Job Purpose

Licensed vocational nurses are responsible for monitoring patients' vital signs, including their blood pressure, pulse, respiration, temperature, height, and weight. Additionally, LVN's are responsible for administering enemas, recording intake and output of foods and fluids, and collecting samples for testing.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Identifies teaching/ learning/ discharge needs at time of admission and throughout hospitalization.
• Provides a basic assessment which accurately reflects overt physiological and psychosocial needs of patients and reports unusual findings to appropriate licensed personnel.
• Uses input from patient, family, significant others, physician, and health care team members.
• Provides care appropriate for the pediatric, adolescent, and geriatric patients served based on demonstrated knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span.
• Assesses and interprets data on pediatric, adolescent, and geriatric patient’s status to identify patient’s requirements relative to their age-specific needs and provides care needed as stipulated in departmental policy.
• Assists with formulating appropriate nursing diagnosis and identifies patient problems from admission data base and ongoing assessment.
• Establishes patient outcome goals that are realistic, specific, measurable, and progressive.
• Consults with a registered nurse to formulate care plans that reflect concerns for holistic patient needs for the patient, family, and significant others.
• Assesses and evaluates patients’ response and outcome and makes appropriate modifications on the care plan.
• Reviews and updates the care plan as needed with the assistance of the registered nurse to reflect patients current status throughout hospitalization.

Education

• Graduate of an accredited School of Vocational Nursing Experience
• One year of licensed vocational Nursing Preferred Work Conditions
• Moderate noise
• Ability to work in a confined area.
• Ability to sit and talk for an extended period.

The work environment characteristics described are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to, stand, sit; talk, hear and use hands and fingers.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision requirements due to computer work.
• Light to moderate lifting is required.

Duties of the position require extended periods of standing and walking, bending, stooping, twisting, reaching, and lifting when moving or patients who may suddenly become weak, helpless, or combative.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• Licensed Vocational Nurse currently licensed by the state of Texas and BCLS
• Current CPR certification.

Job Type: Part-time

Pay: $21.00 - $26.00 per hour

Standard shift:

• Night shift

Weekly schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Winnie, TX 77665: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

License/Certification:

• LVN (Preferred)
• BLS Certification (Preferred)
• LPN (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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