Community LPN

BRIDGEWAY BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES•Union, NJ

4h•Onsite

About The Position

Bridgeway supports life goals for employees and persons served, investing in employees with competitive compensation, benefits, training, and a team-oriented culture promoting career development. They foster an environment valuing diversity, inclusivity, equity, and belonging, where everyone learns and grows together. Bridgeway values and promotes quality clinical and administrative practices for the best outcomes in behavioral healthcare, offering a work environment that supports teamwork, creativity, innovation, professional growth, and dedication. As a Community LPN, you will join an evidence-based program and a dynamic team, learning and refining clinical and engagement skills to help people in their recovery journeys. The work is challenging but rewarding, engaging with persons served and co-workers. As part of the CSS team, the Community LPN provides nursing services, direct-support services, care management, education, and primary health care to persons served, ensuring medical needs are addressed in the community. The role also involves supporting and educating other team members in nursing/medical treatment and health care. Nursing practice supervision is provided by an RN or quarterly by the Bridgeway Bridge-to-Wellness Medical Advance Practice Nurse.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Must have graduated from an accredited nursing training program.
Possess and maintain licensure, in good standing, in the State of NJ as an LPN.
One year of technical nursing training supplemented with two years of paid work experience in community nursing.
Valid driver’s license required.
No more than one moving violation within the past 12 months.
Vehicle required.

Responsibilities

Create and Maintain a wellness and recovery-oriented environment by using person-first language, respectful documentation, and person-centered planning, promoting wellness and recovery outcomes.
Create and Maintain a culture of compliance with internal and external policies, regulations, laws and high ethical standards.
Participate with the licensed staff in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the individualized rehabilitation plan.
Perform therapeutic rehabilitative skill development as outlined in the CSS Regulations.
Offer services appropriate to meet person’s served needs as identified in the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Needs Assessment (CRNA) and included in each individuals IRP.
Perform crisis intervention as indicated.
Coordinate and manage services in conjunction with the team.
Provide supportive counseling, medication education, mental health education and early crisis intervention.
Utilize Illness Management and Recovery, WRAP and other relevant health and wellness curriculum to ensure overall wellness is a key focus in the individual’s recovery plan.
Perform evidence-based practices that are appropriate for implementing community support services. This may include Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral and Educational Strategies, Permanent Supportive Housing, IMR and WRAP.
Participate in group and individual supervision. Actively seeks own supervision at least monthly.
As a team member, and specifically as an integral part of the nursing sub-team led by the RN/APN, in the frequent monitoring, assessment and treatment of the mental and physical health care of persons receiving services including ongoing assessment and treatment interventions for metabolic syndrome.
In the development of a nursing assessment, comprehensive assessment and the Individualized Service Plan, providing knowledge and expertise from the nursing discipline.
Administer medication to include: oral, topical and injectable medication.
Perform glucose monitoring as well as teaching persons served in the use and value of glucose monitoring devices.
Supervise medication self-administration to include medication counseling and education on medication indications, side-effects and contraindications.
Monitor and record vital signs, medication reactions and side-effects. May use additional monitoring tools as indicated in Individual Recovery Plan’s.
Assess persons served ambulation needs.
Assist with daily basic care routines such as: bathing, dressing, hygiene.
Provide mental and physical health education, community living skill training and supportive counseling in the home and other natural environments to consumers and significant others, often focusing on psychiatric and primary care medications, side-effects and physical health care.
Provide crisis intervention services for people served who are diagnosed with acute medical needs whose circumstances and conditions require rapid intervention.
Conduct outreach to new direct service recipients and encourages reluctant persons to accept community healthcare services through interventions with person served and/or family members and friends concerned with the person’s welfare.
Provide technical assistance and education to members of the team in the area of psychiatric and physical health care.
Consult with hospital and community medical professionals regarding physical healthcare and wellness needs and coordinate physical healthcare appointments for individuals in preparation for discharge into the community.
Coordinate care management with other service providers and resource people regarding the assessment, treatment and rehabilitation needs of the person receiving services.