Job Title: Licenses Practical Nurse (LPN)

Report to: Director of Nursing

Location: 23 Duke St New Brunswick NJ 08901

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Description:

The License Practical Nurse provides direct support to clients while also assisting the registered nurse on duty to complete any necessary tasks.

Primary Job Responsibilities:

• Assisting the Registered Nurse in any request/computer documentation.
• Facilitate communication between technicians and RNs.
• Complete Health History on client.
• Supervise and manage the behavior of the clients and provide behavioral interventions.
• Implement therapeutic activities and facilitate development of independent living skills.
• Fill-out medication invoices.
• Complete phlebotomy paperwork.
• Assist with Prior Authorizations for Vivitrol.
• Maintain and audit logs for Controlled Substances.
• Keep track of Physician/Nurse Practitioner schedules.
• Complete client vital signs.
• Report any concerns and/or client behavior to the recovery technician supervisor and/or nurse on duty.
• Oversee the cleanliness of the units, including room cleaning upon discharge of client and ensure the proper use of equipment and supplies.
• Screen clients' belongings and/or persons upon admission and routinely as needed.
• Fill out intake paperwork with clients when they enter the facility.
• Monitor what is needed for the business office and client spaces for inventory.
• Enter information at the end of each shift in the shift report log on the computer.
• Monitor scheduled and random urine screens.
• Assume other related responsibilities as delegated by management.
• Work as a team player with staff members
• Deliver exceptional service consistently to every client.
• Exercise confidentiality in keeping with the professional Code of Conduct and HIPPA.
• Provide group facilitation as scheduled.
• Follow program schedule and oversee clients are following the program schedule.
• Room checks make sure all clients are accounted for.
• Daily client room searches.
• Administration of injectable medication at the Detoxification/Short-Term Residential Programs and Outpatient Program locations as needed and as scheduled by the Medical Liaison in conference with the Director of Nursing.

Qualifications:

• Must have at least two (2) years sober if in recovery
• Must have experience working in substance abuse industry.
• LPN license required

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties and responsibilities of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities. In the course of performing this job, one typically spends time sitting, walking, standing, driving, listening, speaking, typing, reading and writing. In addition, an employee may be asked to carry or lift up to 20 lbs.