LPN / LVN / Acute Psych III / FT /Night

Responsibilities

• Northwest Texas Healthcare System is a 495-bed system serving the city of Amarillo and the surrounding region.
• We offer the ideal combination of traditional values and the most advanced technologies in healthcare, plus the conveniences of big city living in a friendly, smaller-town atmosphere.
• From the beauty of Palo Duro Canyon and great recreational facilities to our quality educational system, Amarillo is a great place to live and work.
• A hospital is only as good as its employees.
• That's why we're looking for professionals who are dedicated and passionate about their work.
• We're looking for employees who can add to our culture of exemplary patient care and personal excellence.
• We're looking for exceptional professionals who share our vision and values.
• Visit us online at: https://www.nwths.com/careers Position: Licensed Vocational Nurse

Position Summary

The LVN functions under the supervision of the charge nurse or registered nurse delegating any tasks within the scope of practice for an LVN. The LVN is responsible for providing safe, compassionate and focused nursing care to assigned patients with predictable health care needs, utilizing the principles of continuous quality improvement in collaboration with other health team members. Supports an organizational culture for Service Excellence and practices the Service Excellence Standards to all customer groups. Job Duties/Responsibilities: The LVN assists in determining the physical and mental health status, needs, and preferences of culturally ethnically, and socially diverse patients and their families based on interpretation of health-related data. The LVN collects data and information, recognizes changes in conditions ad reports this to the RN or charge nurse. The LVN cannot perform independent assessments as the LVN has a directed scope of practice under supervision. The LVN participates in the nursing process by appraising the individual patient’s status or situation at hand. Also known as a focused assessment, this appraisal may be a component of a more comprehensive assessment performed by an RN. The LVN will assess risks to patient safety and implement the appropriate precautions. The LVN will comply with appropriate and approved standards, as outlined by the organization and accrediting agencies. The LPN will comply with safety and injury prevention standards to minimize risk to self, co-workers, patients, and visitors. The concepts of the patient centered care delivery model will provide the foundation for all nursing care.

Participates in and supports a process to measure, assess, and improve performance of management, clinical, and/or support services.

Qualifications

Education, Training, Experience and Licenses/Registrations Required

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing. Current license or permit to practice professional nursing in the State of Texas. Current BLS certification from the American Heart Association upon hire or within 30 days of start date and maintain certification throughout employment. This must be obtained prior to providing patient care. IV certification for acute care and ER/FED assignments (Med/Surg, Critical Care, Emergency Room/FED).
• Physical and
• Sensory
• Requirements: Ability to read and write in English. Ability to communicate with patients, families, staff, physicians, support agencies, vendors and others. Ability to remain calm under stress. Ability to respond to pages. Ability to evaluate and interpret information and make independent decisions. Bending, lifting (25 lbs. minimum), grasping, fine hand coordination, pushing and pulling. Ability to understand and interpret financial data. Ability to evaluate and interpret information and make independent decisions. Able to identify appropriate data and interprets its significance to clinical and operational activities. Disclaimer Northwest Texas Healthcare System, a subsidiary of UHS, is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at UHS via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of UHS. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by UHS as a result of the referral or through other means. EEO Statement All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Avoid and Report Recruitment Scams We are aware of a scam whereby imposters are posing as Recruiters from UHS, and our subsidiary hospitals and facilities. Beware of anyone requesting financial or personal information. At UHS and all our subsidiaries, our Human Resources departments and recruiters are here to help prospective candidates by matching skill set and experience with the best possible career path at UHS and our subsidiaries. During the recruitment process, no recruiter or employee will request financial or personal information (e.g., Social Security Number, credit card or bank information, etc.) from you via email. Our recruiters will not email you from a public webmail client like Hotmail, Gmail, Yahoo Mail, etc. If you suspect a fraudulent job posting or job-related email mentioning UHS or its subsidiaries, we encourage you to report such concerns to appropriate law enforcement. We encourage you to refer to legitimate UHS and UHS subsidiary career websites to verify job opportunities and not rely on unsolicited calls from recruiters.