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Huntsville Memorial Hospital

Nonprofit community hospital in Huntsville, Texas

LVN Infirmary Care

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeHuntsville, TX, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Graduate of a school of vocational nursing.
  • Current licensure as a Vocational Nurse in Texas, or immediate eligibility for licensure.
  • Basic Life Support certification is required within 30 days of employment and before independently administering patient care.
  • Frequent standing, walking, lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, and reaching are required; occasional sitting, bending, squatting, climbing, kneeling, and twisting are required.
  • Visual and hearing acuity are required, including color vision to perceive changes in patients’ skin color and colors of medicines and solutions.
  • The work is mostly indoors with good ventilation and a comfortable temperature, with possible exposure to 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 and perform approved nursing procedures under general supervision of a Registered Nurse.
  • Assist with assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nursing care; advocate for patients within the healthcare system.
  • Assist patients with daily care and activities, perform patient care procedures and treatments for patients with complicated nursing problems, and assist in caring for patients in critical condition.
  • Support patient safety, comfort, care, and treatment according to established standards; participate in quality improvement and service excellence programs and follow department and organization policies and procedures.
  • 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 with the multidisciplinary team, make appropriate clinical decisions in care delivery, and collaborate with the healthcare team to develop plans of care and interventions aimed at expected outcomes.
  • Deliver competent care appropriate to patient and population needs and implement interventions identified in the plan of care.
  • Evaluate patient progress toward outcomes and communicate effectively with physicians and other team members.
  • Provide patient and family teaching based on individual patient needs and plan ways to meet those needs.
  • Administer and reconcile medications appropriately.
  • Follow infection-prevention protocols and protect patient rights, including confidentiality, informed consent, and privacy.
  • Participate in interdisciplinary evaluation of programs, process improvement, and client-centered outcomes.
  • Meet mandatory and continuing education and competency-validation requirements; support department goals; serve as a preceptor, mentor, and resource to less experienced staff.
  • Maintain patient confidentiality and handle protected health information appropriately.
  • Participate in survey-readiness activities and ensure departmental compliance with regulatory standards.
  • Follow the hospital’s Legal Compliance Code of Conduct.
  • Maintain a safe work environment and report safety concerns appropriately.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned.
  • Interact effectively with hospital staff, medical staff, patients, and visitors as part of the interdisciplinary care and service-delivery process.

Desired Qualifications

  • One year of Medical-Surgical experience is preferred.

About the Company

Huntsville Memorial Hospital

Nonprofit community hospital in Huntsville, Texas

Huntsville Memorial Hospital is a nonprofit acute care community hospital serving Walker County and surrounding communities in Texas. Its Heart and Vascular Center treats patients in the early stages of a heart attack, and the hospital holds Primary Stroke Center designation. Hospital and outpatient services cover emergency care, surgery, rehabilitation and women's health, while its medical clinic is a teaching site for Sam Houston State University's family medicine residency. Founded in 1927 and headquartered in Huntsville, Texas, the hospital operates through Huntsville Community Hospital, a partnership of Community Hospital Corporation and Walker County Hospital District.

Company size
501-1,000
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Huntsville, TX
Founded
1927

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