Licensed Practical Nurse jobs in Santa Barbara, CA

Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurse (LVN/LPN) $3,000 Sign-on Bonus!

Position Summary:

Provides and oversees patient care and services safely

Qualifications:

• Current CA license is in good standing
• 2 years experience in long-term care preferred
• CPR and First Aid certified
• Outstanding communication skills
• Positive, professional, and calm demeanor in all work-related situations

Responsibilities:

• Observes, reports, and documents/charting on patient conditions
• Administers medications in accordance with physician orders
• Takes and records temperatures, respiration, and pulse
• Sets up treatment trays, and prepares instruments and/or other equipment, as needed
• Maintains working knowledge of assigned patient’s conditions at all times
• Reviews reports from previous shifts to determine changes in the status of residents and assigns various duties to C.N.A.s or other nursing personnel
• Turns over accurate records and ensures oncoming shift nurses are updated
• Responsible for notifying the Director of Nursing Services (DNS) and/or Administrator of changes in patient condition or other job-related problems

Benefits:

• Competitive pay
• Health Benefits – Medical, dental, and vision coverages with the company paying a substantial portion of costs (voluntary supplemental plan options available)
• 401(k) with discretionary company match annually
• Company paid Basic Life and disability insurance (Buy up options available)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick, Holiday)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Assistance and Profession Enhancement Funds
• Bene-Hub employee-sponsored discount programs and more….

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

• Benefits and Sign-on Bonuses available to full-time employees.

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Buena Vista is a 24-hour skilled nursing facility located in Santa Barbara, California. Our team of dedicated healthcare professionals work to help patients recover from surgery, injury, or serious illness.
As a team, we strive to exceed the expectations of those we serve, and our purpose is to provide our patients with positive rehabilitative therapy and exceptional nursing care. We want to help patients achieve their highest possible functioning level and to assist them in returning to the lowest level of care practical.

Pay: Starting at $40 / hour

Pay:

• Signing bonus

Benefits:

• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Referral program
• Employee discount

Job Type: fulltime, parttime

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Night shift
• Other
• 8 hour shift

Education: High school degree

Work location: On-site