Outpatient LVN PSY

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General Purpose of Job 

The Outpatient LVN is a Licensed Vocational Nurse who provides direct nursing care to assigned patient/patient population.  The LVN utilizing the nursing process, plans, and delivers effective patient care within the framework of Driscoll Children's Hospital vision of excellence and integrated care delivery.  The LVN complies within the established standards and clinical guidelines reflective of evidence-based best practice.  The practice of the LVN contributes to creating an environment that is patient-focused-family centered and designed to provide continuation of care and patient self-care competencies across the continuum.  

Essential Functions and Behavioral Expectations

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.   The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.  

• Maintain utmost level of confidentiality at all times. 
• Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.  
• Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.  

Quality of Care 

• Collects QA data as indicated. 
• Identifies trends in patient care outcomes for QA monitoring. 
• Participates in clinical research following specific protocols.  
• Ensures safe care by using assertive interactions with the health care team. 

Assessment and Monitoring

• Performs initial and focused assessment. 
• Recognizes and reports actual and potential health problems.  
• Reports pertinent patient response to interventions. 
• Modifies plan of care based on patient assessment. 
• Uses chain of command to obtain appropriate health care response as an advocate for the patient.  

Therapeutic Interventions 

• Administers medications per clinical guidelines recognize abnormal responses to medication therapy and initiate corrective therapy. 
• Develops, implements, an individualized plan of care to meet patient needs and diagnoses.  
• Intervenes appropriately after correlating clinical picture to therapeutic treatment plan. 
• Selects and utilizes appropriate equipment, devices, and supplies based on patient needs and treatment plan.  

Crisis Management 

• Identifies critical changes in patient's condition and follows through with appropriate actions. 
• Ensures the correct functioning of emergency equipment identifies deficits and follows through.  
• Assists with changes in unit needs during a crisis situation. 
• Re-establishes unit function after a crisis situation. 
• Participates in the review of unit response to crisis situation. 

Education and/or Experience 

• Current, unencumbered LVN license in the State of TX 
• Graduate of an accredited vocational school of nursing.