Job Description

Job Description

Responsibilities

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Texas NeuroRehab Center is a specialized treatment facility located ten minutes from downtown Austin on 67 wooded acres. We have served the Austin community for over 60-years and are proud of our history and tenured leadership team.

Today, Texas NeuroRehab Center provides complex medical and brain injury rehab for ages 13 years and older and neurobehavioral residential treatment services for children and adolescents. The capabilities of the facility as a whole allow for integrated and specialized care for children, adolescents and adults facing difficult challenges.

Website: https://texasneurorehab.com/

Texas NeuroRehab Center is currently accepting applicants for a Licensed Vocational Nurse. This candidate will provide & assist in direct patient care under the supervision of the charge nurse (RN) as prescribed by the physician & the treatment team. Provide medical management and assessment of patients. Assist RN with environmental safety and crisis management for the patient population. Supervise SRTs & RTs as directed by RN. Document patient care, ensure that data is accurate, & that it is included in the master treatment plan via timely nursing care plan updates. Work with the treatment team to provide a consistently therapeutic milieu.

KEY RESPONSIBLITIES:

1. Comply with all Administrative, Clinical, and Human Resources policies and procedures and maintain a safe work environment.
2. Must actively support the mission, philosophy, and goals for the hospital.
3. Must be able to communicate with sensitivity to growth, development, and cultural issues.
4. Provide supervision and direction to Senior Rehabilitation Technicians (SRTs) & Rehabilitation Technicians (RTs).
5. Evaluates, plans, and implements nursing care and milieu programming for patients under the supervision of RN.
6. Administer medication & treatment as prescribed.
7. Actively assists teachers & therapists. Provide safe management.
8. Document nursing care and treatment progression through timely & accurate chart entries & Nursing Care Plan updates.
9. Provide and document reinforcement of patient and family education.
10. Intervene in crisis situations.
11. Model age, growth, and developmentally appropriate therapeutic communication in all interactions.
12. Maintain regular and required attendance.
13. Maintain professional demeanor in dress, attitude, support of unit program, and hospital mission / philosophy.
14. Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

The following are the requirments for the Licensed Vocational Nurse.

SKILLS KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES: Knowledge of appropriate nursing assessment, diagnoses, and interventions with patients. Knowledge of milieu management. Ability to direct subordinates in the performance of their duties. Accurate administration of medication & treatments. Monitor & record response & side-effects to medication & treatments. Safely implement Special Treatment Procedures. Ability to develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families. Willingness to assist with educating patients & families in medication & care management. Ability to write clearly, legibly, accurately, & concisely in patient charts. Maintains appropriate medical record documentation.

EDUCATION: Graduate of an accredited school of practical nursing

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION: Current Driver's License or State issued Id. Current State of Texas Licensed Vocational Nurse License. Current CPR certification.

EXPERIENCE: None required. One year of inpatient medical, surgery, rehabilitation, or psychiatric experience preferred.

PHYSICAL/GENERAL REQUIREMENTS: Able to sustain physical activity throughout scheduled shift. Able to remain on feet throughout scheduled shift. Able to physically restrain patients by individual or team restraint per policy. Able to lift, carry, and lower 50 pounds without assistance. Able to push patients in wheel chairs up and down hills and pursue running patients. Able to transfer patients to and from wheelchairs, beds, toilets, & vehicles. Able to confront a dangerous and aggressive patient. Verbal skills to communicate to deescalate a crisis situation. Writing skills to accurately convey patient behavior and status. Visual observation skills so as to convey verbally & in writing patient behavior or to protect self and others from aggressive patients or other accidents. Writing skills to include legibility and correct grammar to convey patient behavior and other information in the patient chart. Ability to assist in direct patient care from prompting through total care (i.e. bath, diapering). Able to eat with and feed patients. Regular & required attendance. Hearing and vision sufficient to perform essential job functions. Emotional stability and ability to deal with changing priorities.

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