MedSurg Telemetry LVN/LPN Licensed Vocational Nurse – NO CANCELLATIONS

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NO CANCELLATIONS! GUARANTEED HOURS!

SIGN ON BONUS for LVN/LPN with Telemetry experience!

• Full-Time Permanent Government Contract positions available.
• 2 Weeks of Paid Time Off.
• 11 Paid Federal Holidays.

Wisestaff is urgently hiring for qualified Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN/LPN) with one (1) or more years of general Medical, Surgical LVN experience for the inpatient unit 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 our military service men and women.

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.
• Must be competent in demonstrating neurovascular assessment, tracheostomy care and care of patients with chest tubes. All MED/SURG units require telemetry experience and required to pass the BAMC annual Cardiac Telemetry Test

Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN/LPN) Benefits:

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
• 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
• Paid time off
• Continuing education credits
• 401k optional

Wisestaff, LLC. is a Texas based Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business founded in 2003. We are a medical contractor and consulting company dedicated to providing healthcare providers to hospitals, clinics, private businesses, military/government health care facilities and other organization that need temporary or long-term medical care providers. Requirements:

Licensed Vocational Nurse Qualifications:

• MUST have 1 year or more of LVN Licensed Vocational Nurse experience in an Inpatient Medical Surgical Unit within the past five (5) years
• 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

All LVN, L.V.N., LPN, L.P.N., Licensed Vocational Nurse, Licensed Practical Nurse’s will be considered for full-time and PRN opportunities.