Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)
About the role
Starlite Recovery Center has provided premier treatment for addiction and co-occurring mental health concerns since 1957. Located on 55 acres of beautiful Texas hill country in Center Point, Texas — just an hour northwest of San Antonio — the facility offers an unmatched natural environment for healing. With care at the residential and outpatient levels, along with medically supervised detoxification, Starlite treats adults age 18 and older of all genders, with a specialty program for female adolescents. Therapies include individual, group, and family therapies, along with experiential therapies such as ropes courses and equine-assisted therapy. New graduates are welcome to apply.
Schedule
- Full Time
- Day or Night shift (6:00 – 6:00)
- 3 × 12‑hour schedule
- Rotating weekends required
Purpose Statement
Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice, as defined within the state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures. Demonstrate a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers at all times. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.
Essential Functions
- Monitor patient health and administer basic care utilizing the nursing process within the LPN/LVN scope of practice in carrying out care plan objectives and goals.
- Role model expectations related to customer service and demonstrate a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety.
- Collaborate with others to ensure that patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met; acknowledge and work to resolve customer complaints when needs are not met.
- Provide for the basic comfort of patients; implement nursing interventions identified in the individualized plan of care.
- Apply appropriate interventions to progress the patient towards wellness and address maintenance of wellness.
- Discuss the care provided with patients and listen to their concerns.
- Report status changes and concerns to registered nurses and doctors.
- Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers and others involved in the patient's treatment in an effective manner.
- Provide for the safe delivery of medication in accordance with policies and procedures, physicians' orders and/or current practice.
- Maintain standards of professional nursing practice in accordance with facility policy and procedures, other external governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards and psychiatric nursing standards.
- Responsible for thorough, accurate reporting and documentation of patient symptoms, responses and progress.
Other Functions
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
Requirements
- Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required.
- One or more years of nursing experience within clinical area of service provided by facility preferred.
Licenses & Certifications
- Current LPN/LVN license as required by state.
- CPR and de‑escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
- First aid may be required based on state or facility.
Benefits
- Exceptional mentoring available
- Great shift differential available
- New graduates welcome to apply