Lead Pediatric Clinic LVN, Pedi Urgent Care - Full Time

Company: St. Joseph Health / Covenant Health
Location: Lubbock
Posted on: May 3, 2021

Job Description:

**Covenant Health is seeking a Full Time Day Shift Pediatric Clinic LVN for the Pedi Urgent Care Clinic** **.**

**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 Qualifications:**

_Education:_

+ Education to meet certification, license or registration requirement.

_License/Certification:_

+ Current Texas LVN license or an approved compact state as a Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurse.

**Preferred Position Qualifications:**

_License/Certification:_

+ BLS (AHA) certification preferred.

Covenant 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 - CMC Covenant Children's Covenant Specialty Covenant Plainview - PLV Covenant Levelland - LVL Trustpoint (joint venture: Rehab Hospital of Lubbock) Covenant Medical Group (CMG) Covenant Health Partners Hospice of Lubbock

Covenant 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 Health

Category: LPN / LVN

Req ID: R327854

Keywords: St. Joseph Health / Covenant Health, Lubbock , Lead Pediatric Clinic LVN, Pedi Urgent Care - Full Time, Other , Lubbock, Texas