LVN II (Bilingual Chinese)
Description
Job Title: Licensed Vocational Nurse Level II (MUST be Chinese-speaking)
Department: Quality- Clinical Operation
About the Role:
Astrana Health is looking for a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) to join our fast-growing Dynamic Team. The LVN will provide direct patient care under a nurse practitioner's supervision. Responsibilities include following the care plan, providing treatments, and working with the team members to help meet positive patient care outcomes. The LVN will work directly with Quality Clinical Operations (QCO) Medicare Health Plan triple stars measure program. QCO has a high volume of Medicare members that need follow up after hospital discharges for medication reconciliation, chronic blood pressure outreach calls, osteoporosis programs and post-emergency visit follow up calls.
What You’ll Do:
- Provides direct patient care as defined in State Nurse Practice Act
- Implements current nursing practice following a comprehensive assessment and the plan of care.
- Provide accurate and timely documentation of patient services to reflect the plan of care.
- Assess and provide patient and family/caregiver education and information pertinent to diagnosis and self-plan of care.
- Participates in coordination of post-acute care services, appropriately reporting the identified needs to the interdisciplinary group.
- Participate in a program specific to essential responsibilities. Ex: MRP, OMW, CBP, Post ER follow up
- Uses equipment and supplies effectively and efficiently.
- Reinforced hospital discharge instructions and reinforced medication adherence to the patient, patient’s family and/ or patient primary caregiver. Evaluates patient’s response to treatments/medications.
- Reports directly to nurse practitioner for any urgent patient medical issues or conditions.
- Provides patient blood draw, bone density scan, glucometer kit teaching, BP machine use. Provide patients with home visits if needed to perform bone density scan.
- Participates in personal, professional growth and development. Also participates in quality assessment performance improvement teams and activities.
- Performs other duties as assigned by the supervising nurse and /or nurse practitioner.
Qualifications:
- Must be BILINGUAL – Chinese (Cantonese or Mandarin) speaking
- Graduate of an accredited practical nurse or vocational nursing program
- Currently licensed as an LPN/LVN in the State
- Current CPR certification
- Minimum of one-year experience in hospital setting, home health, or community health experience
- Must have good understanding of managed care
- Must have reliable transportation
- Must be flexible and available on the weekends if needed.
You are great for this role if:
- Demonstrates good verbal and written communication, and organization skills in a fast-paced environment
- Highly motivated and able to work with multiple teams simultaneously
Who We Are:
Astrana Health (NASDAQ: ASTH) is a physician-centric, technology-powered healthcare management company. We are building and operating a novel, integrated, value-based healthcare delivery platform to empower our physicians to provide the highest quality of end-to-end care for their patients in a cost-effective manner. Our mission is to combine our clinical experience, best-in-class delivery network, and technological expertise to improve patient outcomes, increase access to healthcare, and make the US healthcare system more efficient.
Our platform currently empowers over 10,000 physicians to provide care for ~1 million patients nationwide. Our rapid growth and unique position at the intersection of all major healthcare stakeholders (payer, provider, and patient) gives us an unparalleled opportunity to combine clinical and technological expertise to improve patient outcomes, increase access to quality healthcare, and reduce the waste in the US healthcare system.
Our Values:
- Put Patients First
- Empower Entrepreneurial Provider and Care Teams
- Operate with Integrity & Excellence
- Be Innovative
- Work As One Team
Environmental Job Requirements and Working Conditions:
- This position will be primarily REMOTE – may recall to report to the office if needed, and home visits will be required about 1-2 times per month within a 10 mile radius. The office is at 568 Garvey Ave, Monterey Park, CA 91754
- The target pay range for this role is: $26.00 - $32.00 per hour. This represents our national target range for this role.
Astrana Health is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need. If you require assistance in applying for open positions due to a disability, please email us at [email protected] to request accommodation.
Additional Information:
The job description does not constitute an employment agreement between the employer and employee and is subject to change by the employer as the needs of the employer and requirements of the job change.
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