Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)

Red River Hospital•Wichita Falls, TX

22h•Onsite

About The Position

Red River Hospital is hiring compassionate Licensed Vocational Nurses for its nursing team. The hospital is a private 96-bed acute psychiatric facility in Wichita Falls, Texas, and provides inpatient and outpatient behavioral healthcare, including treatment for drug and alcohol addiction and co-occurring mental illness. Its services address the needs of military personnel, adults, seniors, and adolescents ages 12 through 17. The LVN provides nursing care within the scope of practice and applicable state regulations, facility and corporate policies, procedures, and protocols. The role calls for a positive, empathetic, and professional approach to patients and customers, with patient safety as a priority. The position is full-time on the night shift, 7:00 to 7:00. An evening and weekend differential of $1.50 per hour is offered. Salary is competitive based on experience and paid biweekly. New graduates are welcome to apply.

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 is preferred.
First aid may be required depending on state or facility requirements.
New graduates are welcome to apply.

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 work to resolve customer complaints when needs are not met.
Provide for patients’ basic comfort and implement individualized nursing interventions in the plan of care.
Apply appropriate interventions to support patient progress toward wellness and maintenance of 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 treatment.
Deliver medications safely in accordance with policies and procedures, physicians’ orders, and current practice.
Maintain professional nursing practice standards in accordance with facility policies and procedures, governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards, and psychiatric nursing standards.
Thoroughly and accurately report and document patient symptoms, responses, and progress.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.