Licensed Vocational Medication Nurse (LVN) - New Grads

Whether you work within the clinical arena, or the administrative world. We all work toward our shared mission, and uphold the CLARE|MATRIX values of:

COMPASSION – TEAMWORK – INTEGRITY – EMPOWERMENT – ADAPTABILITY - EQUALITY. If your values align with ours… JOIN US!

Why work for CLARE|MATRIX? 

CLARE|MATRIX is seeking bright and compassionate leaders to help save lives through recovery! We are a nonprofit organization providing effective and compassionate treatment, recovery, and prevention services for alcoholism and substance abuse to individuals, families, and the community. 

We offer an engaging, mission-driven work environment with excellent benefits and compensation. Work with dedicated colleagues in a dynamic setting, utilizing innovative approaches to addiction recovery and mental health treatment.

We recognize our staff as the heart of our organization, and seek to provide a generous and competitive benefit package to support our employees' well-being. We offer the following:

• Employer paid Medical, Dental, Vision, Life/AD&D, and LTD insurance
• Vacation and Sick Leave
• 11 Paid Holidays (including a birthday holiday) 
• 403(b) Retirement plan (may be eligible for employer matching up to 6% after 1 year of service)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• On-going clinical training, MATRIX Model Training & CEUs available
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Job title: Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)

Reports to: Nursing Supervisor 

Summary:

 This position works closely with the management team and treatment team to ensure that the compatibility and integrity of the programs are upheld. The LVN helps to ensure clients are safely monitored throughout detoxification, and all facets of the day-to-day operations run smoothly.

Major Areas of Responsibility:

• Support oversite of participants day to day operations and services
• Assist management team and treatment team with client supervision and service delivery
• Serves as liaison for Medical Director
• Ensures clients are safely monitored throughout detoxification
• Assist in maintenance of program records and files
• Ensure regular drug screens are conducts as directed by management staff and tests are logged appropriately
• Assure Incident Reports are recorded and reported
• Assure adherence to all safety rules and regulations
• Provide client transportation, if applicable
• Other tasks as assigned by the program management

Knowledge, Experience & Skills:

The ideal candidate will have counseling experience in a substance abuse treatment center setting. Registered Recovery Worker mandatory and Licensed Vocational Nurse or eligible for licensure. In addition, the following are strongly desired:

• Experience in working with diverse populations.
• Clerical skills including knowledge of Microsoft Office
• A minimum of one-year sobriety if recovering
• Culturally competent
• Clean driving record required if driving is a requirement

**Per State of CA, all client facing employees must be fully vaccinated by the end of September 2021.**

To learn more about CLARE|MATRIX please visit: https://www.clarematrix.org/

CLARE|MATRIX is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. CLARE|MATRIX does not discriminate because of gender, sexual orientation, race, religion, age or physical, mental or sensory challenges. No qualified applicant will be denied employment sole on the basis of having or not having a prior history of alcoholism or other drug addiction.

Physical Demands: While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle or feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance; and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.   Vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

These physical demands are representative of the physical requirements necessary for an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.  Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the described essential functions.

Medical History: All employees whose functions require or necessitate contact with client or food preparation shall complete a health screening report or a health questionnaire. Health screening report or health questionnaire will be provided upon hire. For all residential employees a health screening report, be completed and signed off by a medical practitioner signature for clearance. All outpatient employees will complete at minimum a self-report screening questionnaire.    

TB test are to be conducted under licensed medical supervision not more than 60 calendar days prior to or 7 calendar days after employment and renewed annually from the date of the last tuberculosis test.  Staff with a known record of tuberculosis or record of positive testing shall not be required to obtain a tuberculosis skin test. Unless there is documentation that the staff completed at least 6 months of preventive therapy, the staff shall be required to obtain, within 45 calendar days of employment, a chest x-ray result and a physician’s statement that the incumbent does not have communicable tuberculosis and has been under regular care and monitoring for tuberculosis. A chest x-ray within the prior 6 months is acceptable. The physician’s statement shall be renewed annually. 

Work Environment: This job will be primarily located at the CLARE|MATRIX’s offices in Santa Monica, CA.   While performing the responsibilities of the job, these work environment characteristics are representative of the environment the job holder will encounter.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Conclusion: This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by the job holders within this job. But, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position.