Licensed Vocational Nurse II - Behavioral Health - Banning

Full Job Description

Position Overview:
The Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) will support the jail-based competency prevention program by providing clinical care and monitoring to stabilize and assist mentally ill clients in custody.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitor clients’ physical and mental health status within the jail setting.
• Administer prescribed medications, including injectables as authorized.
• Document clinical observations and changes in condition to support treatment planning.
• Collaborate with RNs, mental health clinicians, and custody staff to ensure coordinated care.
• Communicate client treatment adherence, behavioral changes, and medical needs to the care team.
• Assist with psychoeducation and medication-compliance interventions.
• Participate in crisis prevention activities to support client stability.
• Promote continuity of care to help clients meaningfully engage in their legal process.

Preferred Experience:

• Experience working in locked facilities or custody environments.

• Experience administering IMO or other injectable medications.

Additional Requirements:

• A valid California Driver’s License is required; must be willing and able to drive throughout Riverside County.
• Copies of your Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) certification and AHA BLS/CPR card must be uploaded to your application profile at the time of submission to be considered.
• Applicants from this posting may be used to fill additional openings across RUHS departments.

*Work Schedule: Will be discussed during the interview; Tentative 9/80

Meet the Team!
Riverside University Health System – Behavioral Health

Requirements

• Provide nursing care to patients within the scope of the Nurse Practice Act for vocational nursing; prepare patients for physicians, registered nurse, physician assistants, and nurse practitioners, and care for patients during treatment; administer medications using subcutaneous, intramuscularly, intradermal, subdermal, and/or oral methods.

• Take temperature, pulse, respiration and blood pressure of patients as necessary; apply and change dressings and cares for wounds; may collect specimens for laboratory analysis; assist physicians, registered nurses, and mid-level providers in performing examinations, tests, respiratory care and other treatments including minor surgical procedures, PAP smears and colposcopies.

• Perform venipuncture, injections of medications including biological immunizations for pediatrics and adults, including the provision of Tuberculin skin tests, Coccidioidin skin tests, and Histoplasmin skin tests in the course of a tuberculosis control program.

• Perform documentation as required within the scope of the Nurse Practice Act for vocational nursing, and established rules of charting; chart treatments and medications and maintain pertinent medical records; collect data from patients to ensure scheduling with appropriate services; maintain clinical records, reports and charge tickets; review charts to determine type of treatment the patient may require and assure proper clinic scheduling and continuity of care.

• Counsel, advise and educate patients regarding proper health care methods; set clinic appointments per established policies and procedures; refer patients for specialty care to outside agencies utilizing knowledge of payor source to ensure appropriate referrals to outside agencies and programs.

• Assist physicians, registered nurses, and mid-level providers in the administration of special treatments, examinations, and intravenous therapy; chart treatments and medications and maintain pertinent medical records according to established practice by the Nurse Practice Act for vocational nursing, policies, and procedures.

• Assist physicians, registered nurses, and mid-level providers in the administration of medical records; assist in the data collection, preparation, and implementation of patient care plans; participate in patient education and rehabilitation programs and document data appropriately.

• Observe patients' condition and behavior, and report significant changes to the supervisor.

• May act under supervision and direction of a physician, registered nurse or mid-level provider as a nursing leader over health services assistants, certified medical assistants, office assistants and other LVNs, as assigned.

Qualifications

Experience: At least one year of successful experience as an LVN, preferably in a public health clinic environment.

Knowledge of: Current principles, techniques and procedures used in vocational nursing within the scope of the Nurse Practice Act for vocational nursing; medical terminology, acute care procedures and equipment; medication administration and any policies and procedures of the setting assigned.

Ability to: Skillfully perform the full range of vocational nursing duties and responsibilities within the scope of the Nurse Practice Act for vocational nursing; learn and follow policies and procedures for the setting assigned; establish and maintain effective working relationships with physicians, mid-level providers, registered nurses, patients, and co-workers; complete and maintain reports and patient records; make observations of situations accurately and report them so effective action can be taken according to rules of documentation and policies and procedures.

Other Requirements:
License: Possession of a valid California Vocational Nurse’s License issued by the California Board of Vocational Nurse and Psychiatric Technician Examiners.

Certification: Possession of a valid Basic Life Support (BLS) issued by the American Heart Association (AHA) for professional healthcare providers.

Possession of a valid California Driver's License is required.

Additional Information

For questions regarding this recruitment, contact Anay Sanchez at anasanchez@rivco.org or 951-955-5893.