Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

📍 Baltimore, Maryland
💰 $30- $40 per hour
🕒 Full-Time | Days, Evenings, Nights, and Weekends
🚗 Travel: Up to 10%

Provide compassionate nursing care. Promote stability. Support recovery.

About Us

CarePoint Response, Inc. (CPR) is Baltimore’s comprehensive behavioral health crisis response system. Since 1992, we have provided compassionate, evidence-based behavioral health services to individuals experiencing mental health and substance use challenges.

Our mission is to provide timely, effective, and person-centered behavioral health crisis response services in the least restrictive environment. Through crisis intervention, mobile response, withdrawal management, crisis stabilization, residential services, and community-based care, we help individuals and families find hope during life’s most challenging moments.

Program Overview

CarePoint Response provides a continuum of residential and outpatient behavioral health services for individuals experiencing mental health and substance use challenges. Our programs promote stabilization and recovery through evidence-based, trauma-informed care focused on achieving positive and measurable health outcomes.

Our nursing professionals work alongside physicians, registered nurses, therapists, case managers, peer support specialists, and other members of the interdisciplinary treatment team to provide coordinated and responsive care.

The Opportunity

CarePoint Response is seeking a compassionate and dependable Licensed Practical Nurse to provide nursing services to individuals receiving residential and outpatient behavioral health and substance use disorder treatment.

Working under the direction of a Registered Nurse or licensed healthcare provider, the LPN will administer medications and treatments, monitor client health, complete clinical documentation, respond to urgent needs, and contribute to individualized treatment plans.

This position is well suited for a nursing professional who can exercise sound judgment, communicate effectively, and remain calm while supporting individuals experiencing behavioral health or substance use-related challenges.

What You’ll Do

Nursing Care and Monitoring

• Complete nursing assessments and provide ongoing monitoring within the LPN scope of practice.
• Perform physical and behavioral health assessments and identify changes in client condition.
• Promptly communicate significant findings to the Registered Nurse, licensed provider, and treatment team.
• Monitor client responses to treatment and support positive health and recovery outcomes.

Medication Administration and Treatment

• Administer prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with provider orders, organizational policies, and the Maryland Nurse Practice Act.
• Monitor clients for medication effectiveness, side effects, and adverse reactions.
• Follow medication safety protocols and promptly report clinical concerns.

Care Coordination and Client Education

• Collaborate with physicians, registered nurses, therapists, peer support specialists, case managers, and other healthcare professionals.
• Support the implementation of individualized treatment and discharge plans.
• Educate clients and families about medications, treatment plans, wellness strategies, and community resources within the LPN scope of practice.

Crisis Response and Safety

• Respond appropriately to medical and behavioral health crises using established emergency protocols.
• Maintain a safe, supportive, and therapeutic environment.
• Follow infection prevention, risk management, and medication safety procedures.
• Demonstrate professionalism and sound clinical judgment during urgent or challenging situations.

Documentation and Compliance

• Complete accurate, timely, and thorough documentation in the electronic health record.
• Protect client confidentiality and comply with HIPAA requirements.
• Maintain compliance with organizational policies, Maryland Board of Nursing standards, accreditation requirements, and applicable federal and state regulations.
• Participate in quality improvement activities, staff meetings, required training, and continuing education.

Qualifications

Education and Licensure

• Graduate of an accredited practical nursing program.
• Current, unrestricted Licensed Practical Nurse license in the State of Maryland.
• Current CPR/BLS certification.
• Additional behavioral health or substance use treatment certifications are preferred.

Experience

• Two years of nursing experience preferred.
• Experience in behavioral health, psychiatric care, crisis intervention, withdrawal management, residential treatment, or substance use disorder services is strongly preferred.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong medication administration and client-monitoring skills.
• Ability to recognize and communicate changes in client condition.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Accurate and timely clinical documentation skills.
• Ability to work effectively as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Sound judgment and ethical decision-making.
• Ability to remain calm and effective during crisis situations.
• Commitment to trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, and person-centered care.

Why Join CarePoint Response?

🏥 Comprehensive Benefits Package: Our benefits package includes 100% employer-paid healthcare premiums for most available medical plans, providing substantial savings and comprehensive coverage for employees. Additional benefits include Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, Long-Term Disability, a 403(b) Retirement Plan, and generous Vacation, Sick, Personal, and Holiday Leave.

💼 403(b) Retirement Plan

🌴 Generous Paid Time Off

📚 Professional Development and Career Growth Opportunities

🤝 Collaborative, Interdisciplinary Team Environment

💙 Meaningful Work That Changes Lives

Help People Find Stability and Hope

As an LPN with CarePoint Response, you will provide essential nursing support to individuals navigating behavioral health and substance use challenges. Your clinical skills, compassion, and commitment to quality care will make a meaningful difference throughout each person’s recovery journey.

👉 Apply today and become part of the CarePoint Response team!

Salary : $30 - $40