Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Acadiana Treatment Center•Sunset, LA

About The Position

Acadiana Treatment Center (ATC), a 42-bed residential treatment center providing behavioral health services to adolescents, is seeking Licensed Practical Nurses to provide professional nursing care in a supportive and therapeutic environment. The role provides care within the standards and scope of nursing practice established by state Nurse Practice Act regulations and facility and corporate policies, procedures, and protocols. Nurses are expected to maintain a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude and prioritize patient safety. The posting seeks full-time night-shift staff.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current LPN/LVN license as required by the state.
CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification; training is available upon hire and offered by the facility.

Nice To Haves

One or more years of nursing experience within the clinical area of service provided by the facility.
First aid may be required based on state or facility.

Responsibilities

Monitor patient health and administer basic care within the LPN/LVN scope of practice, using the nursing process to carry out care-plan objectives and goals.
Model customer-service expectations and demonstrate urgency regarding patient safety.
Collaborate with others to address patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age-related, developmental, and cultural needs, and acknowledge and work to resolve customer complaints.
Provide for patients’ basic comfort and implement individualized nursing interventions identified in their plans of care.
Apply appropriate interventions to support patients’ progress toward wellness and maintain wellness.
Discuss care with patients, listen to their concerns, and report status changes and concerns to registered nurses and doctors.
Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers, and others involved in treatment.
Deliver medication safely in accordance with policies and procedures, physicians’ orders, and current practice.
Maintain professional nursing practice standards in accordance with facility policies and procedures, external governing and credentialing bodies, performance-improvement standards, and psychiatric nursing standards.
Thoroughly and accurately report and document patient symptoms, responses, and progress.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.