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Licensed Vocational Nurse, Per-Diem

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Stars Behavioral Health Group

Joshua Tree, California

Eligibility
LVN
Shift
8-hour rotating
Unit
Psych

Posted Aug 13

What the listing says

Role

Schedule
8-hour rotating
Term
Per Diem
Setting
Behavioral Health
Accepts
LVN
Experience
1+ years

Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.

Pay

Against the board
CA nursing median $56/hr

CA nursing postings that state pay run $34/hr to $88/hr, the middle half $43/hr to $70/hr, across 2915 postings. That covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.

About this role

Partner with us in making a positive change!

Join a team where your work truly matters. We're proud to have been certified as a Great Place to Work for 8 years by our own employees. We invite you to partner with us in our mission to improve mental healthcare.

Job Title

Licensed Vocational Nurse - Per Diem

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Division/Program

Joshua Tree: Morongo Oasis Crisis Residential Treatment

Starting

Compensation

30.00 - 35.00 USD Per Hour

Working Location

Joshua Tree, CA

Working Hours/Shift

Sunday - Saturday Various/Rotating Shifts AM - 6:00 AM - 2:30 PM PM - 2:00 PM - 10:30 PM NOC - 10:00 PM - 6:30 AM

Why Join Our Team?

Competitive

Compensation

Offering a salary that matches your skills and experience. Generous Time Off: Enjoy ample vacation and holiday pay.

Comprehensive Benefits Package

Employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage. Additional voluntary benefits to support your lifestyle.

Professional Growth Opportunities

On-the-job training with access to paid CEU opportunities. Career development programs designed to help you grow. Supervision for BBS hours for AMFT, ACSW, and APCC professionals (where applicable).

Employee Recognition & Rewards: A culture that celebrates and rewards your hard work and dedication

What You Bring to SBHG (Qualifications)

Experience & Background

Personal Lived

Experience

Self-identified personal experience as a consumer in the child welfare, probation, or mental health systems.

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent (GED, HiSET, etc.).

Professional

Experience

One (1) year of full-time experience performing non-professional, consumer-directed services (preferably within a mental health, healthcare, or social services agency serving individuals with disabilities).

Certifications &

Licensure

Medi-Cal Peer Support Specialist Certification preferred (or the ability to successfully complete the certification process within one year of employment).

Valid California Driver’s License with an eligible driving record per company policy.

First Aid certification from an approved provider (such as the American Red Cross) or obtained upon hire.

Meet agency driver eligibility criteria

How you will make a difference

The position has primary responsibility for using their lived experience and knowledge of the system to provide outreach and engagement, support, advocacy, and direct services to program clients of all age ranges. Peer Support Counselors are people who have lived experience in the mental health, judicial, and/or social service systems in some capacity. They serve as role models, companions, educators and advocates to our clients. The Peer Support Counselors will support clients in moving toward recovery, creating a meaningful role in their life, which is separate from their illness.

Division/Program

Overview

Program: The Crisis Residential Treatment (CRT) is a short-term voluntary residential facility.

Population Served: Designed to help adult residents, ages 18-59, who experience a psychiatric crisis to safely stabilize, recover, and transition back to community.

Facility & Setting: Short-term voluntary residential facility, 24/7 Program

Clinical Services: Therapeutic and mental health services, Medication evaluation and support services, Crisis intervention

Length of Stay: Short-term

Skills & Transition: Pre-vocational or vocational counseling, transition back to community

Skills & Services: Rehabilitation/recovery services, including substance use rehabilitation services, Daily exercise and health/wellness education

Learn more about SBHG at: https://www.starsinc.com/stars-inc/ For Additional Information: mlawrence@starsinc.com

Sourced from Stars Behavioral Health Group’s careers page.

Requirements

  • LVN
  • Driver's License

Benefits highlights

  • Continuing education credits
  • Paid holidays
  • Health insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • Paid time off
  • On-the-job training
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  • Vision insurance

Place

City
Joshua Tree, California
State price level
11% above the national average

California index 110.7, where 100 is the national average.

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How this role fits you

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On your path

Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.

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