Licensed Vocational Nurse

Licensed Vocational Nurse
Houston, TX 77054
M-F  8am-5pm
Pay: $28/hr.

DESCRIPTION
Administer vaccines in community settings to ensure children, adolescents and adults are immunized in a timely manner. Participates in special projects, outreach events, and quality improvement. Critical thinking skills; immunization experience; excellent written and oral communication skills; organized; proven experience with MS and Office products. Will perform other duties as assigned. Must have valid Texas Driver's License and comply with AP 2-2 policy.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS     
KNOWLEDGE:
Requires a high school diploma or GED certificate and graduation from a school of vocational or practical nursing.
EXPERIENCE:
One year of nursing experience is required. Must have a current vocational nursing license from the State of Texas.

WORKING CONDITIONS 
PHYSICAL EFFORT:
The position routinely requires lifting of moderately heavy items, such as typewriters or records boxes (up to 40 pounds) and/or very long periods of walking on rough surfaces on a routine basis.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
There are frequent exposures to extreme levels of temperature, air pollution, noise pollution, chemical gases and substances, and/or contagious diseases or physical trauma conditions of a short-term disabling nature, such as broken bones or temporary loss of sight or hearing.
PHYSICAL SKILL:
Requires the ability to make coordinated gross motor movements in response to changing external stimuli within moderately demanding tolerances; or the ability to make coordinated eye/hand movements on a
patterned response space within low tolerance demands with no real speed requirements.