Overview:
Mercy Medical Center a Dignity Health member has been building a rich history of care in our community for more than 100 years. We have grown from a small one-story wooden structure into a major healthcare provider with a new 186-bed main campus offering the latest in facility design and technology. Mercy also operates Outpatient Centers a Cancer Center and several rural clinics.Wherever you work throughout our system you will find faces of experience with dedication to high quality personalized care. Joining our 1300 employees 230 physicians and many volunteers you can help carry out our commitment to providing our community with the excellence they have come to associate with Mercy Medical Center.
Responsibilities:
Position Summary:
Consistent with scope of licensure parameters of the California LVN Nurse Practice Act and Mercy Medical Center (MMC) policy and procedure renders nursing care to assigned patient populations under the direction of a Registered Nurse.
* Collects data that allows the Registered Nurse to assess patients for nursing needs and establish and implement a problem oriented plan of nursing care.
* Implements the plan of nursing care performs technical nursing procedures and provides direct nursing care. Patient age populations served and the specific competencies that comprise this job title may vary among nursing units. These specifics are found in the Department / Unit Orientation & Initial Assessment of Competency checklists for this unit/position and -by reference - form a part of this job description.
Qualifications:
Minimum Qualifications
* Must possess and maintain a current Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) license with the State of California
* Must possess and maintain a current Basic Life Support (BLS) certificate
* Must possess a current IV Therapy certificate
Preferred Qualifications
* Bilingual
Please be advised that this location requires quarterly American Heart Association (AHA) Resuscitation Quality Improvement (RQI) competency certification post-hire. This ongoing competency is required through resources internal to the facility; outside RQI competency resources are not acceptable for CommonSpirit Health compliance requirements.
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