LPN Adolescent Nights - $5k Bonus

Acadia•Springdale, AR

About The Position

Yellow Rock Behavioral Health is hiring a full-time Licensed Practical Nurse for a night-shift role at its 102-bed psychiatric residential facility serving girls and boys ages 11–17 with problematic sexual behaviors. The facility provides empirically validated treatment and support to children, teens, and their families through a multidisciplinary team of medical and mental healthcare professionals. The nurse provides care and services within the scope of LPN/LVN practice and applicable state regulations, facility protocols, and corporate policies. The role emphasizes empathetic, professional service and patient safety. The schedule is 7 p.m.–7 a.m., with an every-other-weekend rotation. A $5,000 bonus is advertised.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
Current LPN/LVN license as required by the state.
CPR certification 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 in the clinical area served by the facility is preferred.
First aid may be required depending on state or facility requirements.

Responsibilities

Monitor patient health and provide basic care using the nursing process within the LPN/LVN scope of practice, carrying out care-plan objectives and goals.
Model customer-service expectations and respond with urgency to patient-safety concerns.
Collaborate with others to address patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age-related, developmental, and cultural needs; acknowledge and work to resolve complaints.
Provide basic patient comfort and implement individualized nursing interventions identified in the plan of care.
Use appropriate interventions to promote 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 medications safely in accordance with policies, procedures, physician orders, and current practice.
Maintain professional nursing standards in accordance with facility policies and procedures, governing and credentialing bodies, performance-improvement standards, and psychiatric nursing standards.
Accurately and thoroughly report and document patient symptoms, responses, and progress.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.