Licensed Vocational Nurse, Full-Time, Days/nights, Behavioral Health Flex (new Behavioral Hospital) at DHR Health

Summary

FLSA STATUS: ☐ Exempt ☒ Non-Exempt MISSION STATEMENT: Our Mission is to improve the well-being of those we serve with a commitment to excellence: every patient, every encounter, every time. VISION: Our Vision is to create a world-class health system to advance medicine and increase access for the communities we serve by empowering caregivers to heal through compassion, knowledge, innovation, integrated care and excellence.

Position Summary

Assists the registered nurse in the provision of nursing care to patients in designated departments by performing routine and delegated duties.

Position Education/ Qualifications

• Graduate of accredited school of vocational nursing required
• Current state licensure required
• Current BLS/CPR certification required CPI training within 30 days of hire date Must be able to be sensitive to cultural and bilingual issues. Good written and verbal communication skills required. Ability to read, write and speak English Ability to communicate clearly and concisely with all levels of nursing, administration, and physicians Prefer hospital experience

Job Knowledge/Experience

Six (6) months- one (1) year continuous hospital experience as an LVN is strongly preferred. Able to adjust and/ or troubleshoot monitoring equipment, and computer equipment. Must be able to interact and communicate with all levels of staff, physicians, patients, and families in an effective manner.

Exhibits tact, enthusiasm, and patience. Must be sensitive to cultural and bilingual issues. Safely administers and documents medication given in accordance with policies and procedures.

Must have excellent customer service skills. High degree of competency/experience in general. Requires good communication and organizational skills.

Position Responsibilities

• Promotes the facility mission, vision and values by effectively communicating them to others. Considers mission, vision and values in developing services, standards and practices Supports the philosophy, goals and objectives of the Organization. Performs according to approved policies and procedures Participates as a team member in support of the designated unit Considers patient rights in performance of job duties and responsibilities. Contributes to the progress and development of the Organization’s adopted Quality Mgmt. Performs according to established continuous quality improvement policies and procedures. Supports risk management and participates in programs directed to patient and employee safety. Objectively evaluates suggestions, grievances and processes to identify opportunities to improve performance and quality of care. Successfully contributes to the quality management process and identifies role and contributions upon supervisor’s request.
• Communicates effectively with patients, visitors, physicians and co-workers. Interactions are respectful and courteous.
• Communicates effectively and professionally. Documents that information received from the patient is disseminated to the appropriate people or departments. Accepts assignment to all behavioral units including child, adolescent, adult, geriatric, state civil and state forensic units as required by patient need All duties described above are applicable in the following Adult, Adolescent, Geriatric, Childrens, State Civil, and State Forensic units

Other Information

• LINES OF REPSONSIBILITIES: (Chain-of-command) Registered Nurse → Charge Nurse → Director

Customer Service

Provide excellent customer service to all DHR customers. All employees are required to attend the DHR C.A.R.E.S program which outlines the Customer Service Principals including: Commitment, Accountability, Respect, Excellence and Service.

Age Specific

Employees must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served in his/her assigned unit. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirement relative to his or her age.

Americans With Disabilities Act

(ADA): A.

Essential Duties

• Indicated by bold print within performance standards, preceding individual numbered criteria.
• The following table provides physical requirements that will be associated with, but not limited to, this position: Light/moderate lifting up to 20 lbs, from the floor to shoulder height.
• Yes Kneeling Yes Must be able to assist other employees with lifting more than 20 lbs.
• Yes Walking Yes Light/moderate carrying up to 20 lbs.
• Yes Standing/Squatting Yes Straight pulling Yes Sitting Yes Pulling hand over hand Yes Pushing Yes Repeated bending Yes Stooping/Bending Yes Reaching above shoulder Yes Climbing Stairs Yes Simple grasping Yes Climbing Ladders No Dual simultaneous grasping Yes Depth Perceptions needed Yes Ability to see Yes Identify Colors Yes Operating office equipment Yes Twisting Yes Operating mechanical equipment Yes Crawling No Ability to read and write Yes Ability to Count Yes Ability to hear verbal communication without aid Yes Operating Personal Vehicle Yes Ability to comprehend written/verbal communication Yes Other: Ability to deal with stress Yes OSHA Category III B.
• Working Conditions: The individual spends over 95% of his/her time in an air-conditioned environment with varying exposures to noise.
• There is protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.
• The position does have low exposure to malodorous, infectious body fluids from patients and some minimal exposure to noxious smells from cleansing agents.
• C.
• Occupational Exposure: This position has minimal to no exposure to blood, body fluids, or tissues and is an OSHA Category III (although situations can be imagined or hypothesized under which anyone, anywhere, might encounter potential exposure to body fluids).
• Person who performs these duties are not called upon as part of their employment to perform or assist in emergency medical care or first aid or to be potentially exposed in some other way.
• D.
• Aptitudes: HIGH 1 2 3 4 5 6 LOW Intelligence: General learning ability: The ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles.
• Ability to reason and make judgments. 3 Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of words and ideas associated with them, and to use them effectively.
• To comprehend language, to understand relationships between words, and to understand meanings of whole sentences and paragraphs.
• To present information or ideas clearly. 3 Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately. 2 Spatial: Ability to comprehend forms in space and understands relationships of plane and solid objects.
• Frequently described as the ability to “visualize” objects or two or three dimensions, or to think visually of geometric forms. 2 Form Perception: Ability to perceive pertinent details and objects or in pictorial or graphic material to make visual comparisons and discriminations and see slight differences in shapes and shadings of figures and widths and lengths of lines. 3 Clerical Perception: Ability to receive pertinent details and verbal or tabular material.
• To observe differences in copy, to proofread words and numbers, and to avoid perceptual errors in arithmetic computation. 2 Motor Coordination: Ability to coordinate eyes and hands to fingers rapidly and accurately in making precise movements with speed.