Full-Time
LVN
Surgical
Huntsville Memorial Hospital
Acute hospital and community clinics
No salary listed
Huntsville, TX, USA
In Person
Bachelor's
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Required Skills
Medication Administration
Patient Care
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Patient Education
Requirements
- 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 patient care is administered independently.
- One year of Medical-Surgical experience is preferred.
- Ability to perform frequent standing, walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, and reaching, as well as occasional sitting, bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, and twisting.
- Visual and hearing acuity and color vision are required.
- Ability to work around toxic or caustic chemicals or detergents, moving mechanical parts, potential electric shock, radiant energy, communicable diseases, and blood-borne pathogens.
Responsibilities
- Provide direct nursing care to assigned patients under the general supervision of a Registered Nurse.
- Perform approved nursing procedures and 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 the Registered Nurse’s nursing assessment through ongoing and systematic data collection.
- Coordinate and plan nursing care delivery with a multidisciplinary team and make appropriate clinical decisions in patient care delivery.
- Collaborate with the healthcare team to develop a plan of care and implement identified interventions.
- Evaluate patient progress toward expected outcomes and communicate effectively with physicians and other team members.
- Provide patient and family teaching based on each patient’s needs.
- Administer and reconcile medications appropriately.
- Adhere to infection prevention protocols and protect patient rights, confidentiality, informed consent, and privacy.
- Participate in interdisciplinary program evaluation, process improvement, and client-centered outcome activities.
- Participate in survey-readiness activities and help ensure departmental compliance with regulatory standards.
- Maintain patient confidentiality and appropriately handle protected health information.
- Maintain a safe work environment and report safety concerns.
- Participate in required continuing education and competence validation and support department-based goals.
- Serve as a preceptor, mentor, and resource to less experienced staff.
- Participate in the hospital’s quality improvement and service excellence programs and follow departmental and organizational policies and procedures.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
- One year of Medical-Surgical experience.
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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