LVN - Home Health (Los Angeles areas)
Providence - Torrance, CA
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Description Providence is calling a Licensed Vocational Nurse ( LVN) - Home Health (Full time/Day shift) to Providence Little Company of Mary Home Health. This position provides coverage for Central to East LA and surrounding areas. Please upload a current resume reflecting all relevant experience. Apply today! Applicants that meet qualifications will receive a text with additional questions from our MODERN HIRE system. We are seeking a Licensed Vocational Nurse ( LVN) - Home Health who will provide skilled nursing care within the scope of the LVN/LPN Nurse Practice Act. Provide patient care in the home environment primarily to young, middle, and older adults. In this position you will: Evaluate Home Health patient each visit for chief complaint, health care status, and other pertinent information, including cultural, psychosocial and spiritual considerations and communicate findings to MD, RN, Nursing Supervisor as appropriate Provide patient/family/caretaker instruction regarding nursing care, medications, diet, treatments and appropriate instruction to optimize self-care and to ensure safety Patient advocate: listen to, evaluate and act on complaints, needs, problems, and suggestions of patients, families, physicians and others. Provide patient/family/caregiver with DHS Complaint Hot Line number 100% of the time Practice according to LVN Nurse Practice Act and utilizes the code for nurses established by the American Nurses Association as a guide for ethical decision making process Continually evaluate the clients and family''s responses to intervention in order to determine progress toward goal attainment and to provide those services requiring substantial specialized nursing care Initiate and maintain a liaison relationship with all appropriate health care providers to assure that all efforts effectively compliment one another Assist with coordination of all services Documentation/Information Management: All applicable paperwork will be turned in within 48 hours Time card is correct, complete and signed when turned in every two weeks Leadership/Supervision: As assigned, assists with orientation of new LVN staff In conjunction with RN, manage and coordinate care for assigned patients with other disciplines as appropriate Development: Assume responsibility and accountability for own professional growth and practice. This includes maintaining current licensure and completing all required in-service education Attend all assigned staff development activities for department including a minimum attendance of 75% at all scheduled work time staff meetings Participate in/conducts in-service education, as requested Performance Improvement: Participate as requested in agency Improving Organizational Performance activities Promote use of the agency C.A.R.E. methodology in problem solving Budgetary: Follow Core Value for being Financially Prudent Meet productivity standards Required qualifications for this position include: Sufficient for license California LVN license Current California Intravenous Therapy and Blood Withdrawal Certified - California Board of Vocational Nursing & Psychiatric Technicians Current Basic Life Support certification Maintains a valid driver''s license with no excessive violations or accidents Meets the minimum state requirement for auto insurance 1 year experience as an LVN Preferred qualifications for this position include: 6 months experience in home care IV certification About the home health ministry you will serve. As an integral part of the respected Providence Health & Services for over 25 years, our highly skilled healthcare professionals provide a full range of home health and clinical specialty programs to patients experiencing an illness, hospitalization or surgery or, for those receiving treatment for a chronic or acute illness. Providence Home Health embraces everyone from new mothers and their babies to the elderly with chronic health problems. Our team of health care professionals starts with the patient and his or her physician and may include: registered nurses; certified home health aides; social workers; physical, occupational and speech therapists. Our specialty care includes patient assessment and monitoring; beside protime monitoring; IV therapy; total parenteral nutrition; gastric feeding tube (G-Tube) for long-term enteral nutrition; V.A.C. therapy used to promote healing in acute or chronic wounds, fight infection and enhance healing of burns; pain management; injections; and ostomy management. From same-day referrals and a smooth transition from hospital to home, to attentive follow-up and communication with your own doctor, we provide care and support for you every step of the way to help restore your health to its fullest potential. Our goal is to equip our patients with the education and resources needed to regain and maintain good health. About Providence At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of "Know me, care for me, ease my way." Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we''ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable. About the Team Providence Home and Community Care (HCC) is a service line within Providence with over 8,000 caregivers and 2,000 volunteers serving nearly 200,000 people a year, in their homes, in clinics and in a variety of congregate living ministries across our seven-state footprint. HCC provides a full range of services and support for people of all ages, especially those facing chronic or life-limiting illnesses. Our core competencies include restorative care, longitudinal care and care through the end of life. Our service lines include assisted living/skilled nursing/rehabilitation, home health, home infusion/pharmacy services, home medical equipment, hospice and palliative care, Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE), personal home services/private duty care and supportive housing. We are committed to the principle that every workforce member has the right to work in surroundings that are free from all forms of unlawful discrimination and harassment. We are committed to cultural diversity and equal employment for all individuals. It is our policy to recruit, hire, promote, compensate, transfer, train, retain, terminate, and make all other employment-related decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed (including religious dress and grooming practices), national origin (including certain language use restrictions), ancestry, disability (mental and physical including HIV and AIDS), medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, marital status, age, sex (which includes pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, and military and veteran status or any other applicable legally protected status. We will also provide reasonable accommodation to known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified caregiver or applicant for employment, unless the accommodation would impose undue hardship on the operation of our business. We are a community where all people, regardless of differences, are welcome, secure, and valued. We value respect, appreciation, collaboration, diversity, and a shared commitment to serving our communities. We expect that all workforce members in our community will act in ways which reflect a commitment to and accountability for, racial and social justice and equality in the workplace. As such, we will maintain a workplace free of discrimination and harassment based on any applicable legally protected status. We also expect that all workforce members will maintain a positive workplace free from any unacceptable conduct which creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment. Requsition ID: 115106 Company: Providence Jobs Job Category: Nursing-Patient Facing Job Function: Nursing Schedule: Full time Shift: Day Career Track: Nursing Department: 7015 HOME HEALTH CARE SERVICES CA TORRANCE 1 Address: CA Torrance 5315 Torrance BlvdProvidence is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Providence does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, disability, veteran, military status, religion, age, creed, national origin, sexual identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by local, state, or federal law.PandoLogic. Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN), Location: Torrance, CA - 90507
Created: 2025-11-15