LVN (per diem)

Company: Lags Spine and Sportcare Medical Centers Inc
Location: Bakersfield
Posted on: September 9, 2020

Job Description:

Job Description: Description: Move your nursing career to the next level by joining our team of nursing professionals in our Bakersfield surgery center. Ambulatory surgery centers are the forefront of where surgery is done now, why not be a part of the growing trend! Lags Medical Centers is looking for a Per Diem Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) for our Ambulatory Surgery Center (ASC) who is dedicated, hard working , able to work within a team, has a great attitude and wants to grow their nursing career. Our surgery center duties will include: * Assume the responsibility for improvement of patient safety during the state of enforced dependency created pre-operatively, intra-operatively, and post-operatively * Be responsible for creating a safe, therapeutic environment in which the patient's psychological, physiological and physical needs are identified, anticipated and met * Provide a channel of communication between events and team members in the procedure room and persons who may not be in the immediate area, but who are concerned with the patient's operative status * Be responsible for documenting accurate, timely data appropriately (This includes documentation of Incident Reports, Nursing Notes, Log, etc. Lags Medical Centers is a pain management group operating throughout California, Oregon, & Washington. OUR MISSION: Improving our patients' quality of life by reducing pain and restoring function using the latest evidence-based, minimally-invasive, interventional treatments. .Requirements: * Experience in peri-operative nursing preferred, but we will train the right person * Must be have a valid California vocational nurse license * Must have current C.P.R. certification of BLS * Must obtain ACLS within 6 months of employment * Available to work per diem * May be expected to lift twenty-five pounds without assistance. May be required to push patients in wheelchairs or on gurneys * Desire to work in a fast -paced, busy surgery center with opportunities to advance your career PI122742145

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