Job Description

Job Description

GQR Healthcare is seeking a LPN / LVN Correctional for a travel job in Huntsville, Texas.

Job Description & Requirements

• Specialty: Correctional
• Discipline: LPN / LVN
• Start Date: 09/06/2025
• Duration: 13 weeks
• 36 hours per week
• Shift: 12 hours, days, nights
• Employment Type: Travel

 
Orientation Dates: 

September 6th & 7th – Conroe Office - Conroe TX
Completed Profiles and CLP Due on: August 18th

Deadline to submit candidates is 8/4 

 
Length: 13 weeks but will be continuous employment. (aka extensions)

 

Shift: Nights; (possible shift times: 1700-0530, 1745-0615)

Days - (possible times: 0430-1700, 0500-1730, or 0545-1815)

 

Hours per week: 36/48-hour rotation

• Full-Time staff will be requested to work a combination of 36 and 48-hour work weeks (12-hour shifts). This could follow a pattern of every other week, it could be 3 weeks in a row of 36 hours then a 4th week of 48 hours, or any other combination. Staff is notified 2+ weeks in advance of their next month's schedule, so they will have time to plan accordingly with family and other employers

OT: Eligibility to work OT Is available contingent on performance 
Based on: 

• Call-ins
• Punctuality
• Unexcused absences
• Cannot have 5 or more consecutive shifts (this will not be approved.)
• Cap at 60 hours total or 20 hours OT. 

Float Requirements: Will be asked to float as needed. They will float to different units that are within 10 - 30 minutes of each other. They would be compensated through the facility for a drive time of up to 30 minutes with a punch correction.

• Nurses could be floated or diverted within 50 miles of the unit they are assigned to work with
• Rarely could be transferred mid-shift but could be
• Miles to/from home is not considered
• Refusal to float or divert they are DNR
• Google Maps is their friend! Satellite view
• Their home base (where they live) is not considered

Scheduling: 

• 4 weeks block booking by the 20th
• Work week is Saturday – Friday, this is how OT is calculated 

Certs: BLS, IV Therapy Cert

• LVN must have IV Therapy 

License: Compact or Texas LVN 
Experience:

• 2 years of LVN experience required
• Travelers that come from HH or hospice can succeed but is rare
• Floor nursing in LTAC or acute care are most successful
• Must have at least 1 Year of Acute Care or Med Surg experience
• LTAC, ER, Skilled Nursing and/or Psych is a plus to succeed in this environment 

Nursing Requirements Direct from Client: 

• Thick skinned
• Independent
• Does not participate in internal issues and gossip
• Successful in a Fast paced environment 

About GQR Healthcare

GQR’s Healthcare team specializes in connecting experts within the industry to highly skilled healthcare professionals across the US market.

In the competitive healthcare market, we recognize that the industry’s common goals of improved quality of care and patient outcomes are wholly reliant upon the professionals directly supporting these initiatives. Leveraging our extensive candidate network, we deliver continuity of care for the communities our partners serve to ensure the patient experience is of the highest quality.

Through deep market specialization and a unique approach to talent acquisition, GQR Healthcare provides an unparalleled and personalized experience across all medical specialties in nursing and within diverse healthcare platforms across the industry.

Job Tags

Full time, Work at office, Work from home, Shift work, Night shift, Saturday,

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