What are the responsibilities and job description for the LPN - Metabolic Screening Nurse position at Ozark Center?
Job Description Summary
The Healthcare Home (HCH) Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Care Coordinator is responsible for delivering supportive services to individuals with a variety of medical needs and behavioral health issues (including both substance use and mental health). They function as a supportive role to Nurse Care Managers and provide services to Healthcare Home clients to promote their dignity, independence, and overall well-being. The HCH LPN demonstrates a warm, welcoming, empathic, and hopeful attitude, conveying a philosophy of dual recovery. They will be trained in trauma-informed care and will provide services in a sensitive and responsive environment to prevent victimization, abuse, or trauma to clients. They will work under the supervision of the Healthcare Home Director.
Education
The Healthcare Home (HCH) Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Care Coordinator is responsible for delivering supportive services to individuals with a variety of medical needs and behavioral health issues (including both substance use and mental health). They function as a supportive role to Nurse Care Managers and provide services to Healthcare Home clients to promote their dignity, independence, and overall well-being. The HCH LPN demonstrates a warm, welcoming, empathic, and hopeful attitude, conveying a philosophy of dual recovery. They will be trained in trauma-informed care and will provide services in a sensitive and responsive environment to prevent victimization, abuse, or trauma to clients. They will work under the supervision of the Healthcare Home Director.
Education
- High School Diploma or equivalent
- Diploma in Practical Nursing
- Current LPN license by the State of Missouri.
- Meets with clients via phone, telehealth, or in person for various reasons, including but not limited to, enrollment and/or discharge, post hospitalization follow up, education, coordination of intake/annual screening and metabolic screening, confirmation of benefits, and eligibility determination.
- Performs data control and data entry, develops/builds/updates files, handles special projects, files records/documentation, communicates with other disciplines as appropriate, and completes other duties as assigned.
- Supports each Nurse Care Manager with client-related tasks for case management team.
- Collaborates with the Healthcare Home Director to ensure that each team receives an equitable balance of support and to assure a fair balance of workload for all team members.
- Completes all required documentation within established timeframes and according to quality standards set by State and Federal regulations, CARF certifications, and program expectations.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
- Typical office environment with physical demands including prolonged sitting, frequent standing, bending, stooping, and occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds
- Requires a normal range of hearing and manual dexterity sufficient to operate a keyboard, telephone, photocopier, calculator, lab equipment, and other office equipment as needed.
- Requires ability to work under stressful conditions, to work varied hours, and to deal with anxious or irate individuals.
- TB Test upon hire.
