LVN, Fort Worth Urgent Care

Cook Children's Health Care System

Fort Worth, Texas

Posted Aug 20

Pay: Not posted
Shift and hours: Evenings36 hours a week
Unit and setting: Urgent Care
License: LVN licenseCurrent license to practice vocational nursing in the State of Texas.
Term: Permanent

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License: Current license to practice vocational nursing in the State of Texas. Check your license
Certification: Current CPR certification. PALS must be obtained within 1 year of hire.After hire · within 1 year
Education: High School Diploma or equivalent required.
Education: Graduate of an accredited school of vocational nursing.

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Experience: Minimum of one year nursing experience in a clinic or office setting preferred. 1 year pediatric experience preferred.

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Shift: Second Shift (United States of America)
Standard weekly hours: 36

Summary

The LVN functions in collaborative practice with physician(s) and advanced practice provider(s)(APP) in the Urgent Care Center (UCC) setting. Provides ambulatory nursing care as directed by physician(s) and advanced practice provider(s), including patient focused assessment, intervention, and education. Skillfully and consistently performs daily clinical duties per established policy and procedure.

Qualifications

High School Diploma or equivalent required. Graduate of an accredited school of vocational nursing. Minimum of one year nursing experience in a clinic or office setting preferred. 1 year pediatric experience preferred. Current license to practice vocational nursing in the State of Texas. Current CPR certification. PALS must be obtained within 1 year of hire.

About Us

Cook Children's Medical Center is the cornerstone of Cook Children's, and offers advanced technologies, research and treatments, surgery, rehabilitation and ancillary services all designed to meet children's needs.

Cook Children's is an EOE/AA, Minority/Female/Disability/Veteran employer.

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In Fort Worth, TX

Fort Worth, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 3% above the US average

Median rent: $1,509/mo
Household income: $79,507/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Fort Worth, TX

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals most often land central: Arlington Heights, Downtown lofts/condos, Fairmount’s Craftsman and Victorian streets off Magnolia Avenue, and TCU-Westcliff/Mistletoe Heights. Reddit locals advise staying central as far south as the TCU area, plus west-central/River Oaks and Camp Bowie. Renter lists also flag West 7th, the Cultural District, Clearfork, and Wedgwood; families and luxury buyers look at Tanglewood, Westcliff, and Rivercrest estates by the Trinity and River Crest Country Club.

Nurses and young professionals most often land central: Arlington Heights, Downtown lofts/condos, Fairmount’s Craftsman and Victorian streets off Magnolia Avenue, and TCU-Westcliff/Mistletoe Heights. Reddit locals advise staying central as far south as the TCU area, plus west-central/River Oaks and Camp Bowie.

Renter lists also flag West 7th, the Cultural District, Clearfork, and Wedgwood; families and luxury buyers look at Tanglewood, Westcliff, and Rivercrest estates by the Trinity and River Crest Country Club.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: reddit.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: viprealtyinfo.com Source 4: apartments.com

Getting aroundCitywide average commute is about 27 minutes, but locals and city guides repeatedly flag heavy traffic and sprawl as the daily tax of growth. Downtown is the transit hub: Trinity Metro buses, Fort Worth Central Station, and the Trinity Railway Express into Dallas; Apartments.com scores downtown walkability 80, transit 50, drivability 70, bikeability 70, with competitive street parking on evenings and weekends. Sources do not map drives to specific hospitals, so hospital-shift timing is not documented here—plan around car dependence outside the core and TRE/bus only if you live and work along those spines.

Citywide average commute is about 27 minutes, but locals and city guides repeatedly flag heavy traffic and sprawl as the daily tax of growth. Downtown is the transit hub: Trinity Metro buses, Fort Worth Central Station, and the Trinity Railway Express into Dallas; Apartments.com scores downtown walkability 80, transit 50, drivability 70, bikeability 70, with competitive street parking on evenings and weekends.

Sources do not map drives to specific hospitals, so hospital-shift timing is not documented here—plan around car dependence outside the core and TRE/bus only if you live and work along those spines.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: extraspace.com Source 2: apartments.com Source 3: youtube.com

OutdoorsThe Trinity River system is the city’s outdoor backbone: Trinity Trails and Trinity Park, with Tanglewood and Overton Park as nearby green add-ons. Fort Worth Botanic Garden (called free and proposal-worthy by locals) and the Fort Worth Zoo (residents often rank it above Dallas and among the state’s best) are the big named attractions; Water Gardens downtown are a day-and-night stop. Westcliff has Foster Park and Bluebonnet Circle. For non-museum, non-bar days, locals also send people indoor climbing at Summit. Stockyards cattle runs are twice daily and function as both spectacle and outdoor street life.

The Trinity River system is the city’s outdoor backbone: Trinity Trails and Trinity Park, with Tanglewood and Overton Park as nearby green add-ons. Fort Worth Botanic Garden (called free and proposal-worthy by locals) and the Fort Worth Zoo (residents often rank it above Dallas and among the state’s best) are the big named attractions; Water Gardens downtown are a day-and-night stop.

Westcliff has Foster Park and Bluebonnet Circle. For non-museum, non-bar days, locals also send people indoor climbing at Summit.

Stockyards cattle runs are twice daily and function as both spectacle and outdoor street life.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: viprealtyinfo.com Source 2: fortworth.com Source 3: quora.com Source 4: reddit.com Source 5: apartments.com

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Fort Worth is still Cowtown in a way Dallas is not: twice-daily cattle runs in the Stockyards, two-stepping at Billy Bob’s Texas, and a Cultural District that actually delivers—the Kimbell and Tadao Ando’s Modern—plus Sundance Square’s free plaza music, Bass Performance Hall, and the Water Gardens. Nurses who want a short, walkable life look at downtown lofts (Trinity Metro and the TRE to Dallas), Arlington Heights and Camp Bowie near museums and Trinity Park, Fairmount off Magnolia Avenue, or TCU-Westcliff. The tradeoffs are not subtle: summer highs over 95°F, a 27-minute average commute that locals say is worsening with sprawl, crime about 49% above the national average and wildly uneven by neighborhood, tornado risk, and public schools that swing from Tanglewood/Westcliff praise to citywide “uneven,” which is why families often shop Aledo, Haslet, Midlothian, or Weatherford. If you want cowboy identity, real museums, and a live-where-you-work core, this is the distinct DFW bet—if you need mild summers or uniform school quality, it is not.

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As of 2026Source 1: fortworth.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: extraspace.com Source 4: viprealtyinfo.com Source 5: apartments.com Source 6: getbellhops.com Source 7: youtube.com

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