LVN

Cedar Crest Hospital & RTC • Belton, TX

7d • $24 - $28

About The Position

Cedar Crest Hospital & Residential Treatment is hiring a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) to provide nursing care to patients with mental health concerns or chemical dependency. The hospital treats children, teens, adults, and older adults across multiple levels of care. The role is full-time on the night shift, scheduled 7-7, with a pay range of $24–$28 per hour depending on years of experience. A $2,500 sign-on bonus is offered.

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 within the clinical area of service provided by the facility is preferred.
• First aid may be required based on the state or facility.

Responsibilities

• Monitor patient health and provide basic care within the LPN/LVN scope of practice, using the nursing process to carry out care plan objectives and goals.
• Model customer-service expectations and respond urgently to patient-safety concerns.
• Collaborate with others to meet patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age-related, developmental, and cultural needs; acknowledge and work to resolve customer complaints when needs are not met.
• Provide for patients’ basic comfort and implement individualized nursing interventions in their plans of care.
• Apply appropriate interventions to help patients progress 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 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.

Benefits

• $2,500 sign-on bonus

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed