Licensed Practical Nurse (Floater)

Job Description: The LPN (Floater) provides flexible nursing care across the various WellStone locations, manages patient assessments, medication administration, and multidisciplinary team support. The candidate for this position must be able to provide flexible coverage with schedules that include 8 and 12-hour shifts depending on program needs.

What you’ll be doing:

• Collect vital signs, track symptoms, and assist with physical and mental health assessments.
• Dispense daily medications, administer injections, and audit medication logs across different assigned units.
• Travel and adapt quickly to various behavioral health departments, residential units, or outpatient programs based on daily staffing shortages.
• Coordinate patient care updates with psychiatrists, registered nurses, and case manager.
• Provide oversight to the Behavioral Health Tech/Behavioral Aide working with clients.
• Obtain information from client regarding his/her physical status.
• Make inquiries of client to include any changes with him/her, symptoms, etc.
• Assess medication side effects and/or adverse reactions.
• Perform medication monitoring.
• Perform crisis intervention techniques as needed.
• Interface with local laboratories to obtain test results.
• Answer telephones.
• Ensure required training is up to date.
• Maintain licensure in the State of Alabama.
• Complete and maintain documentation in a timely manner.
• Attend staff meetings.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize and use effective listening and communication skills both verbal and written.
• Ability to remain calm and effective in emergency situations.
• Ability to provide a safe environment and promote quality care through adherence to established standards of care and facility policies, procedures and protocols.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

This job description is only a summary of the typical functions of the job and is not designed to be an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all possible duties, tasks, or responsibilities that are required of the employee as they may change, or new ones may be assigned at any time with or without notice.

What we’re looking for: 

• Valid, unencumbered AL Nursing License
• At least two years’ Nursing experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent organizational skills to include time management
• Previous experience in mental/behavioral health field, preferred
• Current BLS/CPR, SAMA, and CPI certifications (or ability to obtain)
• Proficient computer experience to include Electronic Health Record (EHR)

Benefits

What we offer:

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision premiums
• State Retirement participation through RSA plus an optional 457b plan with a company match
• Nine (9) paid holidays throughout the year
• Ability to continually accrue up to 15 days of PTO a year (unused rolls over)
• Company-paid Group Life and AD&D insurance and Long-Term Disability
• Licensure reimbursement
• Tuition discounts through learning partnerships with Athens State University, Capella University, and Wallace State Community College

We are compassionate towards those impacted by behavioral health disorders.

We are dedicated to one another through collaboration and teamwork.

We are optimistic problem-solvers who do what it takes to get the job done.