Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)
About The Position
Starlite Recovery Center in Center Point, Texas, is hiring a Licensed Vocational Nurse to provide nursing care and services within the scope of practice defined by state Nurse Practice Act regulations and facility and corporate policies, procedures, and protocols. The LVN is expected to maintain a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude and prioritize patient safety. The position supports adults receiving residential and outpatient addiction and co-occurring mental health treatment, medically supervised detoxification, and related services. New graduates are welcome, and mentoring is available. The schedule is full time, with a 3-by-12-hour schedule on either day or night shift (6:00 to 6:00) and rotating weekends required. The facility is situated on 55 acres in the Texas Hill Country and provides individual, group, family, experiential, and other therapies.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
- Current LPN/LVN license as required by the state.
- CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.
Nice To Haves
- One or more years of nursing experience in the clinical area served by the facility.
- First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.
Responsibilities
- Monitor patient health and provide basic care using the nursing process and the LPN/LVN scope of practice to carry out care plan objectives and goals.
- Model customer service expectations and demonstrate urgency regarding patient safety.
- Collaborate with others to meet patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age-related, developmental, and cultural needs, and acknowledge and work to resolve customer complaints.
- Provide for patients’ basic comfort and implement individualized nursing interventions identified in their plans of care.
- Apply appropriate interventions to advance patients toward wellness and maintain wellness.
- Discuss care with patients, listen to their concerns, and report status changes and concerns to registered nurses and doctors.
- Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers, and others involved in patient treatment.
- Deliver medication safely in accordance with policies and procedures, physicians’ orders, and current practice.
- Maintain professional nursing practice standards in accordance with facility policies and procedures, external governing and credentialing bodies, performance-improvement standards, and psychiatric nursing standards.
- Accurately and thoroughly report and document patient symptoms, responses, and progress.
- Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
