LVN (Part Time)

Los Angeles, California

This is an exciting opportunity for a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) to join a collaborative care team that supports adults with complex medical and mental health needs-including individuals experiencing homelessness and substance use disorders.

Posted Sep 28

Shift and hours: Monday & Tuesday
Unit and setting: Psych · Behavioral Health
License: LVN license Current and valid California LVN licenseCalifornia LVN license
Term: Permanent LVN (Part Time)Part Time

Do you qualify?

License: California LVN license Current and valid California LVN license Check your license
Experience: experience in health sciences, social services, mental health, or related field Experience in health sciences, social services, mental health, or related field
Also asks: understanding of HIPAA and patient confidentiality standards Strong understanding of HIPAA and patient confidentiality standards
Also asks: proficiency with Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems Proficiency with Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems
Also asks: ability to remain calm and effective in high-stress situations or with challenging client behaviors Ability to remain calm, compassionate, and effective in high-stress situations or when engaging with challenging client behaviors
Also asks: California driver’s license with clean driving record and insurable Valid California driver’s license with a clean driving record and ability to be insured
Also asks: Live Scan clearance

Preferred

Certification: CPR certification CPR certification (preferred)
Experience: 1-3 years clinical experience working with individuals with severe mental illness or complex needs 1-3 years of clinical experience working with individuals with severe mental illness or other complex needs (preferred)
Experience: experience in trauma-informed or harm-reduction-based environments Experience working in trauma-informed or harm-reduction-based environments
Also asks: bilingual skills or cultural competency working with diverse populations Bilingual skills or cultural competency working with diverse populations

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The role and schedule

Patients: adults with complex medical and mental health needs including homelessness and substance use disorders
Day to day: administering medications and injections and monitoring clients with severe mental illness and co-occurring disorders Provide essential nursing services, including administering medications and injections, and monitoring clients with severe mental illness and co-occurring disorders.
Day to day: coordinate primary and specialty medical appointments Coordinate primary and specialty medical appointments to ensure timely and appropriate access to care.
Day to day: maintain accurate medication records and coordinate with pharmacies Maintain accurate medication records and work with pharmacies to ensure prescriptions are filled and delivered correctly.
Day to day: offer client education on medication adherence, health literacy, and wellness Offer education to clients to promote medication adherence, improve health literacy, and encourage overall wellness.
Care model: interdisciplinary team delivering trauma-informed, client-centered care Work as a key member of an interdisciplinary team to deliver trauma-informed, client-centered care.
Day to day: communicate with internal team members and external healthcare providers Communicate effectively with both internal team members and external healthcare providers to ensure seamless coordination of services.
Day to day: provide crisis intervention and triage clients to emergency services Provide crisis intervention as needed, including triaging clients to emergency services.
Day to day: participate in team meetings and one-on-one supervision sessions Actively contribute to team meetings and one-on-one supervision sessions to support continuous learning and care quality.
Day to day: complete accurate documentation in the EHR system Complete accurate, timely documentation in the electronic health record (EHR) system.
Day to day: assist clients in accessing and navigating public health benefits and healthcare resources Remain informed about public health benefits and assist clients in accessing and navigating healthcare resources.
Day to day: adhere strictly to HIPAA regulations and confidentiality standards Adhere strictly to HIPAA regulations and confidentiality standards.
Charting: Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems
Hours stated: Monday & Tuesday Saturday & Sunday.
Weekends: Saturday & Sunday Saturday & Sunday.

The workplace

TEEMA Group

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Hiring contact: If you're interested, please reply to this advertisement or directly email your resume to me at DSalgado@teemagroup.com or by calling/texting (949) 295-5951. If you're interested, please reply to this advertisement or directly email your resume to me at DSalgado@teemagroup.com or by calling/texting (949) 295-5951.

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Summary

Are you a compassionate, mission-driven nurse looking to make a meaningful impact? This is an exciting opportunity for a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) to join a collaborative care team that supports adults with complex medical and mental health needs—including individuals experiencing homelessness and substance use disorders. If you're passionate about trauma-informed care and thrive in a fast-paced, client-centered environment, this role is for you.

Duties

Direct Nursing Care & Care Coordination

Provide essential nursing services, including administering medications and injections, and monitoring clients with severe mental illness and co-occurring disorders.

Coordinate primary and specialty medical appointments to ensure timely and appropriate access to care.

Maintain accurate medication records and work with pharmacies to ensure prescriptions are filled and delivered correctly.

Offer education to clients to promote medication adherence, improve health literacy, and encourage overall wellness.

Work as a key member of an interdisciplinary team to deliver trauma-informed, client-centered care.

Communicate effectively with both internal team members and external healthcare providers to ensure seamless coordination of services.

Provide crisis intervention as needed, including triaging clients to emergency services.

Actively contribute to team meetings and one-on-one supervision sessions to support continuous learning and care quality.

Complete accurate, timely documentation in the electronic health record (EHR) system.

Remain informed about public health benefits and assist clients in accessing and navigating healthcare resources.

Adhere strictly to HIPAA regulations and confidentiality standards.

Other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Current and valid California LVN license

Experience in health sciences, social services, mental health, or related field

1–3 years of clinical experience working with individuals with severe mental illness or other complex needs (preferred)

Strong understanding of HIPAA and patient confidentiality standards

Proficiency with Electronic Health Records (EHR) systems

Ability to remain calm, compassionate, and effective in high-stress situations or when engaging with challenging client behaviors

Valid California driver’s license with a clean driving record and ability to be insured

Live Scan clearance

CPR certification (preferred)

Desired

Qualifications

Experience working in trauma-informed or harm-reduction–based environments

Bilingual skills or cultural competency working with diverse populations

Passion for community health, behavioral health, and serving underserved populations

Shifts

Monday & Tuesday

Saturday & Sunday.

If you're interested, please reply to this advertisement or directly email your resume to me at DSalgado@teemagroup.com or by calling/texting (949) 295-5951.

I strive to reply within 48 hours. Looking forward to connecting with you soon. Thank you!

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What's around it?

In Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CAFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 14% above the US average

Median rent: $1,933/mo
Household income: $81,939/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Los Angeles, CA

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals without a car cluster in Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Santa Monica, Venice, West Hollywood, and parts of DTLA and Little Tokyo; mid-budget, transit-rich Koreatown is the workhorse pick and is described as more residential and family-oriented than it feels. Westwood sits beside UCLA; Culver City is growing around tech and media employers; Studio City mixes quieter Valley streets with restaurant access. Safer suburban value shows up in Glendale, Pasadena, Encino, Mar Vista, Playa Vista, and Porter Ranch (the lowest-priced of Extra Space’s 2026 five). You will live inside that pocket: Westside residents do not casually night-hop to Silver Lake.

Nurses and young professionals without a car cluster in Los Feliz, Silver Lake, Echo Park, Santa Monica, Venice, West Hollywood, and parts of DTLA and Little Tokyo; mid-budget, transit-rich Koreatown is the workhorse pick and is described as more residential and family-oriented than it feels. Westwood sits beside UCLA; Culver City is growing around tech and media employers; Studio City mixes quieter Valley streets with restaurant access.

Safer suburban value shows up in Glendale, Pasadena, Encino, Mar Vista, Playa Vista, and Porter Ranch (the lowest-priced of Extra Space’s 2026 five). You will live inside that pocket: Westside residents do not casually night-hop to Silver Lake.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: simplemoving.us Source 4: quora.com Source 5: thebrassy.com

Getting aroundLocals answer distance in minutes, not miles; rush hour roughly 8-10 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. can stall even short hops, so living near the hospital beats any clever route. For downtown and USC-area shifts, Koreatown’s Purple Line to Metro Center plus the Expo Line is about 15-25 minutes; Chinatown’s Union Station has a free USC shuttle and Red Line access; East Hollywood’s Red Line is about 20-30 minutes; North Hollywood/Universal City is 40-50 minutes on the Red Line with Park-and-Ride. Silver Lake and Los Feliz have weak transit, so a car commute toward downtown is the norm. The Valley is more car-dependent and about 5-10 degrees hotter in summer than neighborhoods south of the hills; Kaiser in East Hollywood is one of the few hospital nodes named in neighborhood advice.

Locals answer distance in minutes, not miles; rush hour roughly 8-10 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. can stall even short hops, so living near the hospital beats any clever route. For downtown and USC-area shifts, Koreatown’s Purple Line to Metro Center plus the Expo Line is about 15-25 minutes; Chinatown’s Union Station has a free USC shuttle and Red Line access; East Hollywood’s Red Line is about 20-30 minutes; North Hollywood/Universal City is 40-50 minutes on the Red Line with Park-and-Ride.

Silver Lake and Los Feliz have weak transit, so a car commute toward downtown is the norm. The Valley is more car-dependent and about 5-10 degrees hotter in summer than neighborhoods south of the hills; Kaiser in East Hollywood is one of the few hospital nodes named in neighborhood advice.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: quora.com Source 2: thebrassy.com Source 3: simplemoving.us

OutdoorsThe Santa Monica Pier, wide beach, and beach bike path south through Venice skate park, Muscle Beach, the Venice Canals, and Marina del Rey’s North Jetty—or north toward Malibu Pier and El Matador State Beach—are the everyday outdoor circuit. Griffith Observatory, the Hollywood Sign hike, Barnsdall Park, Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, Los Leones, and the Getty Villa’s ocean-cliff gardens are the in-city trail-and-view hits. Foothill and canyon neighborhoods add runoff and fire-season exposure. Catalina Island and a PCH drive between Palos Verdes, Long Beach, and Malibu are classic weekend escapes; California’s nine national parks sit within a day’s drive.

The Santa Monica Pier, wide beach, and beach bike path south through Venice skate park, Muscle Beach, the Venice Canals, and Marina del Rey’s North Jetty—or north toward Malibu Pier and El Matador State Beach—are the everyday outdoor circuit. Griffith Observatory, the Hollywood Sign hike, Barnsdall Park, Baldwin Hills Scenic Overlook, Los Leones, and the Getty Villa’s ocean-cliff gardens are the in-city trail-and-view hits.

Foothill and canyon neighborhoods add runoff and fire-season exposure. Catalina Island and a PCH drive between Palos Verdes, Long Beach, and Malibu are classic weekend escapes; California’s nine national parks sit within a day’s drive.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: discoverlosangeles.com Source 2: bloggeratlarge.com Source 3: thebrassy.com Source 4: thebrassy.com Source 5: thehonestlocal.com

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Living in Los Angeles

Los Angeles is a 469-square-mile region pretending to be one city: you will spend most of life within a few miles of home, so choose the neighborhood that matches your hospital and shifts. Santa Monica and Venice buy marine-layer summers, the pier, and the beach bike path at roughly $3,000-$5,000 rents; Koreatown, Chinatown, East Hollywood, and DTLA/Little Tokyo put nurses on the Purple, Red, or Expo lines (about 15-30 minutes toward downtown and USC). Los Feliz and Silver Lake offer Griffith Observatory, greener streets, and food from Ye Rustic Inn to Grand Central Market, with weaker transit. Encino, Porter Ranch, Glendale, and Pasadena trade heat and a car for space, schools, and higher safety scores (Porter Ranch safer than 94% of the city). Tradeoffs are steep housing, 8-10 a.m. and 4-7 p.m. gridlock, canyon wildfire risk, and visible homelessness—offset by 260-plus sunny days, mild winters, and a food-and-outdoors density few U.S. cities match.

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As of 2026Source 1: thebrassy.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: simplemoving.us Source 4: quora.com Source 5: reddit.com Source 6: thehonestlocal.com Source 7: bloggeratlarge.com

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