Licensed Vocational Nurse

HCA Houston Healthcare; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 50,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401(k) match

Tuition assistance

Education support

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood is seeking an Emergency Room LPN/LVN to provide safe, high-quality care in a fast-paced ER. You will stabilize patients, support urgent interventions, and collaborate with a skilled ER team to deliver lifesaving care.

The role emphasizes accuracy in documentation, rapid assessment, and compassionate patient-family education in high-stress moments.

Qualifications

• LPN/LVN license and active status.
• ACLS and BCLS must be obtained within 30 days of start date.
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention within 60 days of employment start date.
• 1 year ER experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Administer medications and assist with emergency procedures.
• Document patient assessments and interventions clearly for hand-offs.
• Monitor patient conditions and respond quickly to changes.
• Educate patients and families with clear, compassionate explanations.

Education

LPN/LVN license

Job description

Stroke response times nearly half of the national average. Cutting-edge SPOT Technology that detects sepsis earlier than the human eye. An Enhanced Surgical Recovery program that reduces opioid prescriptions and post-surgical readmissions. As a national learning health system, we're transforming care delivery, advancing clinical outcomes, and empowering our nursing teams in a collaborative effort to give people a healthier tomorrow. Join us!

Job Summary And Qualifications

As an Emergency Room LPN/LVN at HCA Healthcare, you’ll play a vital role in delivering safe, high-quality care when every second counts. You will use your clinical skills, steady focus, and attention to detail to help stabilize patients and support urgent interventions. You will work alongside a highly skilled ER team committed to providing lifesaving care and improving human life – one critical moment at a time.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting emergency care by administering medications, assisting with procedures, monitoring conditions, and performing vital tests within your scope
• Documenting patient assessments, observations, and interventions clearly to support seamless hand-offs and coordinated care
• Monitoring patient conditions and responding quickly to changes to support timely treatment and patient safety
• Educating patients and families with compassion, explaining care and health information in a way that’s easy to understand during
• Working closely with nurses, providers, and the entire ER team to deliver responsive, patient-first care in a fast-moving setting

What qualifications you will need:

• Advanced Cardiac Life Spt must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Basic Cardiac Life Support must be obtained within 30 days of employment start date
• Nonviolent Crisis Intervention must be obtained within 60 days of employment start date
• (LPN/LVN) Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurse
• No Travel Required
• 1 years experience Required Years of Experience

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Note:

Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

As a full-service, 420+ bed acute care hospital, HCA Houston Healthcare Kingwood has provided the northeast Houston community with high-quality, cost-effective healthcare for over 25 years. We are dedicated to providing comprehensive, quality care, close to home. Our Women’s Center offers high-risk OB care, a Level III NICU, and pediatric services. We have an advanced Brain & Spine Center, which includes a DNV Comprehensive Stroke Center and the Sleep Center of Excellence. Our Orthopedic Center offers total joint replacement surgery using advanced technology. Other services include innovative and customized cardiovascular services, including open heart and vascular surgery and state‑of‑the‑art imaging and endoscopy services for more accurate diagnosis and treatment plans. We are also a Certified Level I Stroke Center and an Accredited Chest Pain Center. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual." - Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr. HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.