LVN - Northeast Health Center - Temporary

Company: JPS Health Network
Location: Euless
Posted on: November 19, 2020

Job Description:

JPS Health Network is a $950 million, tax-supported health care system for Tarrant County in North Texas. Licensed for 578 beds, the network includes an acute care hospital andmore than 40 community-based clinics, including19 school-based clinics. John Peter Smith Hospital is home to Tarrant County's first and only Level 1 Trauma Center, its only psychiatric emergency services site and has the largest hospital-based family medicine residency program in the nation. Our network employs more than 6,500 people.

Acclaim is our multispecialty medical practice group. Acclaim has over 300 providers serving the JPS Health Network in specialties ranging from primary care to general surgery and trauma. The Acclaim group has been formed around a common set of incentives and expectations supporting the operational, financial and clinical performance

outcomes of the network. Our goal is to provide high quality, compassionate clinical care for every patient, every time.

For more information, visit www.jpshealthnet.org.

To view all job vacancies, visitwww.jobs.jpshealthnet.org/ or www.teamacclaim.org.

Job Description:

Description: Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) is responsible for the total nursing care of assigned patients in accordance with physicians' orders under the guidance and supervision of the nurse in charge.

Typical Duties:

* Delivers quality nursing care to assigned group of patients while minimizing the risk of infection, contamination, harm, or injury.
* Records patients' medical information and vital signs.
* Monitors, records and reports symptoms and changes in patients' conditions.
* Conducts specified laboratory tests.
* Maintains accurate, detailed reports and records.
* Completes documentation to meet regulatory standards, policies, and procedures.
* Provides patient education directed towards identified knowledge deficits.
* Guides, educates, and provides leadership as a preceptor to new LVNs and CMAs following 6 months of employment.
* Participates in performance improvement process initiatives within JPS Health Network and assigned department.
* Performs all other job related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

Required Education and Experience:
* Graduate from an accredited School of Vocational Nursing.
Required Licensure/Certification/Specialized Training:
* Current licensure to practice vocational nursing in the State of Texas by the Board of Nurse Examiners and must maintain licensure throughout employment.
* Basic Life Support (BLS) certification and maintained throughout employment.
* ACLS within 3 months of hire (required in Critical Care only).
* EKG test passed within 90 days of hire date and maintained throughout employment (required in Critical Care only).
* Completion of unit specific competency based orientation program within 90 days, if applicable.
* Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification must be obtained within 6 weeks of employment (for Inpatient Womens Services only).
* S.T.A.B.L.E. certification must be obtained within 6 months of employment (for Inpatient Womens Services only).
Preferred Education and Experience :
* 6 plus months of nursing experience.

Location Address:

3299 W Euless Blvd

Euless, Texas, 76040

United States

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