LVN Student Health Services - Recurrent Staff Employee
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Extended Job Title
LVN Student Health Services - Recurrent Staff Employee
Org Level 1
Texas Tech Univ Health Sciences Ctr
Org Level 7
513201 - Student Health Services Lbk
Position Description
Employees in this classification are responsible for performing a wide variety of patient care activities in an assigned specialty or sub-specialty outpatient clinic. Work is performed under the direction of a licensed staff nurse and/or physician as part of a total health care team in providing complete evaluations to patients. Work is performed under usual clinic conditions, necessitating a high degree of contact with patient, families and clinic personnel.
Requisition ID
39467BR
Travel Required
None
Pay Grade Maximum
Salary commensurate with related education, experience and/or skills.
Major/Essential Functions
The LVN will support our mission by: 

• Welcoming patients warmly with compassion and enthusiasm.
• Listening carefully to patient needs presented face to face or over the telephone and communicating clear and accurate information in response to all members of the health care team.
• Implementing teaching plans for patients and their families with well-defined health learning needs. 
  Reporting data, identifies and reports alterations in patient responses to assist in the identification of problems and formulation of goals/ outcomes and patient-centered plans of care in collaboration with patients, their families, and the interdisciplinary health care team. 
• Working collaboratively with other health care team members to ensure patient needs are met and clinic operations are efficient.
• Communicating with patients via telephone per clinic protocols. 
• Preparing and operating necessary equipment and instruments for examination, treatments and procedures. 
• Assisting with or performs exams and procedures and documents intervention in EMR. 
• Taking and recording accurate vital signs and measurements. 
• Communicating patient data using EMR to support decision-making to improve patient care. 
• Utilizing appropriate protocols to triage walk-in patients and patients who call the clinic requiring assessment.
• Working under the supervision of a clinician and utilizing Standard Delegation Orders to manage a nurse clinic. 
• Maintaining inventory of supplies in examination and procedure rooms. 
• Participating in the identification of patient needs for referral to resources and facilitate continuity of care. 
  Assisting in determining the physical and mental health status, needs, and preferences of culturally, ethnically, and socially diverse patients and their families. 
• Assisting Nursing Team Leader with development and implementation of clinic goals, objectives, to facilitate improved patient outcomes. 
• Managing refill requests and administering medications to patients following policies and procedures for medication management.
• Completing Annual Nursing Core Competency Training and Skills Fair. 
• Participating in emergency preparedness drills in department. 
• Attending nursing staff meetings. 

Grant Funded?
No
Pay Grade Minimum
Salary commensurate with related education, experience and/or skills.
Pay Basis
Hourly
Work Location
Lubbock
Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a hospital, ambulatory clinic, or community-based setting.
• CPR\BLS Certified.
• Electronic Health Records (EHR) experience.
• Experience in collecting specimens for point of care testing.
• Experience in patient assessment and intake.
• Medication administration and reconciliation.
• Assisting clinicians with procedures.

 
Campus
HSC - Lubbock
Department
Student Health Services Lbk
Job Type
Part Time
Pay Statement
Compensation is commensurate upon the qualifications of the individual selected and budgetary guidelines of the hiring department, as well as the institutional pay plan. For additional information, please reference the institutional pay plan website.
Job Group
Seasonal and Temporary
Occasional Duties
Provide nursing support to the community-based Family Medicine Clinic when resources allow.  Helping with outreach opportunities for the TTU campus.
 
Shift
Day
EEO Statement
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.
Required Qualifications
Completion of a Board of Nursing Accredited program of vocational nursing or scheduled to complete a program of vocational nursing within 120 days of applying for a position; current Vocational Nursing license in the state of Texas or the attainment of a temporary permit from the Board of Nursing to practice vocational nursing pending full licensure in the state of Texas. New graduates must pass the National Council Licensure Examination for Practical Nurses (NCLEX- PN) on the first attempt. No experience required.
Does this position work in a research laboratory?
No
Jeanne Clery Act
The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act is a federal statute requiring colleges and universities participating in federal financial aid programs to maintain and disclose campus crime statistics and security information. By October 1 of each year, institutions must publish and distribute their Annual Campus Security Policy & Crime Statistics Report (ASR) to current and prospective students and employees. To view this report, visit the TTUHSC Clery Act website.

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