Job Summary

The Licensed Vocational Nurse is responsible for delivering quality general/psychiatric nursing care to patients who are hospitalized for treatment of psychiatric or emotional disorders, support the hospital and program philosophy of care and to ensure the safety and well-being of each patient.

Essential Duties:

• Monitor the health and well-being of medical and/or non-medical tasks of the Child, Adolescent and Adult for a given shift.
• Helps with the guidance of non-professional personnel in observing individuals for changes in conditions or behavior and reporting these changes to the charge nurse (RN).
• Provides prescribed medical treatment to individuals.
• Displays basic knowledge of treatment procedures and interventions common to acute psychotic as well as non-violent crises intervention practice.
• Basic knowledge of abnormal psychology as typically found in the child or adolescent psychiatric population, application of this knowledge to child, adolescent or adult knowledge of medical terminology, especially those terms associated with child, adolescent or adult psychiatric care.
• Familiarity of psychopharmacy and the use of psychotropic medications with child, adolescent or adult psychiatric population.
• Performs other related duties as assigned by professional staff.