Silverado Hospice South Houston is looking for a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN)! This person will be covering the South of I-10.
Position Pay: $28.00 - $30.00 / hourly
Shift Schedule(s): Per Diem (PRN), Friday - Sunday
Why work at Silverado Hospice South Houston?
- Silverado was ranked 6th nationwide by Fortune Magazine in their Best Workplaces in Aging Services list – our 5th consecutive year on the list!
- Great Place to Work® Certified for five straight years
- Lots of great opportunities to work on a team with great leaders and dedicated coworkers
- Experienced leadership team that realizes happy associates lead to giving patients the quality end-of-life they deserve
- Great culture doing meaningful work that truly makes a difference
- Education assistance programs to help with school reimbursements and paid training
- Work-life balance with flexible scheduling and minimal to no on-call requirements (unless in an on-call role specifically)
- And more!
The non-negotiables:
- Must have a valid Licensed Vocational/Practical Nursing license within this state
- Must have at least one year of experience as a LVN/LPN
- Hospice experience preferred, but not required
- Must have evidence of CPR training
- Valid driver’s license, auto insurance, reliable transportation, and willingness to drive to patient’s location.
- Must be able to lift 50 pounds.
- Must clear a criminal background check, physical and drug screening.
What you will be doing:
- Demonstrated competency in performance of skilled nursing functions.
- Ability to work with dying patients and their families.
- Under the direction of a Registered Nurse, the Hospice field nurse provides skilled nursing and palliative care for assigned Hospice patients. He/she works cooperatively with the other members of the Interdisciplinary Hospice Team.
- The Hospice nurse provides intermittent visits or shifts of skilled nursing care, performs prescribed medical treatments, including pain management and symptom control, provides nursing observations, provides teaching regarding the expected course of the disease, care techniques and other health measures to the patient, family or other primary caregiver, and participates in the care plan development and implementation.
- Performs all related duties as assigned.
We’re looking for someone who:
- Loves people.
- Has compassion and patience.
- Is a quick learner.
- Is ethical, honest, dependable, and open-minded.
- Is an effective communicator.
PROTECTING YOU, PROTECTING OTHERS: We believe our residents, patients and associates deserve to thrive in an environment protected from COVID-19. At Silverado, vaccines are offered and required for all associates. To maintain our world class standard, all offers of employment with Silverado are contingent upon a satisfactory background check as well as drug screening, a physical and TB testing (if required for the position). Silverado also uses E-Verify to confirm work authorization with both the Social Security Administration and the Department of Homeland Security.
EOE/M/F/D/V