LPN-LVN
Job Description
Job Description
The Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) provides outstanding support to physicians and healthcare providers while providing exceptional care to patients and customers within the clinical scope of an LVN. The Licensed Vocational Nurse ensures that patients are welcomed in a warm and friendly manner and sees that their needs and expectations are met. Licensed Vocational Nurse are responsible for ensuring the smooth operations in the fast-paced environment of the clinic with the goal of a positive patient experience with every encounter.
Minimum Requirements
- Must be licensed by the State of Texas as a Vocational Nurse.
- One to two years of experience in a physician’s practice as a LVN.
- Must have and maintain current CPR.
Key Responsibilities
- Collecting vital information from patients regarding health complaints
- Recording and updating patient histories
- Assist nursing and medical staff with basic medical tasks, such as explaining and administering medication
- Evaluate the patient’s wellbeing, reporting any needs to medical staff
- Explain treatments and procedures to patients and families
- Change dressings, remove stitches, and bandages, ensuring patients are healing properly
- Drawing blood for testing
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous supervisory experience
Physical Requirements
Standing, sitting, walking, speaking, listening, bending, reaching, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping and manipulating tools, typing, using peripheral computer tools.
Steward Health Care is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer. Steward Health Care does not discriminate on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression or any other non-job-related characteristic.
This position is subject to the COVID-19 Vaccination Policy for Steward Health Care Workforce. Employees in this position will be required to provide adequate proof of vaccination for COVID-19 by an FDA-approved vaccine prior to starting work. Steward will consider requests for exemptions from this vaccine requirement on the basis of medical condition or sincerely held religious belief in accordance with applicable Federal laws.
About Steward Health Care
Nearly a decade ago, Steward Health Care System emerged as a different kind of health care company designed to usher in a new era of wellness. One that provides our patients better, more proactive care at a sustainable cost, our providers unrivaled coordination of care, and our communities greater prosperity and stability.
As the country’s largest physician-led, minority-owned, integrated health care system, our doctors can be certain that we share their interests and those of their patients. Together we are on a mission to revolutionize the way health care is delivered - creating healthier lives, thriving communities and a better world.
Steward is among the nation’s largest and most successful accountable care organizations (ACO), with more than 5,500 providers and 43,000 health care professionals who care for 12.3 million patients a year through a closely integrated network of hospitals, multispecialty medical groups, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities and behavioral health centers.
Based in Dallas, Steward currently operates 33 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
Based in Dallas, Steward currently operates more than 30 hospitals across Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Texas.
For more information, visit steward.org
Application Instructions
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Apply OnlinePosted: 9/3/2024
Job Status: Full Time
Job Reference #: 154605