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Laugh, create, give, and love.
These are just a few of the positive words of affirmation that describe the culture at Centre for Neuro Skills (CNS).
We work together as a team and continually inspire each other to lead positive change, learn, and grow.
Our commitment to research, innovation, and advances in technology drives us to reach for what could be possible.
Every day is a new day to smile, do, and change.
We are passionate about our work and making a difference in the lives of our patients and their families.
Centre for Neuro Skills (CNS) helps people with brain injury find hope, independence and a meaningful life and you can play a key role in that journey as a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN).Positions available:Monday through Friday 7:30am to 4:30pmFriday, Saturday & Sunday or Saturday & Sunday 7am to 4pmSaturday & Sunday 3pm to 11:30pmSince 1980, CNS has provided post-acute medical treatment, rehabilitation and disease management, and offers residential, inpatient, outpatient and assisted living programs.
Locations include: Bakersfield, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston.Our facilities have been honored many times by the prestigious Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF International) for excellence in therapeutic programs, staff education, patient treatment, and leadership.
We also conduct research on brain injury and recovery, with a dedicated, in-house team of Ph.D.
researchers who collaborate with major U.S.
universities.
Please see our moving corporate video, ” The Story of Centre for Neuro Skills” at http://www.Neuroskills.Com/about-us/tour-cns.Php.The Staff LVN renders professional nursing care pursuant to the objective and policies of the Centre.
A staff LVN will work directly under the supervision of the Nursing Department Coordinator or staff RN’s, but utilize all nursing skills to make safe, appropriate and independent decisions within the scope of the LVN nursing practice.A high degree of accuracy in documentation and observation, adaptability to a variety of situations, strong organizational and communication skills, decision making and an ability to evaluate situations as they occur is needed for this position.JOB REQUIREMENTSPerforms nursing techniques for the comfort and well-being of the patient.Administers or supervises the administration of prescribed medications and treatments.
Observes patients’ reactions to medications and treatments.
Visual and verbal ability required to detect adverse reactions.Takes vital signs, including temperature, pulse, respiratory rate, and blood pressure regularly to detect deviations from normal and monitors the medical progress of patients, following physicians’ orders and individual nursing care plans.A primary nursing format of care is emphasized.Requires fine motor manipulation, visual ability, hearing, numerical ability to administer medications, treatment and tests.
Reaches, lifts, carries and fingers through files weighing up to 15 pounds.Conducts visits at residential site to assess patient’s medical status, administer or supervise medication and perform treatment procedures.
Requires standing, walking, bending, stooping and repeated stair climbing.Assessment: Vital signs, head to toe assessment, listening to the patient’s comments and questions about the patient’s health status, observing the reactions with others.
Be cognizant of assessing the 5th vital sign, pain.
This involves asking pertinent questions about the signs and symptoms and listening carefully to the answers in conjunction with information presented by therapeutic staff.
Objectively observing patient facial expression, body language, in conjunction with utilization of a pain scale in properly assessing any patient for appropriate pain management is paramount.Nursing Diagnosis: After identifying problems related to health status, formulating a plan to address this problem or potential problem in promoting an expected outcome.Planning: Setting goals to improve the outcomes for the patient are a primary focus of the nursing process.
This directly equates with improving the quality of life for the patient and what the patient needs to do to improve his/her health status or better cope with concerns identified.Implementation: Setting nursing plans in motion and delegating responsibilities for each step.
Communication is essential to the nursing process.
All members of the health care team should be informed of the patient’s status, health concerns and goals of care.
In return, nursing should receive feedback from the healthcare team including observations and interventions as well as patient’s outcomes and responses.Evaluation: The nursing process is ongoing.
Evaluation not only analyzes the success of goals and interventions but examines the need for adjustments and changes as well.
The evaluation incorporates all input from the entire rehabilitation team, including the patient.Assists with weekly and/or bi-monthly medical staffings.Works on-call shifts as required.
Demonstrates flexibility with regards to patient census, staffing needs and scheduling.Keeps Nursing Department informed of all patient concerns and treatment course.
Performs reporting procedures.Observes, records, and reports medical progress made to Nursing Department, Case Managers, other staff members, insurance carriers, and patients’ families.Maintains current medical records for each patient with appropriate documentation and charting reflecting utilization of the nursing process.
Requires visual and fine motor coordination, ability to read and write, and cognitive ability to observe and record data.Submits monthly conference reports for own patients.Reports verbally and/or in writing (according to patient/carrier/company needs) in conferences, staffings and other meetings to inform necessary personnel, insurance carriers, patients’ families and patients (as appropriate) of patient testing, treatment and progress.
Requires visual ability and fine motor manipulation to dictate and review/edit reports.Provides for the safety of patients, visitors, staff and self when interacting with patients who may have behavioral outbursts, which can include yelling, exiting, hitting, kicking, biting, spitting, scratching, and throwing objects.Must be able to recognize patient escalation, via verbal, physical and visual cues.Must be able to attempt to verbally and physically de-escalate patient using Behavior Modification techniques according to each patient’s program, which may include Professional Assault Crisis Training (Pro-ACT) such as evasive self-defense (ability to get out of the way) and controlling self-defense (prone restraints).Physical intervention and restraints can include calling for help, lifting, standing, walking, running, stooping, bending, kneeling, squatting, carrying, pulling, pushing and assisting with the restraint of patients weighing up to 150 pounds or more.Performs toilet and chair transfers with assistance for patients up to 150 pounds utilizing approved transfer techniques.
Transfer techniques include standing, walking, stooping, bending, kneeling, squatting, lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling.
Patients requiring moderate to maximum assistance are lifted and/or transferred by two or more persons.Uses special equipment as required by each patient including, but not limited to wheelchairs, tracheostomy tubes, gastric feeding tubes, and external catheters, at any given time according to the outline of each patient’s program.
May require fine motor manipulation, lifting, reaching, carrying, pushing and pulling when working with equipment.Maintains professional and ethical relationships with staff, patients, patient families, and other visitors.
Attends staff meetings, in-services, and all scheduled shifts.
Comprehends and follows instructions:Maintain attention and concentration for necessary periodsApply common sense understanding and carry out instructions (written, oral or diagrammatic)Adapt to situations requiring the precise attainment of set limits, tolerances or standardsPerforms simple and repetitive tasks:Ask simple questions or request assistance when neededPerform routine, concrete, organized activitiesRemember locations and work proceduresMake decisions based on simple sensory dataMaintains work pace appropriate to given work load:Perform activities on schedule, maintain regular attendance, and be punctual within specified toleranceComplete normal workday and/or week, perform at a consistent pace without excessive rest periodsPerforms complex or varied tasks:Synthesize, coordinate and analyze dataPerform job requiring precise attainment of set limits, tolerances or standardsRelates to other people beyond giving and receiving instructions:Can get along with co-workers or peers without exhibiting behavioral extremesMaintain open door policy to encourage active, empathetic listeningPerform work activities requiring negotiating, instructing, supervising, persuading or speaking with othersRespond appropriately to criticism from a supervisor and/or other staff member(s)Effectively influences people on a consistent basis:Convince or redirect othersUnderstand the meaning of words and use them effectivelyInteract appropriately with people which includes the provision of appropriate internal and external customer serviceMakes generalizations, evaluations or decisions without immediate supervision:Recognize potential hazards and observe appropriate precautionsUnderstand and remember detailed instructionsMake independent decisions or judgments based on sensory data or known guidelinesAccepts and carries out responsibility for direction, control and planning:Set realistic goals or make plans independently of othersNegotiate, instruct or supervise peopleRespond appropriately to changes in the work settingPREFERRED DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTSIndependently inventories routine supplies and discusses needs with nursing staff.
Will then take initiative to order supplies needed by the nursing department in appropriate quantities.
Maintains adequate medical supplies in the clinic Nursing Department.
Requires lifting, carrying and handling boxes weighing up to 25 pounds.
Requires visual acuity and fine motor coordination to count, identify and put away supplies.Coordinates and attends medical appointments requiring transporting patients in company or personal vehicle.
Requires ability to drive vehicle and transfer patients using approved methods.Performs other duties as assigned.SPECIAL SKILLS UTILIZED, EDUCATION LEVEL, TRAININGCurrent licensure by State Board of Nursing.Experience in skilled nursing and rehabilitation concepts preferred.Maintain CPR certification.Bilingual preferred not requiredBachelor degree preferred not required.Valid driver’s license.