San Antonio Behavioral Healthcare Hospital

Inpatient psychiatric care and addiction treatment

LVN

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSan Antonio, TX, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Must possess current Licensed Vocational Nurse licensure in the State of Texas.
Must possess or obtain a valid cardiopulmonary resuscitation certification and SAMA training within 30 days of hire.
No prior experience is required.
Must concentrate on work amid noise, conversations, and foot traffic; meet deadlines; finish food preparation at the specified serving time; and adjust work hours to patient and organizational operating needs.
Must maintain self-control during volatile or hostile customer-service interactions.
Must have high-school-level reading and writing skills, acceptable oral and written communication skills, and legible handwriting.
Must demonstrate courteous face-to-face customer service with patients, the public, and staff.
Must use appropriate social skills, demonstrate respect for patients and staff, and show empathy toward patients.
Must be able to work independently in a physically restricted environment for extended periods.
Must independently interpret reference materials to comply with laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
Must apply time-management practices to prioritize, schedule, and complete work effectively in compliance with policies and deadlines.
Must be able to work on multiple tasks or parts of tasks simultaneously.
Must be able to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, and grasp, and perceive object attributes such as size, shape, temperature, or texture by touch.
Must be able to express and exchange ideas verbally and convey detailed or important spoken instructions accurately, sometimes quickly and loudly.
Must meet the specified hearing ability, including perceiving detailed oral information and making fine sound discriminations, with or without correction.
Must perform repetitive motions with wrists, hands, and fingers and exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally to move objects.
Must perform light work most of the time and occasionally medium work, as specified in the posting.
Must have visual acuity, with or without correction, sufficient to complete administrative and clerical tasks and inspect and analyze.
Must handle frequent interruptions and move between tasks while concentrating amid noise, conversation, and foot traffic.
Work is predominantly indoors and may involve temperature changes.

Responsibilities

Monitor the health and well-being of children, adolescents, and adults during an assigned shift, including medical and non-medical tasks.
Help guide non-professional personnel in observing patients for changes in condition or behavior and reporting changes to the charge nurse.
Provide prescribed medical treatment to patients.
Apply treatment procedures and interventions used for acute psychotic episodes and nonviolent crisis intervention.
Apply knowledge of abnormal psychology, particularly as it relates to child and adolescent psychiatric populations, and use medical terminology associated with psychiatric care for children, adolescents, and adults.
Use knowledge of psychopharmacy and psychotropic medications for child, adolescent, or adult psychiatric populations.
Perform other related duties as assigned by professional staff.

Desired Qualifications

Prior psychiatric healthcare experience is helpful.
Skills in teaching or assisting with activities of daily living are helpful.

LVN - Days

San Antonio Behavioral Healthcare Hospital · San Antonio, United States · Full-time · Posted 2023-09-25

Workplace: on_site

Department: Nursing

Description

Job Summary

The Licensed Vocational Nurse is responsible for delivering quality general/psychiatric nursing care to patients who are hospitalized for treatment of psychiatric or emotional disorders, support the hospital and program philosophy of care and to ensure the safety and well-being of each patient.

Essential Duties:

Monitor the health and well-being of medical and/or non-medical tasks of the Child, Adolescent and Adult for a given shift.
Helps with the guidance of non-professional personnel in observing individuals for changes in conditions or behavior and reporting these changes to the charge nurse (RN).
Provides prescribed medical treatment to individuals.
Displays basic knowledge of treatment procedures and interventions common to acute psychotic as well as non-violent crises intervention practice.
Basic knowledge of abnormal psychology as typically found in the child or adolescent psychiatric population, application of this knowledge to child, adolescent or adult knowledge of medical terminology, especially those terms associated with child, adolescent or adult psychiatric care.
Familiarity of psychopharmacy and the use of psychotropic medications with child, adolescent or adult psychiatric population.
Performs other related duties as assigned by professional staff.

Requirements

Job Requirements

Education and/or Licensure – Must possess current LVN licensure in the State of Texas by the Nursing Board. Must possess or obtain a valid CPR certification and SAMA training within 30 days of hire.

Experience – None required. Prior psychiatric healthcare experience helpful.

Additional Requirements – None

Knowledge Skills and Abilities

Must be able to concentrate on work amidst distractions such as noise, conversations and foot traffic; must be able to consistently meet deadlines; and finish all food preparation at specified serving time; must be flexible in work hours in order to meet patient and organization operating needs.
Must maintain self-control in volatile or hostile customer services interactions.
High school level reading and writing skills; acceptable oral and written communication skills along with legible handwriting.
Customer service skills in face to face interactions with dealing courteously with patients, the public, and other staff within the organization.
Use of appropriate social skills, including demonstration and respect for patients and staff; empathy toward patients; skills in teaching or assisting with activities of daily living helpful.
Must be able to work independently, in a result restricted physical environment for extended periods of time.
Skill to independently interpret reference materials to comply with law, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, etc.
Ability to apply time management practices to prioritize, schedule and complete work effectively to comply with mandated policies and deadlines.
Ability to work on multiple tasks or parts of tasks simultaneously to ensure timely completion of work activities.

Physical Requirements/Environmental Conditions

Perform the following with or without reasonable accommodations:

Ability to stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach, stand, walk, push, pull, lift, grasp, and be able to perceive the attributes of objects such as size, shape, temperature, and/or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips.
Ability to express and exchange ideas via spoken word during activities in which they must convey detail or important spoken instructions to others accurately, sometimes quickly and loudly.
Hearing to perceive the nature of sound with no less than 40 db loss @ Hz, 1000 Hz, and 2000 Hz with or without correction; ability to perceive detailed information orally and make fine discriminations in sound.
Perform repetitive motions with wrists, hands, and fingers. Individual must be able to exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally and to be able to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.
Light work most of the time, exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently; and occasionally medium work, that is exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 20 pounds of force frequently.
Work requires a minimum standard of visual acuity with or without correction that will enable people in the role to complete administrative and clerical tasks, as well as inspect and analyze.
Must be able to work and concentrate amidst distractions such as noise, conversation and foot traffic; ability to handle interruptions often and be able to move from one task to another.
While worker may possibly be subjected to temperature changes, the worker is generally not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions as the work is predominantly inside.

Benefits

Health Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
401K Retirement Plan
Healthcare Spending Account
Dependent Care Spending Account
PTO Plan with Holiday Premium Pay
Life Insurance (Supplemental Life, Term, and Universal plans are also available.)
Short and Long-Term Disability (with additional buy-in opportunities)

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About the Company

San Antonio Behavioral Healthcare Hospital

Inpatient psychiatric care and addiction treatment

SABHH offers inpatient psychiatric care and substance-use treatment at a 198-bed facility in Northwest San Antonio and is part of Universal Health Services. It provides a continuum of care, including inpatient hospitalization, Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), and Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), using trauma-informed, evidence-based therapies such as CBT, DBT, and specialized PTSD treatments like Prolonged Exposure and Cognitive Processing Therapy. The hospital also provides medication management, group and individual therapy, holistic activities, Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), and a specialty Victory Program for active-duty service members and veterans in line with DoD/VA guidelines. It accepts insurance—including TRICARE—and aims to deliver comprehensive, individualized mental health and substance-use treatment across care levels.

Company size: 201-500
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: San Antonio, TX
Founded: 2014

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