Licensed Vocational Nurse

Licensed Vocational Nurse
Houston, TX 77072
M-F  8am-5pm
Pay: $30/hr.

DESCRIPTION
Complete biometrics in the system epic. Register/enroll participants into program and education classes. Provide information on COVID-19 and other chronic/infectious diseases. Current LVN license, community engagement, ability to float between locations. Interviews patients and records their medical history; verifies medical history, screens immunization records. Administers and issues medications; administers injections and skin tests; takes blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration and other testing. Assists with patient follow-up; assists nurse or physician as directed. Maintains inventory of supplies and medications and cleanliness of the office/clinic. Assists in compiling statistical data for reports. May make referrals and keep records.  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.