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Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Acadia Healthcare
Louisville, United Statespart_timeVerifiedPosted 24 Sept 2024
💰 $48,000/yr

About the role

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) 

Full-Time

Night Shift 6pm-6am

Come join our team as an LPN, at Village Behavioral Health! We are looking for individuals who are passionate about behavioral health. If you are interested in making a difference in the lives of adolescents in our community through compassion and therapeutic practices and having a position that helps with career growth, this position is right for you!

Benefits:

  • Paid Holidays
  • Paid Time Off
  • Paid Orientation/Training
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
  • HSA & FSA
  • Company Paid Basic Life & AD&D
  • Disability
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan - with company match
  • Employee Assistance Program/Employee Discount Program
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • Food provided
  • Growth opportunities
  • Casual work attire
  • Safe work environment
  • Positive atmosphere
  • Shift differential pay

Pay Range: $24.00-27.00/hour

Shift Differentials:

  • +$3.00 from 3p-11p (Weekdays)
  • +$4.00 from 11p-7a (Weekdays)
  • +$3.00 from 12a-12a (Saturday and Sunday)

Benefits:

  • Paid Orientation/Training
  • Employee Assistance Program/Employee Discount Program
  • Food provided
  • Growth opportunities
  • Casual work attire
  • Safe work environment
  • Positive atmosphere
  • Shift differential pay

Essential Duties:

  • Monitor patient health and administer basic care utilizing the nursing process within the LPN/LVN scope of practice in carrying out care plan objectives and goals.
  • Role model expectations related to customer service and demonstrates a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety.
  • Collaborate with others to ensure that patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met and when they are not met, acknowledges and works to resolve customer complaints.
  • Provide for the basic comfort of patient, implement nursing interventions identified in the plan of care that is individualized to their needs.
  • Apply appropriate interventions to progress the patient towards wellness and address maintenance of wellness.
  • Discuss the care provided with patient and listen to their concerns. Report status changes and concerns to registered nurses and doctors.
  • Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patient, visitors, coworkers and others involved in the patient's treatment in an effective manner.
  • Provide for the safe delivery of medication in accordance with policies and procedures, physicians orders and/or current practice.
  • Maintain standards of professional nursing practice in accordance with facility policy and procedures, other external governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards and psychiatric nursing standards.
  • Responsible for thorough, accurate reporting and documentation of the patient symptoms, responses and progress.

Requirements:

  • Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required.
  • One or more years' of nursing experience within clinical area of service provided by facility preferred.
  • Current LPN/LVN license as required by state.
  • CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

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