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This position may have a signing bonus available a member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 16,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other. And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

Come join a friendly and inclusive team that provides quality care! Community Healthlink (CHL) recognizes the power of a diverse community and seeks applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds.Community Healthlink (CHL) is looking for a Community Crisis Stablization (CCS) LPN in Worcester.

The North CountyCrisis Stabilization Unit (CSU)serves clients who are admitted due to struggle with a mental health crisis often additionally struggling with substance abuse. Our clients enter the program with an evaluation and client history completed by a qualified clinician prior to admission. The CSU may be used as adiversion to prevent a hospitalization or as a step-downimmediately following a psychiatric hospital discharge to assist the client in transitioning back into the community. The unit receives admissions 24 hours/day, 365 days/year depending on bed availability (13 beds) for clients who do not need hospital level of care and meet the unit's admission criteria. Although a voluntary program, individuals must remain on the unit for the duration of their stay for safety and treatment purposes. Clients meet with a multi-disciplinary team to aid with following their individualized treatment plan and meet their treatment goals as well as a psychiatric workup and medication evaluation.

This position offers anopportunity to join a dynamic, engaged, and caring team that is focused on supporting clients and staff in developing their potential.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Assesses the physical and psychosocial status of patients in all settings by obtaining appropriate patient histories, administering physician/primary care provider orders, nursing assessment, medication administration reconciliation, takes and monitors vitals of clients on the unit, medication administration and documentation.
• Provides appropriate health care and coordinates referrals as prescribed by providers.
• Promotes education and adherence to prescribed treatment protocols.
• Communicates and collaborates with health care facilities when clients are admitted and plans for discharge to ensure continuity of care.
• Facilitates wellness education to individuals and offer groups with health and wellness focus.
• Records all client information within electronic medical record system daily, received by outside healthcare agencies.
• Administers treatments and medications per provider order.
• Performs daily quality control checks for the practice.
• Offers nursing consult on emergency service evaluations.
• Assists with population health screenings and outcomes.
• Demonstrates person centered strength-based communications and relationship with consumers using recovery-oriented principles.
• Maintains and updates knowledge in accordance with the current trends of nursing and compliance with all standards of agency policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates proficiency in completing electronic documentation in compliance with grant requirements, agency, state, and federal guidelines and policies.
• Performs other related duties.

Physical Requirements:

• Must be able to move about the space periodically during the shift.
• Must be able to stoop, crouch, kneel or crawl for various reasons.
• Must be able to hear, understand, and distinguish speech and/or other sounds (e.g., machinery alarms, medicals codes or alarms

Standard Staffing Level Responsibilities:

• Complies with established division and program policies, procedures, and objectives.
• Attends variety of meetings, conferences, and trainings as required or directed.
• Demonstrates use of quality improvement in daily operations.
• Complies with all health and safety regulations and requirements.
• Maintains regular, reliable, and predictable attendance.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Respects diverse views and approaches, demonstrates Standards of Respect, and contributes to creating and maintaining an environment of professionalism, tolerance, civility and acceptance toward all employees, patients and visitors.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited school of Nursing with current license as a Licensed Practical Nurse in the state of Massachusetts.
• 2-4 years' experience in medical nursing essential.
• Recent experience in mental health/substance use preferred.
• All candidates will be subject to a CORI review as outlined in the regulations set by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services. For more information, click

Community Healthlink is an Affirmative Action/ Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate in employment and personnel practices on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, age, ancestry, disability, religion, national origin, marital status, sexual preference, political affiliation or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. Hiring, transferring and promotion practices are performed without regard to the above listed items.

If applicable, Community Healthlink shall also abide by the requirements of 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-741.5(a). These regulations prohibit discrimination against qualified protected veterans and qualified individuals on the basis of disability. These regulations require affirmative action by Community Healthlink to employ and advance in employment qualified protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

We're striving to make respect a part of everything we do at UMass Memorial Health - for our patients, our community and each other. Our six Standards of Respect are: Acknowledge, Listen, Communicate, Be Responsive, Be a Team Player and Be Kind. If you share these Standards of Respect, we hope you will join our team and help us make respect our standard for everyone, every day.

As an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer, UMass Memorial Health recognizes the power of a diverse community and encourages applications from individuals with varied experiences, perspectives and backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, gender identity and expression, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.

If you are unable to submit an application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at talentacquisition@umassmemorial.org. We will make every effort to respond to your request for disability assistance as soon as possible.