Full-Time
Licensed Vocational Nurse - Medical Unit
Huntsville Memorial Hospital
Acute hospital and community clinics
No salary listed
Huntsville, TX, USA
In Person
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- Graduate of a school of vocational nursing.
- Current licensure as a Vocational Nurse in the State of Texas, or immediate eligibility for licensure.
- Basic Life Support certification is required within 30 days of employment and before independently administering patient care.
- Visual and hearing acuity, including color vision, are required for perceiving changes in patients’ skin color and the colors of medicines and solutions.
- Ability to frequently stand, walk, lift, carry, push, pull, and reach, and occasionally sit, bend, squat, climb, kneel, and twist.
- Ability to work with possible exposure to toxic or caustic chemicals or detergents, moving mechanical parts, potential electric shock, radiant energy, communicable diseases, and blood-borne pathogens.
- Provide direct nursing care to assigned patients under the general supervision of a Registered Nurse.
- Perform approved nursing procedures, patient-care procedures, and treatments, including care for patients with complicated nursing problems and patients in critical condition.
- Assist with the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care.
- Serve as a patient advocate within the healthcare system.
- Assist patients with daily care and activities and maintain their safety, comfort, care, and treatment according to established standards.
- Use the nursing process to plan, provide, document, and evaluate care.
- Collect data for Registered Nurse nursing assessments through ongoing and systematic data collection.
- Coordinate and plan nursing-care delivery with a multidisciplinary team and administer appropriate clinical decisions in patient care.
- Collaborate with the healthcare team to develop plans of care and implement identified interventions.
- Evaluate patients’ progress toward expected outcomes and communicate effectively with physicians and other team members.
- Provide patient and family teaching based on individual patient needs.
- Administer and reconcile medications appropriately.
- Adhere to infection-prevention protocols and protect patient confidentiality, including appropriate handling of protected health information.
- Participate in interdisciplinary program evaluation, process improvement, and client-centered outcomes activities.
- Participate in survey-readiness activities and maintain department compliance with regulatory standards.
- Maintain a safe work environment and report safety concerns appropriately.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
- One year of Medical/Surgical experience is preferred.
- Serve as a preceptor, mentor, and resource to less experienced staff.
- Participate in mandatory and continuing education and competence validation.
Huntsville Memorial Hospital is a nonprofit acute-care community hospital serving Huntsville, Texas, and Walker County. It provides emergency and trauma care, surgery, heart and vascular services, imaging, rehabilitation, women's health, infusion and other inpatient and outpatient specialties. Affiliated clinics expand access to primary and specialty care, including a teaching partnership with Sam Houston State University. The organization combines modern hospital capabilities with local public health education and community engagement, maintaining care close to home for area residents.
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