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Licensed Vocational Nurse
2 months ago
Cameron County is seeking a highly skilled Licensed Vocational Nurse to join our team in the Tuberculosis Elimination Program. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for providing public health nursing services to patients with tuberculosis.
Key Responsibilities:- Assess, plan, coordinate, evaluate, and delegate patient care to meet the goals and objectives of the TB Program.
- Conduct home visits, chart audits, hospital visits, and other duties as necessary to ensure comprehensive patient care.
- Supervise the maintenance of patient records, ensuring they are complete and accurate.
- Assist with initial phone or in-person contact with new patients as needed.
- Monitor patient care to ensure quality and appropriateness of services.
- Provide assistance in locating high-priority and difficult TB cases, suspects, and contacts, ensuring their delivery of adequate treatment, including DOT/DOPT, including home visits.
- Responsible for contacting private physicians and hospitals' infection control nurses to ensure confirmed TB cases/suspects are reported within 1 working day.
- Responsible for Quality Improvement for case management and cohort reviews.
- Interpret the care plan and demonstrate appropriate procedures as necessary to licensed vocational nurses, medical assistants, community service aides, and other personnel.
- Lead the team in identifying the needs for modification and implementation of the plan of care for the TB Elimination Program.
- Perform and provide direct patient care as appropriate and needed, informing physicians of changes in client needs or services requested.
- Participate in coordinating total client services in the interest of the patient.
- Assist in making referrals to in-state or out-of-state TB cases/suspects or prophylaxis clients.
- Responsible for obtaining quarantine documentation on TB cases/suspects (warning letter).
- Interview patients or relatives to obtain appropriate health history and TB patient status.
- Assist with Quality Assurance of TB patient records and help with follow-up of referrals (incoming and outgoing).
- Prepare, administer, and record medications as agency policies permit.
- Contribute to the attainment of goals set by the agency by utilizing contact with individuals and the community to establish relationships, which contribute to public awareness and understanding of health services provided.
- Perform tuberculin skin testing, take vital signs, and measurements of clients.
- Prepare equipment and supplies for clinic sessions or outside satellite clinics.
- Clean and maintain clinic equipment and dispose of used supplies carefully and correctly.
- Administer injections according to agency policy and procedure guidelines.
- Work closely with TB community service aides in ensuring proper procedures are followed while administering Direct Observed Therapy TB patients.
- Collect blood samples, natural sputum, or induced sputum specimens, perform pregnancy tests, and follow procedures for labeling and storing specimens as recommended by policy and procedure guidelines.
- Licensed to practice as a Licensed Vocational Nurse for the State of Texas.
- One (1) year experience in providing general health services.
- Knowledge and ability to perform nursing procedures for which the licensed vocational nurse has been trained in the nursing program.
- Knowledge and ability to observe general physical condition of patients to detect signs of abnormalities.
- Knowledge and abilities to record observations completely, concisely, and legibly.
- Knowledge of accepted procedures for disposing of used supplies.
- Knowledge to exercise judgment in the application of nursing care.
- Knowledge and skills in computer software.
- Maintain objective attitude and exercise tact and initiative.
- Ability to record observations completely, accordingly, legibly, and concisely.
- Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
- Ability to follow safety rules on the job and use of protective personal equipment.
- Knowledge of geographic area of Cameron County.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Ability to evaluate information accurately and objectively.
- Must have a valid Texas Driver's License, comply with State of Texas driving laws, and maintain an acceptable driving record.
- Must have reliable transportation.
- Must be bilingual (English/Spanish).
- Employees of Cameron County may be required to work during any natural disaster or emergency, extended hours, and non-traditional work schedules (i.e., Saturdays and Sundays).
- Criminal background check is required for employment or continued employment.
Good health and physical condition sufficient to permit full performance of the duties of the position. If additional assistance is required, employee must request assistance prior to performing the assignment.
