Licensed Vocational Nurse
Job Description
Job Summary
Under general supervision, performs a wide variety of professional level of nursing duties for patients served in the clinical areas.
Qualifications
Education
- Required
- High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent
- Completion of an accredited nursing program
- Preferred
- Associate’s degree in Nursing
Experience:
- Preferred
- Two or more years of experience in Nursing
Certification/Licensure:
- Required
- Graduate Vocational Nurse (GVN) Permit, with authorization to practice in the State of Texas
- Graduates who do not present a permit to practice within sixty (60) days of graduation will be transferred to an applicable position, if available, with corresponding pay.
- Graduate Vocational Nurse (GVN) Permit, with authorization to practice in the State of Texas
- Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN), with authorization to practice in the State of Texas
- Must obtain license within six (6) months from temporary permit issuance date.
- Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification
- Must obtain within ninety (90) days of start date
- Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN), with authorization to practice in the State of Texas
- Preferred
- Certification in a Nursing Specialty Area, by an organization recognized by the Texas Board of Nursing
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Certification
Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) Certification