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Job Title: Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)
Reports to: Program Director
Classification: Regular, Full-Time, FLSA Non-Exempt
Location: Oakland, CA 94162
Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Position Summary:
The Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) is responsible for monitoring client treatment and delivery of clinical services.
Qualifications:
Required:
Pay Range: $36.00-38.00 hourly DOE
Reports to: Program Director
Classification: Regular, Full-Time, FLSA Non-Exempt
Location: Oakland, CA 94162
Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Position Summary:
The Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) is responsible for monitoring client treatment and delivery of clinical services.
Qualifications:
Required:
- Licensed vocational nurse, with a preferred minimum of two years of mental health experience.
- Active BLS for Healthcare Providers certification
- Must effectively and efficiently time manage by being highly organized, able to prioritize, plan, delegate and communicate consistently.
- Must be able to maintain a flexible work schedule in accordance with program and management needs.
- Strong written and oral skills to meet Agency expectations of high quality in the areas of service delivery, program structure and employee relations.
- Must be able to meet the Immigration Reform Act of 1986 requirements.
- Must have valid California Driver’s License and a driving record acceptable by the Agency’s insurance company and is required to utilize one’s personal or Agency automobile to transport clients.
- Solid writing skills to meet the required standards of documentation.
- The ability to prioritize effectively on competing demands on time.
- Oversee a panel of at least 30 mental health consumers who are on injectable medications (full panel size of all clients is 220). Fulfill orders from a prescribing provider, including delivering injections (Long-Acting Injectable / LAIs) to persons with Serious Mental Illness. Ability to travel to a client's residence to administer an injectable medication.
- Assist with Clozapine management, including vital signs, lab monitoring and requisitions, and reporting.
- Monitor, track, and schedule follow-up injections.
- Assist with vital signs, reconciling medications, documenting visits, and reporting abnormal vital signs or side effects to prescribing provider.
- Assist with Triage / drop-in and scheduled clinics by working with prescribing providers to obtain chief compliant, HPI, and follow up care.
- Partner with prescribing providers to provide Telemedicine services, including setting up room, configuring equipment, rooming the client, and injection administration.
- Ensure supplies are stocked, stored, and are identified for re-order, as needed.
- Problem-solve prescription medication challenges --assisting with prior authorization / TARs when needed, and refill requests.
- Provide front and/or back office administrative support, as needed (e.g., obtaining medical records, answering phones, copying, fax, scanning and uploading of documents, insurance benefit information).
- Assist with obtaining informed consent, ROIs, updating demographic, pharmacy, and beneficiary information.
- Triage client phone calls; escalating as appropriate to prescribing provider.
- Other duties as assigned.
Pay Range: $36.00-38.00 hourly DOE