Behavioral Health LVN- Weekends

NOTE: This job will start as PT 3 shifts per week and could move to 4 quickly. We also plan to have more need for full-time LVN's as we expand later in 2026.

About Our Company

At California Healing Centers, we believe that everyone deserves compassionate, comprehensive, and personalized care for their mental health. Located in Rancho Santa Fe, our facility provides a serene and luxurious environment designed for healing, recovery, and personal growth. We offer a range of treatments and programs for those facing mental health challenges, with a particular focus on trauma, mood, and thought disorders. Our mission is to provide the highest standard of care, combining evidence-based practices with innovative therapies in a holistic approach that caters to both the mind and body.

Overview

Position Summary

The LVN is part of the team concept in a clinical setting for the delivery of healthcare. This position oversees client medications via monitoring, assessing clients for mental health, builds rapport with clients, follow-up on medications and doctor appointments.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Follow Physician's instructions on medication management protocol and procedures.
• Monitor clients’ physical and emotional well-being; vital signs checked per physician order.
• Monitor clients’ vital signs for signs/symptoms of medication reaction.
• Write notes and reports, as protocol and procedures indicate.
• Document and report on the client's status to team members.
• Utilizes HIPAA compliant messaging platform to communicate activities in operations and collaborate with other departments. This includes reporting medication management, medical issues, crisis intervention, conflict resolution, compassionate support, and must include any attempts to resolve current issues.
• Completes all items on the LVN Weekly Task List and confirms completion with supervisor.
• Supports BHT’s in obtaining urinalysis (UA) for new admissions and weekly UA’s that are sent to the diagnostics laboratory.
• Complete nursing assessment on clients admitted to the mental health residential program.
• Complete transcription of doctor’s orders pertaining to modified protocols.
• Assist clients with all self-administered medications via monitoring as directed by the appropriate health care professional (i.e. Medical Director).
• Assist clients with personal hygiene and other ADL’s.
• Attend job-related meetings, in-service training, staff development training, participate in team problem solving methods, building rapport, respond to requests, and maintain a cooperative relationship among the health care team by communicating information.
• Attends weekly operations meeting to report on operations activities, help improve systems, receive training/supervision on pertinent topics.
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level, anticipating needed supplies and informing supervisor so that they may place order(s) for supplies.

Core Competencies

California Healing Centers has adopted Leadership, Team Building, Customer Focus, Focus on Results, managing on the Job, Self-Development, Innovative Ideas, and Communication as the competencies each employee should excel in while performing his or her job. Provided below are the definitions for each competency, followed by a section to rate performance in these areas.

Leadership – Champions positive growth and direction in the individual and organization. Seen as a key member of the team who is respective for knowledge and invests in others. Creates a clear vision for the future and helps all members of the team to see and contribute toward that vision.

• Communicates the importance of the vision and values - Helps others understand the organization’s vision and values and their importance.
• Moves others to action - Translates the vision and values into day-to-day activities and behaviors; guides and motivates others to take actions that support the vision and values.
• Rewards living the vision and values - Recognizes and rewards associates whose actions support the organization’s vision and values.
• Models the vision and values - Takes actions, makes decisions, and shapes team or group priorities to reflect the organization’s vision and values.

Team Building – Building appropriate and professional relationships with others in the organization, working together for common goals and objectives aligned with the vision and values of the organization.

• Develops structure - Helps to clarify roles and responsibilities of team members; helps ensure that necessary steering, review, or support functions are in place.
• Facilitates goal accomplishment - Makes procedural or process suggestions for achieving team goals or performing team functions; provides necessary resources or helps to remove obstacles to team accomplishments.
• Involves others - Listens to and fully involves others in team decisions and actions; values and uses individual differences and talents.
• Informs others on the team - Shares important or relevant information with the team.
• Models commitment - Adheres to the team’s expectations and guidelines; fulfills team responsibilities; demonstrates personal commitment to the team.

Customer Focus - Making customers and their needs a primary focus of one’s actions; developing and sustaining productive customer relationships.

• Seeks to understand customers - Actively seeks information to understand customers’ circumstances, problems, expectations, and needs.
• Educates customers - Shares information with customers to build their understanding of issues and capabilities.
• Takes action to meet customer needs and concerns - Considers how actions or plans will affect customers; responds quickly to meet customer needs and resolve problems; avoids over commitments.
• Sets up customer feedback systems - Implements effective ways to monitor and evaluate customer concerns, issues, and satisfaction and to anticipate customer needs.

Self-Development - Planning and supporting the development of personal and professional skills and abilities so that they can fulfill current or future job/role responsibilities more effectively.

• Collaboratively establishes development goals - Works to identify areas for development, understand need for improvement, and set specific development goals.
• Collaboratively establishes development plans - Works to identify options for meeting development goals; explores environmental supports and barriers to development; jointly determines appropriate developmental activities.
• Creates a learning environment - Secures resources required to support development efforts; ensures that opportunities for development are available; offers assistance to help
• individuals overcome obstacles to learning.
• Monitors progress - Seeks specific feedback on their performance related to established goals; highlights key positive and negative performance issues; adjusts plans to ensure development.

Communication - Clearly conveying information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message.

• Organizes the communication - Clarifies purpose and importance; stresses major points; follows a logical sequence.
• Maintains audience attention - Keeps the audience engaged through use of techniques such as analogies, illustrations, an appealing style, body language, and voice inflection.
• Adjusts to the audience - Frames message in line with audience experience, background, and expectations; uses terms, examples, and analogies that are meaningful to the audience.
• Ensures understanding - Seeks input from audience; checks understanding; presents message in different ways to enhance understanding.
• Adheres to accepted conventions - Uses syntax, pace, volume, diction, and mechanics appropriate to the media being used.
• Comprehends communication from others - Attends to messages from others; correctly interprets messages and responds appropriately.

Managing the Job - Effectively managing one’s time and resources to ensure that work is completed efficiently. Encompasses the aspects of prioritization, identification of resources, and establishing appropriate timelines for achievement of objectives.

• Prioritizes - Identifies more critical and less critical activities and tasks; adjusts priorities when appropriate.
• Makes preparations - Ensures that required equipment and/or materials are in appropriate locations so that own and others’ work can be done effectively.
• Schedules - Effectively allocates own time to complete work; coordinates own and others’ schedules to avoid conflicts.
• Leverages resources - Takes advantage of available resources (individuals, processes, departments, and tools) to complete work efficiently.
• Stays focused - Uses time effectively and prevents irrelevant issues or distractions from interfering with work completion.

Focus on Results - Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.

• Responds quickly - Takes immediate action when confronted with a problem or when made aware of a situation.
• Takes independent action - Implements new ideas or potential solutions without prompting; does not wait for others to take action or to request action.
• Goes above and beyond - Takes action that goes beyond job requirements in order to achieve objectives.

Innovative Ideas - Generating innovative solutions in work situations; trying different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities.

• Challenges paradigms - Identifies implicit assumptions in the way problems or situations are defined or presented; sees alternative ways to view or define problems; is not constrained by the thoughts or approaches of others.
• Leverages diverse resources - Draws upon multiple and diverse sources (individuals, disciplines, bodies of knowledge) for ideas and inspiration.
• Thinks expansively - Combines ideas in unique ways or makes connections between disparate ideas; explores different lines of thought; views situations from multiple perspectives; brainstorms multiple approaches/solutions.
• Evaluates multiple solutions - Examines numerous potential solutions and evaluates each before accepting any.
• Ensures relevance - Targets important areas for innovation and develops solutions that address meaningful work issues.

Minimum Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/ or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

All direct care staff shall have graduated from high school or possess a GED and have a minimum of one (1) year of full-time experience, or its part-time equivalent, working in a program serving persons with mental disabilities. Such experience must be in the direct provision of services to clients. If the employee does not have the required experience, the program shall document a specific plan of supervision and in-service training for the employee which will guarantee the ongoing qualification of the employee to perform the job. The plan should include but not be limited to the frequency and number of hours of training, the subjects to be covered, and a description of the supervision to be provided.

• High School Diploma required; Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Current LVN license in State of operations required.
• CPR and First Aid Certified.
• Two years of experience as an LVN or in a health-related field.
• Must be 18 years of age
• Must have required health screening
• Must have current TB
• Must have criminal record clearance

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Experience

Measures employee’s demonstrated job, relevant knowledge, and essential skills, such as work practices, policies, procedures, resources, laws, customer service, and technical information, as well as the relationship of work to the organization’s mission. Also measured are the employee’s self-improvement efforts to enhance skills and knowledge to stay current with changes impacting the job.

• Knowledge of basic principles, practices, and techniques in mental health.
• Knowledge of medications effects, indications, and contraindications.
• Ability to read and interpret written information; write clearly and informatively; edits work for spelling and grammar. Ability to speak clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens and gets clarification; responds well to questions; demonstrates group presentation skills; and participates in meetings.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

Walking, bending, and kneeling which may occur with long periods of sitting in vehicle while transporting; must be able to participate in moderate lifting of 30 or more pounds (suitcases, packages, etc.). This position must be able to support client weight in case of emergency situation or client disability requiring assistance in walking, etc. There is a risk of exposure to bodily fluids infections, contagious / blood borne diseases, and chemicals (cleaning agents), an exposed risk to highway accidents, and an exposed risk to varying, unpredictable situations (i.e. client behavior).

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required; Bachelor's Degree preferred.

• Must be 18 years of age.

• Must have a required health screening.

• Must have current Tuberculin Screen or obtain upon 7 days of hire.

• Valid CPR/First Aid Certification.

• Must have criminal record clearance.

• Must be able to work overtime, weekends, holidays, and flexible hours.

• Must have a valid driver’s license and clean driving record.

Join our team as a LVN, where your skills will make a meaningful impact on the lives of those we serve!

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $35.00 - $38.00 per hour

Expected hours: 24 – 40 per week

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

License/Certification:

• LVN or LPT License (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $35 - $38