LVN Urgent Care

About the role

As a Licensed Vocational Nurse, you play a crucial role in a healthcare team. You evaluate patients, provide care, and participate in care planning, intervention, and evaluation. Focus on precision, vigilance, and patient care. Note and report any changes in patients' conditions to your Registered Nurse supervisor. Follow Texas Nursing Practice Act regulations.

Location: 1300 E Polk St, Burnet, 78611. Department: Urgent Care Clinic.

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

Belonging Statement: We believe that all people should feel welcomed, valued and supported.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

• Thorough knowledge of nursing and patient care standards and procedures.
• Knowledge of rules and regulations established by certifying bodies affecting nursing care delivery.
• Familiarity with medical terms, health promotion methods, risk reduction techniques, disease prevention and management practices, medications and their potential effects.
• Excellent communication skills, enabling clear expression of thoughts both orally and in writing.
• Superb interpersonal skills to foster interactions with a diverse range of people.
• Ability to think critically and solve problems effectively.
• Capacity to identify and communicate any changes in a patient's medical condition to other nurses and healthcare providers.
• Ability to offer good care to patients of all ages, while honoring each person's unique experiences.
• Basic computer literacy, encompassing Microsoft Office, information security protocols, scheduling and payroll systems, electronic medical record maintenance, and email usage.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED Equivalent.
• Field of study should be Nursing.
• Less than a year of experience in a similar role.
• Must hold a Vocational Nursing Practitioner's License.
• Basic Life Support certification is essential (can be acquired within first 30 days after joining).

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.

Schedule

Rotating Schedule (Weekdays 8a-8p & Weekends 8a-5p)