Licensed Vocational Nurse, Per-Diem
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.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities.
How this role fits you
About the employer
On your path
Psychiatric is open from year one. Behavioral health spans inpatient, emergency, and community settings.
Worth asking
The posting doesn’t answer these. Good ones to ask a recruiter or in the interview.
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for weekly hours, weekend, holiday, and call?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?