Licensed Vocational Nurse Full Time Nights

About the role

The Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) at Oceans Behavioral Hospital Katy plays a crucial role in providing comprehensive nursing care to patients dealing with various mental health issues. Our team focuses on promoting long-term wellness through a variety of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric counseling and treatment options.

Responsibilities

• Delivers quality nursing care to assigned patients, collecting data and identifying deviations from normal.
• Accurately and thoroughly documents all findings in the patient record and communicates pertinent assessment findings with other healthcare members.
• Implements nursing care interventions identified in the individualized multidisciplinary treatment plan, collaborating with other healthcare providers.
• Conducts specified bedside laboratory tests, wound care, and provides for comfort and assistance in the performance of ADLs.
• Promotes the patient's ability to cope, adapt, and solve situations related to illness and stressors.
• Provides supportive, age-appropriate communication and culturally acceptable interventions, documenting special needs.
• Administers medications in accordance with facility policies and physician orders, ensuring accurate communication and documentation of medication doses.
• Ensures patients are effectively assessed before and after medication administration, communicating incomplete assignments and patient needs to other disciplines.
• Utilizes nursing knowledge to meet the needs of the facility, patient population, and staff members.
• Utilizes nursing resources to enhance evidence-based practice.
• Guides, educates, and provides leadership as a preceptor to new staff.

Requirements

• Current, valid, and active license to practice as a Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurse in the state of employment.
• One year of inpatient hospital experience strongly preferred.
• Ability to work in high-stress environments and assess potential for patient escalation.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, along with the ability to consistently achieve positive results with internal and external customers.
• Highly organized and sensitive to serving culturally diverse and special needs populations such as chronically mentally ill, geriatric, CD, etc.
• Critical thinking abilities and the ability to apply them for continuous improvement of patient care.
• Self-confidence and the ability to think conceptually in leading and directing others.
• Successfully completed CPR certification and an Oceans-approved behavioral health de-escalation program.