Nurse, LPN/RN

Silver Pines Treatment Center is a compassionate residential treatment center in Pennsylvania, providing medically supervised detox, addiction treatment, dual-diagnosis care, and primary mental health treatment for adults. Our 21-bed detox facility offers a welcoming and calming environment for clients to focus on their treatment goals. We combine medical capabilities with the comforts of home, empowering clients to prioritize their physical, mental, and spiritual well-being as they heal.

Position Summary

The LPN/RN is responsible to ensure that the daily operations of the Detox Unit are maintained to promote quality care to clients through assessment, medication management and direct client care. All staff are required to treat clients with respect and dignity.

Relationships and Contacts

Within the organization: Establish and maintain productive working relationships with peers and accounting team members throughout Silver Pines and affiliated facilities.

Outside the organization: Establish and maintain productive working relationships with third party vendors, as necessary.

Position Responsibilities

1. Deliver quality client care through assessment, monitoring and communicating observations and findings with physicians and other members of the treatment team
2. Assist in the identification of medical, emotional, and social needs of the client throughout the detox and at times, residential treatment
3. Assess medical and psychological problems and report significant findings to the physician, physician assistant and client counselor.
4. Complete initial medical and nutritional assessment, chemical dependency, and suicide history along with charting patient care
5. Assist in the performing/monitoring/administration of client medications
6. Promote restoration of health, client and family education and serve as a client advocate
7. Administer TB testing to clients and staff in accordance with PA Department of Health
8. Maintain and adhere to established infection control measures
9. Demonstrate respect toward clients at the same time being firm and direct, supporting them with their personal goals and development
10. Provide appropriate education to staff and client in the treatment program
11. Maintain compliance with all program policies and procedures as well as all state and accreditation standards.
12. Work with multi-disciplinary team to discuss, assess and resolve client issues while also working independently.
13. Coordinate emergency medical care for medical and psychiatric emergencies

Any other duties as assigned or deemed necessary by Physician Assistant or Executive Director

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Minimum Requirements

Education and Experience

• High school diploma/GED equivalent
• Completion of LPN program or Associate/Bachelor Degree in Nursing
• Current PA state licensure
• Basic Life Support certification
• Strong organizational skills, detail orientated
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work independently and multi-task
• Familiar with Pennsylvania Licensure Bill of Patient Rights
• Physical demands
  • Ability to sit, use hands and arms to reach, handle and feel
  • Occasionally need to stand, walk, stoop, or kneel
  • Regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds

• PHI Access: Nurse

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to communicate with peers/general public, clients and/or vendors
• Tolerant to various noise levels: noise level in the work environment varies may be very quiet to moderate
• Job performance will require the ability to move throughout the building as well as sit or remain stationary for extended periods of time
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to talk or hear, sit, stand, walk, reach, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch

Skill Competencies

• Effective Communication
• Excellent Customer Service
• Teamwork
• Consistency
• Adaptability
• Continual Learning & Improvement

Silver Pines provides equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, ethnicity, sex, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, genetic information, service in the military, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law. Equal employment opportunity applies to all terms and conditions of employment. Silver Pines reserves the rights to modify, interpret, or apply this job description in any way the organization desires. This job description in no way implies that these are the only duties, including essential duties, to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities. This job description is not an employment contract, implied or otherwise. The employment relationship remains At-Will.

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