Licensed Vocational Nurse PRN Days

About the role

At Oceans Behavioral Hospital Katy, healing is our focus. We are passionate about helping adults and seniors manage the challenges associated with anxiety, depression and other mental health issues. Utilizing proven, innovative and progressive therapies, our qualified professionals strive to promote long‑term wellness through a range of inpatient and outpatient psychiatric counseling and treatment options. The Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) provides nursing care for patients experiencing common, well‑defined health problems, functioning as a member of the multidisciplinary health‑care team and utilizing the nursing process under the supervision of a registered nurse.

Essential Functions

• Delivers quality nursing care to an assigned group of patients by collecting data, identifying deviations from normal, and assisting with reassessment according to unit protocol or hospital policy.
• Accurately documents findings in the patient record, identifies expected outcomes, and communicates pertinent assessment information to other health‑care team members.
• Implements nursing care interventions from individualized multidisciplinary treatment plans, performing procedures/treatments prescribed by physicians or LIPs.
• Conducts bedside laboratory tests, wound care, and assists patients with activities of daily living (ADLs), promoting coping, adaptation, and problem‑solving related to illness or stressors.
• Provides supportive, age‑appropriate, culturally acceptable communication and documents special needs.
• Safely administers medications in accordance with facility policies and physician orders, assesses patients before and after administration, documents doses, and educates patients on medications.
• Follows up on patient care responsibilities, communicates incomplete assignments and patient needs to other disciplines, transcribes orders accurately, and performs chart audits per facility guidelines.
• Utilizes nursing knowledge to meet the needs of the facility, patient population, and staff, and enhances evidence‑based practice.
• Guides, educates, and provides leadership as a preceptor to new staff.
• Performs other duties and projects as assigned.

Requirements

• Current, valid, and active license to practice as a Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurse in the state of employment (compact licenses accepted).
• High School Diploma or GED.
• 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; highly organized; sensitivity to culturally diverse and special‑needs populations (chronically mentally ill, geriatric, developmental disabilities, etc.).
• Critical‑thinking abilities and commitment to continuous improvement of patient care.
• Self‑confidence and conceptual thinking for leading and directing others.
• Successful completion of CPR certification and an Oceans‑approved behavioral health de‑escalation program.
• Ability to cope mentally and physically with a high‑paced, stressful environment, including exposure to disagreeable odors, sights, and unpredictable patient behavior.
• Willingness to spend approximately 90% of time inside a building, protected from weather but not necessarily from temperature changes.