Job Summary and Responsibilities
As our Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN), you will provide vital direct patient care, significantly contributing to patient well-being and recovery as an integral part of our compassionate healthcare team.
Every day, you will assess patient conditions, administer medications, perform prescribed treatments, and meticulously document care. You will collaborate with RNs and physicians to implement individualized care plans, ensuring a seamless and high-quality patient experience.
To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate exceptional clinical skills, a strong commitment to patient safety, and excellent communication. Your compassionate demeanor, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize in a fast-paced environment are essential.
- Responsible for admitting, assessing, and performing direct patient care to new patients under the direction of their Registered Nurse/Supervising Nurse.
- Promotes and participates in patient education and rehabilitation
- Responsible for cleanliness,organization, and safe use of an assigned work area and equipment, maintaining supplies in a safe and efficient manner. Reporting needed maintenance and repairs.
- Participates in Departments committees as assigned and contributed to the on-going effort to evaluate and improve the service and programs offered by the department.
- Review daily resident reports and assignments with the Certified Nurses Assistants (CNA) on their assigned residents.
- Administers treatments and medication ordered by physician, excluding IV medication and anticoagulants, sees that the therapy is charted. Responsible for starting IV's as needed.
Required
- One (1) year experience as a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) or Licensed Psychiatric Technician (LPT) working with psychiatric patients either in an inpatient or residential setting
- Basic Life Support - CPR, upon hire and
- Licensed Vocational Nurse: CA, upon hire or
- Psychiatric Tech: CA, upon hire
Founded in 1910, Dignity Health - Community Hospital of San Bernardino is a 343-bed, acute care, nonprofit hospital. Serving over 75,000 patients annually, the hospital offers a full complement of services including a Level II NICU, maternity care and pediatrics, and behavioral health and long-term subacute care for adults and children.
Additionally, Community Hospital of San Bernardino has been recognized with the gold seal of approval by the Joint Commission, as an LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Leader by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, and rated five stars for Children’s Subacute Center by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. In 2025, we were voted Best Hospital by Inland Empire Magazine.
Community Hospital of San Bernardino shares a legacy of humankindness with Dignity Health and CommonSpirit Health, one of the nation’s largest health care systems, dedicated to providing compassionate, high-quality, and affordable patient-centered care.