LVN Labor & Delivery

Midland Health•Midland, TX

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About The Position

The LVN provides nursing care within the legal scope of practice and applicable laws, regulations, and institutional policies. The LVN is accountable for the quality of care provided to patients and their families and maintains competence through reflection, self-analysis, self-care, and ongoing learning. In a non-primary-care nursing role, the LVN supports inpatient or outpatient patients who need education, assistance, or guidance related to lactation. The LVN also serves as a surgical technologist, working under the supervision of a circulating RN and/or physician to support safe and effective invasive procedures. This includes helping maintain a safe operating-room environment, ensuring equipment functions properly, and supporting conditions that maximize patient safety. Full-time and part-time day and night schedules are available.

Requirements

Current Texas Licensed Vocational Nursing license.
NRP and ACLS certifications required within six months of hire.
Ability to assess, project, and plan for procedural needs.
Expertise in the theory and application of sterile and aseptic technique.
Knowledge of human anatomy, surgical procedures, and tools and technologies used to facilitate invasive therapeutic and diagnostic procedures.
Complete three hours of hospital-provided continuing education upon hire and annually for Advanced Sterile Processing Certification, focused on handling soiled instrumentation at point of use and storing instrumentation for sterile processing department pickup.
Ability to stand, walk, sit, stoop, reach, lift, see, speak, and hear.
Clinical staff lifting is limited to 35 pounds; use an assisted-lift device or other assistance for heavier lifts.

Responsibilities

Complete comprehensive assessments, including ongoing collection, analysis, and interpretation of data.
Use assessment data to identify problems and collaborate with the primary RN on goals, teaching plans, and outcomes.
Initiate and deliver interventions within the plan of care and within legal, ethical, and regulatory parameters.
Evaluate and report patient outcomes and responses to therapeutic interventions against evidence-based benchmarks, and plan follow-up care or referrals as needed.
Make appropriate decisions in collaboration with the primary care RN.
Assess, project, and plan for procedural needs.
Apply sterile and aseptic technique.
Use knowledge of anatomy, surgical procedures, and implementation tools and technologies to facilitate safe patient outcomes during invasive procedures.
Support patients requiring lactation-related education, assistance, or guidance.
Help maintain a safe operating-room environment and ensure equipment functions properly.