Licensed Vocational Nurse - Employee Wellness Clinic

Travis County is seeking a Licensed Vocational Nurse who brings strong clinical judgment and a patient-centered approach to support the health and well-being of Travis County employees and their eligible dependents. As part of the Travis County Employee Wellness Clinic, you will provide direct patient care and clinical support while responding to patient medical needs and providing or arranging treatment within the scope of LVN practice.

You will assess patient health needs, respond to certain emergent illnesses and injuries, and provide care including wound care, medication administration, vital sign monitoring, and laboratory procedures. You will also provide patient education, follow-up, and care coordination as directed by the Charge Registered Nurse and within the scope of LVN practice.

As an important clinical resource for the Employee Wellness Clinic, you will provide day-to-day clinical guidance to Medical Assistants, reinforce established clinical workflows, and escalate patient care concerns to the Charge Registered Nurse or physician, as appropriate. Success in this role requires the ability to effectively prioritize and manage multiple patient care activities while maintaining accuracy and quality of care.

What Makes This Role Exciting:

• Make a direct impact on the health and well-being of Travis County employees and their eligible dependents.

• Provide hands-on nursing care in a unique internal healthcare setting dedicated to supporting the County's workforce.

• Serve as an on-site clinical resource to Medical Assistants while collaborating with the broader healthcare team.

• Support patients through education, follow-up, and care coordination within the scope of LVN practice.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

This position is the second classification in a series of five nursing-related classifications within the Medical job family and performs nursing duties of moderate complexity within the scope of Licensed Vocational Nurse licensure. The ideal candidate brings strong patient care skills, sound clinical judgment, and the ability to manage multiple responsibilities while maintaining accuracy and quality of care.

Successful candidates communicate effectively with patients and members of the healthcare team, respond appropriately to changing patient needs, and understand when concerns should be escalated to the Charge Registered Nurse or physician. They are also comfortable providing clinical guidance to Medical Assistants and reinforcing established clinical workflows while maintaining patient confidentiality, accurate documentation, and applicable safety and infection control practices.

• Responds to patients medical needs. Provides and/or arranges for treatment according to protocol and/or direction from authorized medical staff.
• Consults with clinical and administrative staff about patient health care issues.
• Responds to and assesses certain categories of emergent patient illnesses and injuries.
• Provides direct health care to patients, including wound care, medication administration, monitoring of vital signs, and laboratory procedures.
• Assists other medical staff, as required.
• Practices safety, environmental and/or infection control methods.
• Documents patient's condition and maintains patient medical files and records in computer. Performs other administrative duties.
• Inventories medications on a daily basis.
• Assists in dental, STD and other clinic settings.
• May answer medical questions from staff, patient's relatives and others as appropriate.
• May process patients into the facility by screening and evaluating their medical and mental histories.
• May assist patients with activities of daily living, including bathing and feeding.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience:
Graduation from an accredited Licensed Vocational Nursing program AND one (1) year of Licensed Vocational Nursing experience.

Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements:
Current license to practice as a Licensed Vocational Nurse in the State of Texas.
Current Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Certification.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• Standard nursing and other healthcare practices.
• Policies, practices, procedures and terminology related to nursing and healthcare.
• Federal, State, Local and County nursing and other healthcare laws and requirements.
• Treatment of a variety of diseases and injuries.
• Proper dosages and expected results of medication.
• Proper infection control techniques, mental health procedures and protocols.
• Principles and procedures of medical documentation and record keeping.
• Computer equipment to include word processing, spreadsheets, databases, presentations and a variety of software packages.
• Knowledge of and adherence to HIPAA and other federal and state laws requiring the confidential handling of certain health information.

Skill in:

• Administering daily patient care, including use of stethoscope, blood pressure cuff, thermometer and other medical instruments.
• Administering Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid.
• Performing medical tests and recording results accurately.
• Assisting mental health patients.
• Problem-solving and decision-making.
• Both verbal and written communication.

Ability to:

• Work efficiently both independently and as part of a medical team.
• Recognize and identify health symptoms.
• Exercise sound judgment and react quickly in emergency situations.
• Manage time well and perform multiple tasks.
• Understand and precisely follow both verbal and written instructions and communicate in a concise and effective manner.
• Work in a secure environment.
• Track use of medications and inventory procedures.
• Chronicle medical histories and enter data into computer.
• Work effectively and courteously under high pressure circumstances.
• Deal effectively with mentally disturbed, hostile and aggressive individuals.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with patients, medical and other County employees and officials, and the general public.

Physical requirements include the ability to lift/carry up to 35-100 pounds occasionally, visual acuity, speech and hearing, hand and eye coordination and manual dexterity necessary to operate a computer and office equipment. Subject to standing, walking, sitting, repetitive motion, reaching, climbing stairs, bending, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, pushing, pulling, balancing, client/customer contact, squatting to perform the essential functions. Subject to contact with communicable diseases, radiation, hazardous waste, human fecal matter and foul odors.

Travis County employees play an important role in business continuity. As such, employees can be assigned to business continuity efforts outside of normal job functions.

Work Hours:7:30-5:30 M-Th; 7:30-11:30 F

Department: Human Resources Management Division

Location: 

• M/Tue @ 5501 Airport Boulevard, Suite 201
• W-F @ 3518 FM 973 South, Del Valle 

Criminal and Employment Background Checks Required. 

For updates or questions on this position, contact: HRMD Recruiting at [email protected]. 

This job description is intended to be generic in nature. It is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. The essential duties, functions and responsibilities and overtime eligibility may vary based on the specific tasks assigned to the position.