Job Summary: Immediate hire for Home Care LVN 1:1 care in Escondido/Valley Center area. LVN will also have a caregiver to assist with duties.
Position: High-Acuity Night-Shift Private Duty LVN 7PM-7AM shift, 3 days/week
1. Physical & Safety Requirements of nurse on this special case
- Physical Fitness: Must be able to physically lift, support, and transfer at least 75 lbs.
- Height Requirement: Minimum height of 5'5" required to safely support patient during ambulation.
- Nursing Behavioral Support: Must physically re-direct behaviors in this autistic patient while awake. I.e..offer sensory tubing, IPAD , leg massage, adjust pillows for comfort, check headphones, offer hydration, etc.
2. Clinical Care & Experience
- Condition Expertise: Proven experience managing patients with epilepsy and severe behavioral autism or other type of developmental disabilities.
- Critical Skills: High acuity developmentally disabled case requiring sharp critical thinking to safely execute complex catheterization orders.
- Seizure Monitoring: Continuous, vigilant observation for nocturnal seizures while the patient is sleeping as oer doctor's orders.
- Rescue Administration: Administer rescue IN valtoco as per doctor's orders and apply 02 as per doctor's orders. Monitor vitals per doctor's orders.
3. Shift Expectations & Professional Boundaries
- Strict Awake Night Shift: Absolutely no sleeping, napping, or personal cell phone distractions permitted during shifts. All attention should be on patient.
- Duties Only: No personal homework, reading material, or outside projects allowed during shift hours.
- Professional Conduct: Keep all personal matters and drama entirely separate from the workplace.
- Data Collection: Must write clear, legible clinical notes on-site before the end of every shift.
4. Respite Private home Accommodations
- Kitchen Use: Access to an on-site microwave and coffee maker is provided, to be used with the reminder this is the patient's private home. Use respectfully.
- Food Storage: Please bring meals in a self-contained cooler as staff food is not to be placed near patients food or medicine in frig; limited refrigerator space is available for staff drinks only.
Pay: $35.00 - $40.00 per hour
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
