LVN - Full Time

Buckner • Beaumont, TX

15h • Onsite

About The Position

Buckner Retirement Services is seeking a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) for its Calder Woods community in Beaumont, Texas. The LVN implements the goals and objectives of the unit, nursing service, and facility by coordinating resident care management, directing staff, and providing direct nursing care. The role includes ensuring residents’ individual health care plans are followed, administering or supervising prescribed treatments, and maintaining accurate and timely documentation. The position is onsite with a 12-hour shift schedule.

Requirements

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Hold and maintain current Texas nursing licensure.
• Complete and/or meet training and certification requirements established by Buckner and the State of Texas.
• At least one year of related experience.
• Proficient ability to speak, read, and write English.
• Ability to work schedules, assignments, and units as requested by the facility to meet business needs.
• Ability to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, up to 50 pounds frequently, and/or 20 pounds continuously to move food service and preparation equipment and other objects.
• Ability to walk and stand for prolonged periods and to turn, stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, push, and pull; these activities occur for over 75% of the shift.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in long-term care.

Responsibilities

• Ensure each resident’s individual health care plan is followed and administer or supervise physician-prescribed treatments.
• Comply with Buckner policies, procedures, and requirements, as well as applicable federal and state laws and agency regulatory guidelines.
• Make meaningful rounds of residents using their health care plans, accompany physicians on rounds, and accurately and promptly record visits in charts.
• Administer intramuscular and subcutaneous injections, perform in-house testing procedures, and take and record vital signs.
• Help maintain current health care plans according to the schedule rotation and document acute episodes or significant changes in resident status.
• Supervise aides by monitoring their work and assigning them to residents, break times, and special duties.
• Adhere to Licensed Vocational Nurse practice standards established by the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Associate degree