LVN

Baylor Scott & White Health

Posted 3 months ago

Full Time

Killeen, Texas

In Person

Smart Summary

Responsibilities

The LVN evaluates patients, provides direct care, and participates in care planning and intervention under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. Key duties include conducting assessments, managing patient pain, and facilitating education for patients and families.

Qualifications

You have a High School Diploma or GED and a Vocational Nursing Practitioner's License. You are expected to have less than one year of experience in a similar role and will obtain Basic Life Support certification within your first 30 days.

Must Have Skills for ATS

Vocational Nursing

Basic Life Support

Nursing

Job Description

Location: Killeen, TX - Baylor Scott & White McLane Children's Outpatient Clinic - 3801 Scott & White Blvd., Killeen, TX 76543

Specialty: General Pediatrics

Shift: Evening Shift: 10am-7pm Monday-Friday 

About Us

Here at Baylor Scott & White Health we promote the well-being of all individuals, families, and communities. Baylor Scott and 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.
  • We make an impact by taking initiative and delivering exceptional experience.

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to help you live well no matter where you are on your journey. For full details on coverage and eligibility, visit the Baylor Scott & White Benefits Hub to explore our offerings, which may include:

  • 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.

Job Summary

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.

Essential Functions of the Role

  • Conduct thorough assessments using clinical reasoning and best practices following the LN Scope of Practice. Your findings will help the Registered Nurse create care plans and set goals.
  • 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.

Key Success Factors

  • A thorough knowledge of nursing and patient care standards and procedures.
  • Knowledge of rules and regulations established by certifying bodies affects nursing care delivery in the field.
  • Familiarity with medical terms, health promotion methods, risk reduction techniques, disease prevention and management practices, medications and their potential effects.
  • Excellent communication skills, enabling the 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.
  • The 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.

Belonging Statement

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

Qualifications

  • High School Diploma or GED Equivalent
  • Your field of study should be Nursing
  • You need less than a year of experience in a similar role
  • You must hold a Vocational Nursing Practitioner's License
  • Basic Life Support certification is essential. However, it can be acquired within your first 30 days after joining us

Baylor Scott & White Health

With us by your side, there's no stopping you. It's why we're creating a new kind of healthcare at Baylor Scott & White. And we're just getting started. As the largest not-for-profit health system in the state of Texas, Baylor Scott & White promotes the health and well-being of every individual, family and community it serves. It is committed to making quality care more accessible, convenient and affordable through its integrated delivery network, which includes the Baylor Scott & White Health Plan, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute, the Baylor Scott & White Quality Alliance and its leading digital health platform — MyBSWHealth. Through 52 hospitals and more than 1,300 access points, including flagship academic medical centers in Dallas, Fort Worth and Temple, the system offers the full continuum of care, from primary to award-winning specialty care. Founded as a Christian ministry of healing more than a century ago, Baylor Scott & White today serves more than three million Texans. For more information visit: BSWHealth.com.
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