Clinic LVN - Dr. Carothers
Company: Providence Health & Services
Location: Lubbock
Posted on: May 16, 2022
Job Description:
Covenant Health is seeking a Full-time, Day Shift Clinic LVN,
Dr. Carothers at Covenant Medical Group of Lubbock.Apply Today!
Applicants that meet qualifications will receive a text with some
additional questions from our Modern Hire system.Job
Summary:Administers nursing care to patients within an assigned
clinic. Provides assistance to clinic physicians.Essential
Functions:
- Demonstrates the ability to transfer scientific knowledge from
social, biological, and physical sciences in applying the nursing
process.
- Gives patient education and instruction as directed by the
physician (to include but not limited to, judgments and decisions
on phone calls, advising patients with physician guidelines,
procedures preparation, in-home care).
- Perform clerical duties to include appointment scheduling,
chart maintenance, x-ray and lab scheduling, routing all test
results to physician, and reporting results to patients.
- Responsible for room and patient preparation per
clinic/physician guidelines. Patient assessment, vital signs,
history/present illness, allergies, medication, and visual acuity
on general physicals as requested.
- Administers specified medication and injection, and
documentation on patient medical chart. Administers prescribed
procedures, including but not limited to, catheterization, throat
cultures, suture removal, specimen collection, ear irrigation,
wound and burn dressing. Applies orthopedic devices, arm slings,
leg, ankle, wrist, and shoulder splints, and rib belts. Instruct in
use of crutches.
- Maintaining patient care area. Restocking supplies, exam rooms,
ordering medication, and maintaining drug supplies according to
system policies. Maintains work area in neat and organized manner.
Maintains a safe work environment by adhering to JACHO and other
regulatory requirements.Minimum Position RequeirementsEducation:
- Education to meet certification, license or registration
requirement.Licenses and Certifications:
- Current Texas LVN license or an approved compact state as a
Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurse.Preferred Position
Qualifications:Licenses and Certifications:
- BLS (AHA) certificationCovenant Health is celebrating over 100
years of serving Lubbock and our South Plains region. As the oldest
and largest health system in Lubbock and the region, we currently
employ over 5,200 people with a medical staff of over 600
physicians.For over 100 years, Covenant has been driven by a
mission of providing a Christian ministry of healing and caring for
the whole person - mind, body and spirit. Our vision and
differentiator is we are the only faith-based, integrated health
network in the West Texas/eastern New Mexico region dedicated to a
Christian ministry of healing.As an expression of our mission, we
believe we hold an important Covenant with our patients and try and
treat every interaction as Sacred Encounters.Our ministry includes
six hospitals with over 1,100 licensed beds:Covenant Medical Center
- CMCCovenant Children'sCovenant SpecialtyCovenant Plainview -
PLVCovenant Levelland - LVLTrustpoint (joint venture: Rehab
Hospital of Lubbock)Covenant Medical Group (CMG)Covenant Health
PartnersHospice of LubbockCovenant Health's total service area
includes 25 counties that covers most of West Texas and eastern New
Mexico. The service area covers approximately 750,000 people and
approximately 35,000 square miles.Covenant provides equal
employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for
employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national
origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law
requirements, Covenant complies with applicable state and local
laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in
which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms
and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring,
placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves
of absence, compensation and training. Positions specified as "on
call, per diem" refers to employment consisting of shifts scheduled
on as "as needed basis" to fill in for staff vacancies.Company:
Covenant HealthCategory: LPN / LVNReq ID: R358458
Keywords: Providence Health & Services, Lubbock , Clinic LVN - Dr. Carothers, Healthcare , Lubbock, Texas
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