Pediatric Direct Care Staff - San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
- Eligibility
- LPN
- Unit
- Pediatric
Posted Jun 25 · Not open to new grads
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Full Time
- Setting
- Home Health
- Accepts
- LPN
- Experience
- 1+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Similar roles post
- TX nursing roles that state pay post $35/hr to $51/hr
TX nursing postings that state pay run $28/hr to $62/hr, the middle half $35/hr to $51/hr, across 1481 postings. That covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
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About this role
Healthcare for Kids Inc. provides services for medically complex children. We promote and deliver the highest quality skilled nursing and developmental therapies to children in the communities we serve. The Direct Care Staff serve as an assistant to the RN or LPN by performing regular assignments and responsibilities as assigned under the direction of the nurse. This team member is responsible for providing care in compliance with company policies and within the Direct Care staff scope of practice.
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“Experience: * Daycare: 1 year (Required) * Pediatrics: 1 year (Required) License/Certification: * BLS Certification (Required) Work Location: In person Healt” · from this posting
Requirements
- BLS Certification
- Daycare: 1 year
- Pediatrics: 1 year
- 18 years of age or older
- High school diploma or a general equivalency degree
- One year of experience employed in a healthcare setting providing direct care to minors who are medically or technologically dependent OR Two years of experience
Benefits
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Flexible schedule
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
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- Vision insurance
Place
- City
- San Antonio, Texas
- Median rent
- $1,324/mo
- Local household income
- $65,056/yr
- Metro price level
- 5% below the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
San Antonio area index 94.7, where 100 is the national average.
San Antonio runs about 5% below the national cost-of-living average—median homes near $260,000, one-bedroom rents around $1,072. South Side and East Side still yield three-bedroom houses under $250,000. Alamo Ranch delivers new-construction value; Pearl and Alamo Heights command premiums for brewery-district energy and historic prestige.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024.
How this role fits you
About the employer
On your path
Pediatrics is open from year one. Children's hospitals run their own new grad residencies.
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- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?