Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)

Acadia•Center Point, TX

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Starlite Recovery Center in Center Point, Texas, is seeking a Licensed Vocational Nurse to provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice, state Nurse Practice Act regulations, and facility and corporate policies and procedures. The nurse is expected to maintain a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers and prioritize patient safety. Starlite Recovery Center provides residential and outpatient treatment and medically supervised detoxification for adults age 18 and older, as well as a specialty program for female adolescents. Its treatment includes individual, group, family, and experiential therapies. The facility is located on 55 acres in the Texas Hill Country and has provided addiction and co-occurring mental health treatment since 1957. This is a full-time role with day or night shifts from 6:00 to 6:00, working three 12-hour shifts per schedule. Rotating weekends are required. New graduates are welcome to apply, and mentoring is available. The position is also open to RNs in San Antonio, Texas.

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.
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.

Nice To Haves

One or more years of nursing experience in the clinical area served by the facility.
New graduates are welcome to apply; mentoring is available.

Responsibilities

Monitor patient health and administer basic care using the nursing process within the LPN/LVN scope of practice, carrying 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, developmental, and cultural needs, and acknowledge and work to resolve customer complaints when needs are not met.
Provide for patients’ basic comfort and implement individualized nursing interventions identified in the plan of care.
Apply appropriate interventions to advance patient 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 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.
Thoroughly and accurately report and document patient symptoms, responses, and progress.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.