Nurse, LPN

Who We Are:

Pasadena Villa Great Lakes is a residential psychiatric facility in Battle Creek, Michigan. Our campus provides a beautiful modern aesthetic in a therapeutic environment, ideal for healing and recovery, including areas for reflection, outdoor walking trails, a pond water feature, and a state-of-the-art wellness and fitness center.

What We Offer:

• Team driven culture based on our 5 Star Service Commitment
• Multiple Career Development Pathways
• Company Supported Continuing Education & Certification
• Multiple Health Plan Design Options Available
• Flexible Dental & Vision Plan Options
• 100% Company Paid EAP Emotional Well-Being Support
• 100% Company Paid Critical Illness (with health enrollment plan)
• 100% Company Paid Life & ADD
• 401K with Company Match
• Company-Sponsored HSA, FSA, & DSA Tax Savings Accounts
• Parental Leave
• Generous Team Member Referral Program

How You Will Contribute:

Position Summary

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) interacts with the clients and team members throughout their shift, providing high quality client-centered care within a specialized residential behavioral healthcare setting. The LPN collaborates with team members to ensure a safe and therapeutic environment is maintained within the treatment facilities. Position works alongside the Registered Nurse to carry out physician orders, prepare, and administer medications, assess, and document client conditions, and facilitate outside diagnostic or medical services that are ordered by the physician. 

Relationships and Contacts

Within the organization:  Maintains frequent and close working relationships with peers, immediate supervisor, and leadership throughout the facility.

Outside the organization: May initiate and maintain working relationships with clients, third party providers, pharmacies/suppliers, labs, and vendors, as needed.

Position Responsibilities

Essential Responsibilities

1. Assists Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners and Physicians in identifying client needs, problems, capabilities, and limitations.
2. Communicates observations with other clinical team members and makes recommendations for plan of care, providing input into the treatment team process.
3. Identifies abnormal diagnostic data and brings to the attending physician’s attention.
4. Documents the administration of medication in according to established policies and procedures.
5. Coordinates all pharmacy and laboratory orders, delivery, and refills with the appropriate vendors.
6. Ensures controlled medications are secured, monitors the administration and accurate recording of use.
7. Administers medications according to physician orders and medication administration record.
8. Administers injections including Tuber sol PPD reading, Long-Acting Antipsychotic injectables, other Intramuscular Injections, as ordered.
9. Collaborates with team members to maintain a therapeutic environment in collaboration with other staff.
10. Documentation reflects ongoing assessments of client’s behaviors and feelings as expressed.
11. Prepares clients for discharge through individualized counseling and instruction prior to discharge in a clear and concise manner; providing written instructions if needed.
12. Provides education to residents and families about medications, side effects, contraindications, and physical symptoms through individual counseling and group counseling.
13. Provides review of clinical records for accuracy and quality documentation.
14. Assists in the coordination of admissions, transfers, and discharges to provide a smooth and efficient flow of communication.
15. Supports and adheres to facility infection control program.

Additional Responsibilities

1. Can be relied upon to be at work as scheduled and is rarely absent from work, notifying the supervisor if absent.
2. Demonstrates an ability to adapt to changes in the facility function, management styles, and facility routines.
3. Reads, understands, and adheres to all company policy statements on ethics, conduct, and conflict of interests.
4. Adheres to facility policies, procedures, rules, and regulations, implementing regularly.
5. Maintains positive attitude and acts as a team player with others on the treatment team.
6. Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements

Education and Experience

Must have graduated from an Accredited Nursing program, hold an active LPN license in the state of Michigan and have 1 years of nursing experience, preferably in a behavioral healthcare setting.

Physical Requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee will be required to communicate with peers, clients and/or vendors.
• Job performance will require the ability to move throughout the building as well as participate in activities outdoors and off facility grounds.
• Performs duties that require the employee to stand and walk for extended periods of time.
• May sit or remain stationary for 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 or crawl, taste, or smell.
• Ability to move twenty-five pounds.

Additional Requirements

• Position requires incumbent to have a valid driver’s license and acceptable driving record.
• Clearance of criminal background, TB test, and any other mandatory state/federal requirements.
• Current CPR and First Aid certification

Skill Competencies

• Demonstrates ability to assess suicide/homicide risk and create clinically appropriate interventions.
• Demonstrates an understanding of identifying abuse/neglect in client population.
• Documents timely/thoroughly, follows format, satisfies requirements, and outlines plan of care/therapy issues, assessments, safety issues, and managed in a highly confidential manner.
• Completes comprehensive nursing assessments and aids in the development of a treatment plan.
• Demonstrates the ability to chart vitals, daily assessments, group notes, shift notes, and enters physician orders.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform physical assessments including vital signs and to recognize symptoms and distress of clients in treatment.
• Demonstrates effective verbal/written communication of clinical information during shift hand off.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform an EKG and sends to the appropriate medical team.
• Administers medications; provides education to clients and their families about medications; completes medication orders/refills per physician’s orders. 
• Manages the nursing area including ensuring that medications are secured, and only authorized individuals have access. 
• Demonstrates the ability to properly complete the admission and discharge process.
• Documents assessment of abnormal involuntary movements (AIMS) in clients receiving antipsychotic medications
• Demonstrates proper management of biohazards.
• Demonstrates the ability to perform venipuncture and maintain universal precautions while collecting blood.
• Demonstrates ability to schedule lab pick-up and upload results in chart.
• Demonstrates clinical knowledge of specialized treatment; including established behavioral patterns (including age-related issues).

Pasadena Villa-Great Lakes 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 Pasadena Villa – Great Lakes 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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