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Buckner Retirement Services, Inc. · 19 hours ago

Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) - Assisted Living, PRN

Fort Worth, Texas, United States

Full-time

Onsite

Mid Level

Buckner Retirement Services is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing exceptional care in senior living communities across Texas. They are seeking a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) to deliver outstanding service to residents, ensuring adherence to individual service plans and supervising aides in their duties.

Assisted LivingCommunitiesHealth CareNursing and Residential Care

Culture & Values

Responsibilities

Ensure that the individual service plan in followed; administers or supervises treatments prescribed by physician

Make meaningful rounds of all residents, utilizing service plans; make rounds with physicians and records visits on charts

Administer all intramuscular, sub-cutaneous injections; perform all in-house testing procedures; take and record vital signs

Document acute episodes or significant changes in resident status

Supervise aides in the performance of their duties by monitoring their work; assign aides to residents – specifying break times and special duties to be completed, including activities

Work with Activity Director, DON, and Nurse Aides in carrying out the activities program

Meet with DON as needed and participate in staff meetings to keep staff performing at optimum level

Receive or place calls to physicians and follow through with physician’s orders

Qualification

Texas licensure as LVNNursing care experienceIntramuscular injectionsVital signs monitoringSupervisory skills

Required

High School diploma or GED plus one to two years of college or vocational school

Requires graduation from an accredited school of nursing

Must hold current Texas licensure as licensed vocational nurse

Requires ability to use up to 100 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently and/or 20 pounds continuously to move objects and/or people

Requires bending, stooping, twisting, turning, reaching, lifting, carrying, pulling, pushing, climbing, kneeling, walking, and standing over 75% of shift