Job Description
About Interfaith Community Services:
As North County's largest social services agency, Interfaith Community Services has been "helping people help themselves" since 1979. The organization provides a wide range of programs designed to empower hungry, homeless, and low-income community members to begin a pathway towards self-sufficiency. Each year, Interfaith Community Services impacts more than 20,000 community members by providing basic needs and nutrition support, social services, shelters and housing, employment development, senior services, veterans programs and addiction recovery support.
Together, in partnership with 250+ diverse faith communities, more than 1,700 recurrent volunteers, and a growing staff of over 275, Interfaith provides a safe-haven and pathway towards self-sufficiency for more than 20,000 community members annually.
If you're passionate about making a difference and thrive in a service-driven environment, we invite you to be part of our mission!
What You'll Do:
In the Licensed Vocational Nurse/Turk Recuperative Center role, you’ll provide high-touch, community-based recuperative care services to individuals with serious and complex physical health, behavioral health and social service needs who are experiencing homelessness. This role supports clients in achieving or maintaining individual stability and prevent hospital admission or readmission and system disengagement by providing persistent outreach, advocacy, health education and coordination of care across multiple service domains. The LVN focuses on improving functioning, enhancing quality of life, and promoting long-term stability to prevent returning to homelessness.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Conduct daily rounds and assess client health, including checking and recording vital signs
- Monitor client progress and report significant changes to the supervising nurse or clinical program manager
- Engage in frequent client contact through scheduled or unscheduled visits, in program outreach, and telephonic support—often multiple times per week
- Provide weekly medication management, including but not limited to; assistance with organizing medication in pill organizer, ensuring adherence to prescribed regimens, educating clients about medication purpose and potential side effects, assisting with prescription refills
- Perform at minimum weekly compliance checks to ensure medication list is present, and boxes are secure, up-to-date, and correctly stocked
- Assist patients with blood glucose monitoring and provide instruction in self-administered insulin injections
- Assists with basic nursing care, including but not limited to wound care, dressing changes, catheter care and hygiene support as needed
- Educate clients on medical conditions, self-care practices, diet, smoking cessation, and treatment compliance
- Support clients in achieving health-related goals by teaching disease management and wellness practices
- Promote clients’ self-determination by establishing individual care goals and educate clients on individual health conditions, medications, and self-care skills
- Assist with trainings and educate staff and clients on various medical/health related topics
- Provide support to Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs), interns, and volunteers withing the nursing department
- Review patient referrals and determines initial eligibility for services as needed
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records, including vitals, medication logs, progress notes, and incident reports
- Assist with scheduling medical appointments and coordinating transportation to appointments scheduled as often as needed
- Communicate client health changes or concerns to interdisciplinary staff and external healthcare providers
- Collaborate with case managers with discharge planning to ensure linkage to medical resources and referrals and facilitate transition to stable or alternate housing
- Participate in case reviews, multidisciplinary team meetings, and quality improvement initiatives
- Maintain accurate, timely, and confidential documentation in compliance with agency and regulatory standards
- Ensure meeting rooms and medical supply areas are prepared and adequately stocked and maintained
- Participate in all staff meetings and trainings as requested
- Perform additional duties as assigned
Requirements
Who You Are:
You're passionate about making a lasting impact, whether supporting individuals directly or enhancing our organizational effectiveness. To thrive in this role, you'll:
- Valid and unrestricted LVN license in the state of California, required
- Minimum of 1 year of clinical nursing experience, required
- Valid CPR, Basic Life Support (BLS) and First Aid certificate/s to be completed within three (3) months of hire
- Experience in behavioral health, community health, or residential care, preferred.
- Experience working with clients who medically fragile or experiencing homelessness, preferred
- Bilingual (Spanish/English), preferred
Location: Onsite/Escondido
Hours: Sunday-Thursday: 7:00am-3:30pm
Hourly Rate: $30.12- $38.98
EMPLOYMENT BENEFITS
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays – 13 scheduled
- Flexible Work Schedules
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- AD&D / Group Life Insurance
- Flexible Spending Accounts – Medical and Dependent Care
- Matched 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Early Release Days!
- Work Anniversary Bonuses
- Tuition Reimbursement and Public Service Loan Forgiveness Eligibility
- Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)
- Home Ownership Assistance Program
- Casual Work Environment
- Professional Growth and Career Development Opportunities
Interfaith is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to age, race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, pregnancy, marital status, affectional or sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, disability, nationality, sex, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Interfaith will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
