Licensed Vocational Nurse - LVN

Job Description

Job Opportunity: LVN in Bakersfield Day/night in CA

• Position: LVN ER 
• Location: Bakersfield, CA
• Pay Rate: $49-$50 per hour
• Shift:  Days or Nights
• Work Week: 36 hours per week
• Duration: 13 weeks

Your Key Responsibilities:

Responsibilities:

• Monitor patients' vital signs.
• Ensure that patients take their medication.
• Observe patients' progress throughout treatment.
• Consult patients' families about the patients' progress.

Job Description

Unit Notes:

• *Must have Cerner, IV Skills, travel experience and acute care experience!*
• ER
• Basic EKG interpretation test assigned during orientation. Critical care RNs (ED/ICUs/PICU) will have more than just the basic interpretation test (like those included in the STEMI curriculum and Procedural Sedation curriculum assigned to them).
• Adult ER has 28 (18 beds and 10 reclining chairs for moderate care); Peds ER has 5 beds and 5 reclining chairs
• Ran out of the lobby areas
• There are 3 triage nurses to start the day
• Adult ER-BLS, ACLS, PALS, NIHSS is required; Peds ER-BLS, ALS, PALS and ENPC preferred or CPEN preferred. 2 years experience required.
• ICU is 1:2; peds 1:4; adults 1:4; procedural sedation 1:1
• 'Cerner (Firstnet)
• Use ER techs or CNAs, have LVNs that run fast track area
• Every other weekend
• 2 out of every 3 holidays
• Navy blue for RN, cranberry for LVN
• Phillips - they have a monitor tech
• MDs and midlevel's--quick look and fast track ran by midlevel's; from 11a-11p the pads ER is staffed by a designated pediatric doctor 12 hrs, 7a-7p, 11a-11p, 1p-1a, 3p-3a, 7p-7a. No block scheduling. Traveler needs to be flexible with the scheduling.
• 3 shifts on unit plus meet with ER educator to make sure all education is completed.
• All diagnosis from minor walk ins to critically ill patients, respiratory failure, asthma, Abd pain, fractures, substance abuse, stroke alert facility, STEMI receiving center; some psych holds In the peds ER, they are a receiving center for pediatrics;
• in adult ER, they are a STEMI, CVA and burn receiving center (there is a burn nurse that will come into the ER to assess), All Candidates must have some experience with Peds and Adults (50% of their patient population is Peds roughly)'

Schedule:

• 12 -hour shift (Day or Night)
• Ability to Relocate:
• Bakersfield, CA  Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Requirements:

• Completed vocational nursing program.
• COVID Vaccination/ Valid CPR
• Updated Resume
• BSN Required: NO
• 2 years of Experience as LVN/LPN.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• Good communication skills.
• SSN/ DL

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