LVN Supervisor
Company: UnitedHealth Group
Location: Torrance
Posted on: November 17, 2023
Job Description:
Optum is a global organization that delivers care, aided by
technology to help millions of people live healthier lives. The
work you do with our team will directly improve health outcomes by
connecting people with the care, pharmacy benefits, data and
resources they need to feel their best. Here, you will find a
culture guided by diversity and inclusion, talented peers,
comprehensive benefits and career development opportunities. Come
make an impact on the communities we serve as you help us advance
health equity on a global scale. Join us to start Caring.
Connecting. Growing together. - Optum's Pacific West region is
redefining health care with a focus on health equity,
affordability, quality, and convenience. From California to Oregon
and Washington, we are focused on helping more than 2.5 million
patients live healthier lives and helping the health system work
better for everyone. At Optum Pacific West, we care. We care for
our team members, our patients, and our communities. Join our
culture of caring and make a positive and lasting impact on health
care for millions. It is time to take your career to the next
level. As a Licensed Vocational Nurse Supervisor at Optum, you will
be responsible for performing moderately complex and/or specialized
patient-oriented procedures under the supervision of a clinician or
Registered Nurse (RN) to ensure that patients receive appropriate
care. Responsible for performing operational duties as required
under the supervision of the site administrator or designee.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Supervises clinical operations of a given patient care
area
- Assists Site Administrator in ensuring compliance with
licensing, certification, and competencies
- Evaluates nursing competencies and decisions according to
current nursing practice
- Functions as a resource and serves as a liaison between
administration, clinicians, staff, and other departments
- Participates in all Nursing Leadership regional meetings and
Nurse Peer Reviews as needed
- Identifies and participates in quality improvement projects for
the site
- Conducts monthly staff meetings to evaluate departmental needs
and to communicate operational updates
- Verifies that the informed consents for procedures have been
signed, dated, and witnessed
- Assists with Quality Metrics, Comprehensive Health Assessment
Programs (CHAPS) formally HCC research, telephone call procedures,
and patient follow-up procedures
- Collaborates with a clinician to prepare, monitor, and
discharge patients after a procedure
- Serves as a relief for the teammates
- Assists with all department's specific functions within the LVN
scope of practice
- Ensures monthly expiration logs for medications and sample
medications (refrigerated and non-refrigerated) are maintained
- Ensures yearly expiration logs for Preventative Maintenance
(PM) are performed as needed
- Ensures EKG reconciliation is performed and confirms clinician
sees EKGs before patients are discharged
- Ensures immunization records and updating EHR (including
California Immunization Registry (CAIR)) is performed
- Attends mandatory annual skills validation and Annual Clinical
updates that may occur during evening hours and weekends (selected
Saturdays only)
- Assists clinicians with medication reconciliation per
guidelines
- Assists with entering referrals in electronic health records
EHR for clinicians to authorize
- Participates in verifying medications and vaccine doses for
non-licensed teammates
- Mentors and trains teammates in collaboration with the Site
Administrator, lead clinician, and people services department
- Attends all mandatory Clinical Teammate Orientation (CTO) (both
instructor-led and online courses), Annual Clinical Updates, and
Skills validation, including those that could be held after working
hours, including the weekend
- Participates in the facilitation of annual skills validation
for Medical Assistants that take place during evening hours and or
weekends (selected Saturdays only)
- Ensures all Patient Intervention Reports (PIR) have been
reviewed and actions are taken
- Assists clinician and licensed nursing teammates in responding
to patient emergencies as per Emergency Response Protocols
- Performs additional duties as assigned - You'll be rewarded and
recognized for your performance in an environment that will
challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to
succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles
you may be interested in. Required Qualifications:
- Graduation from an accredited Licensed Vocational Nurse
program
- Current California LVN license
- I.V. therapy & blood draw certification
- Basic Life Support for Healthcare providers (AHA)
- 3+ years of experience working as an LVN/LPN Preferred
Qualifications:
- 1+ years of supervisory or management experience Careers with
Optum. Our objective is to make health care simpler and more
effective for everyone. With our hands at work across all aspects
of health, you can play a role in creating a healthier world, one
insight, one connection and one person at a time. We bring together
some of the greatest minds and ideas to take health care to its
fullest potential, promoting health equity and accessibility. Work
with diverse, engaged and high-performing teams to help solve
important challenges. - California Residents Only: The salary range
for California residents is $46,700 to $91,300. Pay is based on
several factors including but not limited to education, work
experience, certifications, etc. In addition to your salary,
UnitedHealth Group offers benefits such as, a comprehensive
benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock
purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to
eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a
career with UnitedHealth Group, you'll find a far-reaching choice
of benefits and incentives. - At UnitedHealth Group, our mission is
to help people live healthier lives and make the health system work
better for everyone. We believe everyone-of every race, gender,
sexuality, age, location and income-deserves the opportunity to
live their healthiest life. Today, however, there are still far too
many barriers to good health which are disproportionately
experienced by people of color, historically marginalized groups
and those with lower incomes. We are committed to mitigating our
impact on the environment and enabling and delivering equitable
care that addresses health disparities and improves health outcomes
- an enterprise priority reflected in our mission. - - - Diversity
creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal
Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all
qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin,
protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information,
or any other characteristic protected by law. UnitedHealth Group is
a drug - free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug
test before beginning employment.
Keywords: UnitedHealth Group, Torrance , LVN Supervisor, Healthcare , Torrance, California
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