Detox LPN

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

We are currently seeking LPNs who understand the special touch that mental health / substance abuse patients require. The ideal candidate will have the following qualities :

• Compassion towards people in recovery and in mental health treatment
• Excellent nursing judgment
• Willingness to work with clients of all backgrounds and populations
• Patience with mental health and substance use patients
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Willingness to learn new skills
• Self-starter and problem solver
• Psych / Detox experience a major plus but passion for working with this population is a requirement!
• We are a new grad and LGBTQA+ friendly facility!

Requirements : Job Duties include :

Job Duties include :

• Assisting with the taking and recording of daily client vital signs and assessments
• Administering medications and treatments as per provider protocol
• Assisting RNs and DON with patient admissions and discharges
• Recording client observations and reporting to the medical team as needed
• Compassionately interacting with the client population to encourage engagement in treatment
• Maintain a safe and sanitary environment
• Attending staff training and meetings as required by the employer
• Communicating with the pharmacy as needed
• Completing patient nursing admissions not limited to : intake surveys, blood draws, TB testing, Genesight swabbing
• Follows all policies and procedures with regard to patient information protection, including alcohol-drug patient confidentiality and HIPAA
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications :

• Current licensure in TN as an LPN.
• Able to read, analyze, and interpret policies and directions, and present information effectively, both orally and written
• Ability to work with both chemically dependent and individuals in psychiatric care in a non-judgmental, compassionate fashion
• Demonstrated ability to establish effective working relationships with other staff as well as with referral sources
• Job requires regular sitting, standing, walking, stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, reaching, pushing, pulling, twisting, writing, etc.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to : sit; use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, implements or office equipment;

talk and hear; stand and walk, reach with hands and arms; stoop or kneel. Employee must occasionally lift up to 50 pounds and occasionally be able to assist an adult weighing 100-200 pounds.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance and color vision and the ability to adjust focus.

• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions from a wide variety of data and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Experience worked with people in recovery or in mental heath treatment a plus, professionally, or personally!
7 days ago