LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE

• Administers and issues medications; administers injections and skin tests; takes blood pressure, temperature, pulse and respiration and other testing.
• Assists with patient follow-up; assists nurse or physician as directed
• Maintains inventory of supplies and medications and cleanliness of the office/clinic
• Assists in compiling statistical data for reports
• May make referrals and keep records
• Will perform other duties as assigned
• Must have a valid Texas Driver's License and comply with AP 2-2 policy.
• Must be flexible to work and to travel to all HHD Health centers upon needed

SPECIFICATIONS

• REQUIRED to be current on their vaccinations
• Mon to Fri, 8:00am to 5:00pm
• Criminal Background Check
• Drug Test

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• KNOWLEDGE: Requires a high school diploma or GED certificate and graduation from a school of vocational or practical nursing
• EXPERIENCE: One year of nursing experience is required.
• Must have a current vocational nursing license from the State of Texas. 

WORKING CONDITIONS

• PHYSICAL EFFORT: The position routinely requires lifting of moderately heavy items, such as typewriters or records boxes (up to 40 pounds) and/or very long periods of walking on rough surfaces on a routine basis
• WORK ENVIRONMENT: There are frequent exposures to extreme levels of temperature, air pollution, noise pollution, chemical gases and substances, and/or contagious diseases or physical trauma conditions of a short-term disabling nature, such as broken bones or temporary loss of sight or hearing
• PHYSICAL SKILL: Requires the ability to make coordinated gross motor movements in response to changing external stimuli within moderately demanding tolerances; or the ability to make coordinated eye/hand movements on a patterned response space within low tolerance demands with no real speed requirements.