LVN ($2,500 Sign-On Bonus)

LVN ($2,500 Sign-On Bonus)

Main Clinic - Lubbock, TX 79401

Overview

Salary Range $17.36 - $28.37 Hourly Category Health Care

Description

New LVN hires are eligible for a $2,500 sign-on bonus. Please indicate on your application if you are interested in working in pediatrics, adult, or both.

The Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN), or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), is responsible for providing a supportive role to medical professionals to administer patient care. Their duties include taking a patient's vital signs, including heart rate or blood pressure, assisting Physicians and Nurses throughout examinations by recording a patient's health information and administering vaccinations or taking blood samples as instructed by Physicians or Nurses.

The LVN has to be able to perform duties and responsibilities that include:

• Recording and updating patient histories
• Discussing health care issues and concerns
• Providing assistance with therapies
• Drawing blood for testing
• Acting as a point of contact for a patient

Qualifications

Education: Graduation from an accredited Licensed Practical/Vocational Nursing program.

Licensure: Licensed as a Practical/Vocational Nurse in the State of Texas.

Experience: One to two years' experience as a LVN, preferably with experience in a clinic, doctor's office, or similar health care facility.

Expertise: Current in Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers (CPR).

Language: English; bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.

Travel: 25-50% locally; valid Texas drivers' license and current auto insurance required; must have reliable and safe transportation

Knowledge/Skills

Knowledge

• Knowledge of nursing techniques.
• Knowledge of medical terminology

Skills

• Be able to exercise good judgment and be neat and clean.
• Excellent team participation and organizational skills.
• Excellent customer service.
• Good communications skills: speaking and writing.
• Good listening skills.
• Ability to learn and apply what has learned.
• Service orientation - actively looking for ways to help people.
• Time management - managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Able to teach others (staff and patients)

Benefits

Our full-time staff enjoy a competitive compensation package, which includes the following benefits:

• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• 403(b) Retirement Plan Contribution
• Company Paid Short and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Company Paid Accidental Death and Dismemberment (AD&D) Insurance
• Paid Time Off Bank
• Holiday Pay
• Extended Medical Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Employee Assistance Program and Emotional Health Support Line
• Workers' Compensation Insurance
• Professional Liability Insurance
• Legal Insurance
• Gym Membership Discount
• Uniform Voucher
• Sign-On Bonus
• Differential Pay

Our part-time staff enjoy the following benefits:

• 403(b) Retirement Plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Legal Insurance
• Gym Membership Discount
• Professional Liability Insurance
• Workers' Compensation Insurance

CHCL's mission is to provide quality primary and preventative health care services to those in need. If you are aligned with CHCL's mission and love working in a fast-paced clinic setting, please apply today.

CHCL is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.