
Licensed Vocational Nurse
- Fort Worth, TX
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Insure that the individual service plan in followed; administers or supervises treatments prescribed by physician.
- Make meaningful rounds of all residents, utilizing service plans; make rounds with physicians and records visits on charts.
- Administer all intramuscular, sub-cutaneous injections; perform all in-house testing procedures; take and record vital signs.
- Document acute episodes or significant changes in resident status.
- Supervise aides in the performance of their duties by monitoring their work; assign aides to residents - specifying break times and special duties to be completed, including activities.
- Work with Activity Director, RN Manager, and Nurse Aides in carrying out the activities program.
- Meet with RN Manager as needed and participate in staff meetings to keep staff performing at optimum level.
- Receive or place calls to physicians and follow through with physician's orders.
- High School diploma or GED plus one to two years of college or vocational school
- Requires graduation from an accredited school of nursing. Must hold current Texas licensure as licensed vocational nurse
- Requires ability to use up to 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently and/or 20 pounds continuously to move objects and/or people.
- Requires bending, stooping, twisting, turning, reaching, lifting, carrying, pulling, pushing, climbing, kneeling, walking, and standing over 75% of shift.