LVN

Schedule

Full‑time, weekdays – Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

About the role

As a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) you play a crucial role in a healthcare team. You evaluate patients, provide care, and participate in care planning, intervention, and evaluation. You focus on precision, vigilance, and patient care, noting and reporting any changes in patients’ conditions to your Registered Nurse supervisor and following Texas Nursing Practice Act regulations.

Responsibilities

• Conduct thorough assessments using clinical reasoning and best practices following the LVN Scope of Practice; findings help the RN create care plans and set goals.
• Participate in evaluating nursing practice effectiveness and quality by reviewing and examining specific nursing indicators.
• Create a caring, safe, healing, supportive, therapeutic environment.
• Manage pain, promote comfort, and minimize suffering.
• Facilitate education for patients, families, nurses, other healthcare team members, and the community.
• Work with others to implement a care plan under RN/provider direction, including team members and community resources.
• Employ strategies and utilize available resources to solve problems for patients, their families, and staff.

Requirements

• Thorough knowledge of nursing and patient‑care standards and procedures.
• Understanding of rules and regulations established by certifying bodies that affect nursing care delivery.
• Familiarity with medical terminology, health‑promotion methods, risk‑reduction techniques, disease‑prevention and management practices, medications and their potential effects.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Superb interpersonal skills for interacting with a diverse range of people.
• Critical‑thinking and effective problem‑solving abilities.
• Ability to identify and communicate changes in a patient’s medical condition to other nurses and healthcare providers.
• Capability to provide quality care to patients of all ages while honoring each person’s unique experiences.
• Basic computer literacy, including Microsoft Office, information security protocols, scheduling and payroll systems, electronic medical record maintenance, and email usage.
• High School Diploma or GED equivalent.
• Field of study: Nursing.
• At least one year of experience in a similar LVN role.
• Valid Texas Vocational Nursing Practitioner’s License.
• Basic Life Support certification (or obtainable within the first 30 days of employment).

Benefits

• Immediate eligibility for health and welfare benefits.
• 401(k) savings plan with dollar‑for‑dollar match up to 5%.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• PTO accrual beginning Day 1.
• Note: Benefits may vary based upon position type and/or level.

About us

Here at Baylor Scott & White Health we promote the well‑being of all individuals, families, and communities. Baylor Scott & White is the largest not‑for‑profit healthcare system in Texas that empowers you to live well. Our core values are: we serve faithfully by doing what’s right with a joyful heart; we never settle by constantly striving for better; we are in it together by supporting one another and those we serve; and we make an impact by taking initiative and delivering an exceptional experience.