patient care and customer service.

As a Sr. LVN you will :

• Interview patients regarding health problems and accurately record services provided in patients chart using EHR.
• Take vital signs and performs point of service care, such as hemoglobin, blood sugars, urine tests, etc. and CLIA waived back office labs.
• Perform in-clinic procedures, such as urine catheter, visual acuity, audiometry, etc.
• Provides immunizations, PPD placements and readings, breathing treatments, oral, injectable and topical medications as ordered by providers and per protocol.
• Performs various types of wound care, and assist with examinations and translate for providers as needed.
• Provide contraceptive counseling and pregnancy counseling.
• Help monitor clinic flow and coordinate with provider, nursing and front desk staff.
• Train medical assistants and volunteer staff.
• Oversee overall inventory of supplies and forms as needed.
• Process screening tests and send lab specimens to the appropriate lab.
• Float to other sites as needed within LA County, and perform other duties as assigned within legal scope of practice.

Salary Range : $36.34 - $47.94 Hourly

Qualifications REQUIRED :

Ability to travel to other sites as needed within LA County.