Pediatric LVN/LPN - Inpatient **SIGN ON BONUS**

Description

***BEFORE APPLYING, PLEASE NOTE THAT ONLY CANDIDATES WHO HAVE at least 1 year of INPATIENT PEDIATRIC nursing experience will be considered. No exceptions!!! This does NOT include Home Health or Rehab facility experience! *** $350 SIGN-ON BONUS!

Are you ready for a game-changing career opportunity at San Antonio Military Medical Center? Are you an experienced Inpatient Peds LVN/LPN? We have a wonderful and rewarding opportunity for you to join our team!!

Wisestaff is urgently hiring for qualified Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN/LPN) with at least 1 full year of LPN/LVN experience in an Inpatient Pediatric Unit within the past 3 years for our inpatient peds department at San Antonio Military Medical Center (SAMMC). SAMMC is a Level One Trauma Center and the largest inpatient Military Hospital. If you are looking for a rewarding career, we invite you to apply today! This teaching hospital provides invaluable training in support of graduate medical education, specialties, and critically important trauma skills. There is no more rewarding place to work than providing healthcare to the children of our military service men and women and of our community.

Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN/LPN) Benefits:

• 11 Paid Federal Holidays: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King's Birthday, President's Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, Veteran's Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
• 2 weeks of annual (PTO) paid time off.
• Continuing education credits
• 401k optional
• Scrubs provided.
• Full-Time Permanent Government Contract positions.
• $350 Sign-on bonus in your FIRST check!

The full-time Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN/LPN) position includes Health and Welfare Cash Allowance for the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance

 Inpatient Pediatric Unit Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN/LPN) Duties:

• Observes, assesses, and records symptoms, reactions, and progress; assists physicians during treatments and examinations; administers medication and prescribed treatments, completes admissions and discharges, and promote convalescence and rehabilitation, RNs are responsible for monitoring and interpretation of collected data by the LVNs and unlicensed assisted personnel, informing the medical staff as appropriate.
• Assess patients' conditions for potential or life-threatening crises and distinguishes between normal and abnormal physical findings; initiates life saving measures in the absence of a physician.
• Capable of emergency equipment operation: defibrillator, EKG machine, cardiac monitor, and other equipment as determined by MTF, unit/clinic and position.
• Demonstrates the ability to react with alertness and skill in any emergency situation, e.g., cardiac or respiratory arrest, hemorrhage, shock, severe physical trauma and psychiatric reaction, initiates life saving measures in the absence of a physician, depending on position and protocol, may serve as member of resuscitation or emergency code team.
• Each Licensed Vocational Nurse will manually and/or electronically document all patient care given and the progress of the patient utilizing the SAMMC/WHASC documentation standards in the patients' medical record.

Requirements

 Inpatient Pediatric Unit Licensed Vocational Nurse Qualifications:

• MUST have 1 year or more of full time LVN Licensed Vocational Nurse experience in an Inpatient Pediatric Unit within the past 3 years in an actual INPATIENT PEDIATRIC UNIT. This does NOT include Home Health or Rehab experience. NO EXCEPTIONS!
• Must be able to pass a background check for government clearance.
• Must be a graduate of an accredited school of nursing by the National League of Nursing
• Valid Licensed Vocational Nurse LVN/LPN Nursing license from any US Jurisdiction
• Basic Life Support (BLS) Certification by the American Heart Association or American Red Cross
• PALS Certification
• Must have knowledge of pediatric medication dosages and be willing to train as support personnel in the provision of chemotherapy.
• Must achieve at least an 80% on the pediatric-specific pharmacology exam.
• Must be able to pass the BAMC Annual Telemetry Test.