Float Sr. LVN - Dermatology, West Los Angeles

Requirements

• Possess active license issued by the State of CA Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners with Intravenous Therapy and blood withdrawal certification.
• Possession of active CPR BLS from the American Red Cross or American Heart Association.
• Knowledge of dermatologic terminology and disease condition sufficient to communicate treatment status with patients and their families, medical faculty and staff, and other health professionals.
• Ability to keep a running inventory
• Knowledge of UCLA forms, patient admissions, etc.
• Knowledge of surgical dressing applications.
• Knowledge of lasers
• Skill in setting priorities which accurately reflect the relative importance of job responsibilities
• Knowledge of surgical instruments
• Knowledge of operating and maintaining standard surgical medical equipment
• Skill in working independently and following through on assignments with minimal direction
• Skill in performing under the stress of frequent interruptions and/or distractions
• Skill in performing a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature
• Skill in analyzing information, problem situations, practices or procedures to define the problem or objective and formulate logical and objective conclusions.
• Skill in organizing workflow to accomplish established objectives, delegating responsibility; training new employees.
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with staff.
• Skill in working as part of a team - collaborating with other staff members.
• Skill in fostering a stimulating, accepting learning environment
• Skill in speaking to persons of various backgrounds to explain policies, procedures and treatment in the clinic.
• Ability to speak on a one-to-one basis using appropriate vocabulary and grammar to obtain and explain medical treatment procedures
• Skill in reading medical documents, such as patient charts, biopsy results and routine correspondence from health professionals
• Skill in reading English words, simple sentences and numbers on documents so they can properly be compiled and filed.
• Skill in writing concise, logical, grammatically correct analytical reports to explain patient’s progress and charting
• Skill in writing grammatically correct routine business correspondence such as brief transmittal memoranda
• Knowledge of medical terminology to record pre-admit diagnosis on admissions forms