CLINIC LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE II (Housing for Health for Homelessness)

Salary : $53,450.16 - $72,033.84 Annually

Location : Los Angeles County, CA

Job Type : Full time

Job Number : Y5094N-EA

Department : HEALTH SERVICES

Opening Date : 02 / 04 / 2025

Position / Program Information

TYPE OF RECRUITMENT

OPEN COMPETITIVE JOB OPPORTUNITY - EMERGENCY

EXAM NUMBER : Y5094N-EA

FILING START DATE

February 4, 2025 AT 12 : 00 PM, (PT)

This examination will remain open until the needs of the service are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.

The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness, and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you.

Department of Health Services (Housing for Health for Homelessness) is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Clinic Licensed Vocational Nurse II (Housing for Health for Homelessness) vacancies related to the homelessness crisis.

Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.

Before the end of your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%.

Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Clinic Licensed Vocational Nurse II (Housing for Health for Homelessness).

ABOUT LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES :

The Los Angeles County Department of Health Services (DHS) is the second largest municipal health system in the nation. Through its unified system of 23 health centers and four hospitals - and expanded network of community partner clinics - DHS annually provides direct care for over 500,000 outstanding patients, employs over 23,000 staff, and has an annual budget of over $8.4 billion. For additional information regarding DHS please visit www.dhs.lacounty.gov.

Through academic affiliations with the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), the University of Southern California (USC), and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Sciences (CDU), DHS hospitals are training sites for physicians completing their Graduate Medical Education in nearly every medical specialty and subspecialty. In addition to its direct clinical services, DHS also runs the Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Agency and the County's 911 emergency response system, as well as Housing for Health and the Office of Diversion and Re-entry, each with a critical role in connecting vulnerable populations, including those released from correctional and institutional settings to supportive housing.

ABOUT HOUSING FOR HEALTH PROGRAM :

Housing for Health (HFH) provides housing and supportive services to Department of Health Services (DHS) clients who are homeless and who have complex medical and / or behavioral health conditions. Since its inception, HFH has expanded to provide a continuum of housing and supportive services to unhoused county residents. HFH is now one of the two largest homeless housing and services entities in Los Angeles County.

MISSION :

To advance the health of our patients and our communities by providing extraordinary care.

DEFINITION :

Manages a restricted caseload of patients in an outpatient care organization by following and resolving minor health problems.

Essential Job Functions

• Obtains throat cultures, rectal swabs, or other specimens, performs other treatments such as replacing dressings, bathing a patient, or makes an assessment of family and home conditions.
• Collects specimens and performs urinalysis tests.
• Removes sutures and cleanses and dresses minor wounds and abrasions.
• Gathers and records pertinent information through observations and interviews with patients and patient family members concerning patient and family medical history, diet habits, health problems, symptoms, and observed patient condition.
• Checks frequently to ensure that patients are being prepared properly and safely for examination and treatment and makes suggestions or demonstrates proper methods.
• Questions patients to determine symptoms or the nature of the injury and elicits as much information as possible about home and living conditions.
• Informs the physician of significant factors affecting patient's condition and notifies the designated nursing employee if a patient requires home health care or referral to another community health agency.
• Prepares patients for examination and for treatment by screening, draping and positioning.
• Takes patients' blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration and holds and comforts patients when necessary.
• In accordance with physician's orders, administers medications orally, rectally, by inhalation and by intramuscular and subcutaneous injection.
• Observes patient's behavior, general appearance, physical condition, symptoms, emotional expression and responses to specific medications and treatment.
• Performs treatments under the direction of physicians including the application of thermal blankets, ice bags, medicated packs and pressure bandages.
• Prepares and lays out instruments and supplies, sets up equipment and hands instruments and supplies to the physician during procedures.
• Oversees general clinic operations to assure the efficient processing of patients and proper utilization of clinic facilities.
• Report on selected problems encountered in handling assigned cases, which may be of general interest, or require the involvement of or evaluation by other team members as needed.
• Hangs and changes I.V. fluid bottles, regulates and discontinues the flow and chocks for infiltration.
• Performs simple test procedures such as tine tests or clinic-tests.
• Administers oxygen by catheter, mask and positive pressure machine and suctions respiratory passages and tracheostomies.

Requirements

SELECTION REQUIREMENTS :

1. Two (2) years of experience as a licensed vocational nurse.

All experience must be post-certification as a licensed vocational nurse, as issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs, California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians.

Additional Requirements :

2. A license to practice as a vocational nurse issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs, California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians.

3. Current Basic Life Support (BLS) for healthcare providers (CPR and AED) program certification issued by the American Heart Association (AHA).

PHYSICAL CLASS III - Moderate : Includes standing or walking most of the time, with bending, stooping, squatting, twisting, and reaching; includes working on irregular surfaces, occasionally lifting objects weighing over 25 pounds, and frequent lifting of 10-25 pounds

SPECIAL REQUIREMENT INFORMATION :

License and Certification :

Please ensure the License and Certification Section of the application is completed. Provide the title(s) of your required license(s), the number(s), date(s) of issue, date(s) of expiration and the name(s) of the issuing agency for the required license as specified in the Selection Requirements.

Applicants must attach a legible image of their current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare Providers (CPR & AED) Program certification issued by the American Heart Association to their online application at the time of filing or within seven (7) calendar days from the application filing date.

NOTE : If you are unable to attach documents to your application, you may email the documents to Gabriela Caudillo at within seven (7) calendar days of filing online or your application will be rejected. Please include your full name (as it appears on your application), the exam number, and the exam title in the email message.

Required license(s) and / or certification(s) must be active and unrestricted, or your application will not be accepted.

Additional Information

OUR ASSESSMENT PROCESS :

Before the end of your initial work period, the appointing department will evaluate your performance. Those who achieve a passing score on this evaluation will be considered for permanent appointment.

ELIGIBILITY INFORMATION :

Please note that ALL information included in the application materials is subject to VERIFICATION at any point during the examination and hiring process, including after an appointment has been made. FALSIFICATION of any information may result in DISQUALIFICATION.

AVAILABLE SHIFT :

Appointees may be required to work any shift, including evenings, nights, weekends and holidays.

APPLICATION & FILING INFORMATION :

Applications must be filed online only and will be reviewed for interview consideration on an ongoing basis. If you have not been contacted within 30 days and the recruitment remains open or reopens for filing, we encourage you to submit a new application. This will allow you to reaffirm your interest and update any relevant information

Many important notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application, so it is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add the following email addresses to the list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam / junk / clutter mail.

You have the ability to opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe, you will not receive any email notification for any examination for which you apply with Los Angeles County. Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe, you can always check for notifications by logging into governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices.

Plan to submit your online application in a timely manner as you may be required to verify your email address. This only needs to be done once per email address, and if you already have a job seeker account on www.governmentjobs.com / careers / lacounty, you can verify at any time by logging in and following the prompts. This is to enhance the security of your online application and to ensure you do not enter an incorrect email address.

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER : Please include your Social Security Number for record control purposes. Federal law requires that all employed persons have a Social Security number.

COMPUTER AND INTERNET ACCESS AT PUBLIC LIBRARIES : For candidates who may not have regular access to a computer or the internet, applications can be completed on computers at public libraries throughout Los Angeles County.

NO SHARING USER ID AND PASSWORD : All applicants must file their applications online using their own user ID and password. Using a family member or friend's user ID and password may erase a candidate's original application record.

FAIR CHANCE EMPLOYER : The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except for a very limited number of positions, you will not be asked to provide information about a conviction history unless you receive a contingent offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and consider potential mitigating factors, including, but not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about a conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

ANTI-RACISM, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION (ARDI) : The County of Los Angeles recognizes and affirms that all people are created equal and are entitled to all rights afforded by the Constitution of the United States. The Department of Human Resources is committed to promoting Anti-racism, Diversity, and Inclusion efforts to address the inequalities and disparities amongst race. We support the ARDI Strategic Plan and its goals by improving equality, diversity, and inclusion in recruitment, selection, and employment practices.

ADA COORDINATOR : (323) 914-6365

CALIFORNIA RELAY SERVICES PHONE :

(800) 735-2922

DEPARTMENT CONTACT :

Gabriela Caudillo, Exam Analyst

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES

Employment Information

Any language contained in the job posting supersedes any language contained below.

This document is intended to provide general information about the recruitment process of the County of Los Angeles. Applicants with questions about a specific job posting should contact the exam analyst listed on the posting.

Equal Employment Opportunity / Non-Discrimination Statement :

The County of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to non-discrimination in the County workforce, regardless of age (40 and over); ancestry; color; ethnicity; religious creed; protected family or medical leave status; disability; marital status; medical condition; genetic information; military and veteran status; national origin; race ; sex; gender; sexual orientation; or any other characteristic protected by State or federal law. For more information, please visit :

Testing Accommodations for Applicants :

The County of Los Angeles complies with all federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application process, please contact the testing accommodation coordinator listed on the job posting. Hearing impaired applicants with telephone teletype equipment may leave messages by calling the teletype phone number on the job posting. For more information on accommodations, please visit :

Fair Chance :

The County of Los Angeles is a Fair Chance employer. Except as otherwise permissible under applicable laws, you will not be asked to provide information about conviction history unless you receive a conditional offer of employment. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether your conviction history has a direct and adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job, and will also consider potential mitigating factors, which may include, but is not limited to, evidence and extent of rehabilitation, recency of the offense(s), and age at the time of the offense(s). If asked to provide information about conviction history, any convictions or court records which are exempted by a valid court order do not have to be disclosed. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with County Fair Chance Policies and the Fair Chance Act (Gov. Code Section 12952).

Employment Eligibility :

Final appointment is contingent upon verification of U.S. citizenship or the right to work in the United States.

Career PathFinder :

Resources to help current and prospective employees plan a career with Los Angeles County are available. To explore career paths to and from nearly all job titles, please visit our interactive Career PathFinder application at

Veteran's Credit :

Pursuant to the County Charter and County policy, in all open competitive examinations (i.e., examinations open to everyone), the County of Los Angeles will add a credit of 10 percent of the total credits specified for such examination to the final passing score of an honorably discharged veteran, as well as the spouse of a deceased or disabled veteran, who served in the Armed Forces of the United States under specific conditions.

For more information on veteran's credit, please visit :

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The information you provide on this supplemental questionnaire will be evaluated and used to determine your eligibility to participate in the next phase of the examination process. Be as specific as possible and include ALL information requested. Comments such as "see resume or application" will not be considered as a response. Non-response or invalid / incomplete responses may subject your application to rejection or not receiving credit for a Desirable Qualification / s. Please note that all information is subject to verification at any time in the examination and hiring process. Falsification of any information may result in disqualification or dismissal.

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Many important notifications will be sent electronically to the email address provided on the application. It is important that you provide a valid email address. Please add and to your email address book and to the list of approved senders to prevent email notifications from being filtered as spam / junk / clutter mail. Applicants have the ability to opt out of emails from LA County. If you unsubscribe, you will not receive any email notifications for any examination for which you apply with Los Angeles County. Regardless of whether you choose to unsubscribe, you can always check for notifications by logging into governmentjobs.com and viewing your profile inbox, which saves a copy of all emailed notices. It is the applicant's responsibility to take the above steps to view correspondence. Los Angeles County will not consider claims of not viewing or receiving notifications to be a valid reason for an extension of appeal rights period.

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This position works directly with individuals experiencing homelessness.

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Do you have two (2) years of experience as a licensed vocational nurse.Applicants claiming experience in a state other than California must attach a copy of their licensed vocational nurse license from that state to the application at the time of filing or within seven (7) calendar days of filing.

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If you answered "Yes" to question #4, please provide following information :

a) Name and Address of Employer

b) Position / Title held

c) Dates of Employment : (MM / YYYY) to (MM / YYYY)

d) Hours Worked per week

e) Detailed description of your experience

If you do not have such experience, Indicate "NO Experience".

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CERTIFICATION / LICENSE REQUIREMENT :

Do you have a current licensed vocational nurse (LVN) license issued by the Department of Consumer Affairs, California Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians?

All required licenses and certifications must be active and unrestricted, or your application will not be accepted.

Applicants claiming experience in a state other than California must attach a copy of their licensed vocational nurse license from that state to the application at the time of filing or within seven (7) calendar days of filing.

If Yes, please provide all applicable license numbers below. If no, please indicate "Not applicable" below.

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CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT :

Do you have a current Basic Life Support (BLS) for Healthcare provider (CPR & AED) certificate issued by the American Heart Association? All required licenses and certifications must be active and unrestricted, or your application will not be accepted.

If yes, be sure to attach a copy of the BLS certificate to your application or submit a copy via email to Gabriela Caudillo at within seven (7) calendar days of submitting your application online.

Applications submitted without the required evidence of BLS certification will be rejected.

If no, please indicate "Not applicable" below.

Required Question