Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) Job Description
Mission de la Casa is an independently owned & operated SNF in San Jose. We have 163 licensed beds that include a 41-bed secured memory care unit. Our staff & residents are multi cultural with a strong presence from our local Vietnamese community. We continually strive for an atmosphere of supportive, loving and caring individuals that will provide exemplary care to our patients and residents. If this sounds like a good fit for you and your career in nursing, please apply online or simply drop by your new “professional home” for a tour.
Responsibilities:
- Admit and discharge patients.
- Safeguard the resident’s privacy and property.
- Follow safety policies in performing nursing care.
- Following safety policies when administering medications or performing treatments.
- Collects and records data necessary for quarterly resident assessment as coordinated by the MDS RN.
- Knowledge of current wound and skin care management protocols.
- Complete assessments, initiate evaluation, and resolve plan of care as appropriate.
- Communicate with physician as indicated by resident status, needs, and assuring follow through.
- Perform daily rounds to determine condition, comfort, and response to medications and treatments.
- Administer medications as prescribed and implementing other nursing intervention as indicated by resident plan of care or as ordered by physician.
- Initiate emergency measures according to facility’s policy and within standards of nursing practice.
- Manage staff, oversee patient care, and ensuring adherence to established policies and procedures.
- Ensuring provision of quality nursing care with Federal, State and Company requirements.
Requirement:
- Able to read and write English.
- Good physical and mental health.
- Be a caring person with good judgment skills.
- Must be licensed as a Nurse, in good standing in the state of California.
- Ability to apply basic principles of nursing care base on standards of nursing
practice.