Licensed Practical Nurse - WIN West
About The Position
The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) will provide educational resources and workshops for chronic health conditions and serve as a health promotion agent to improve health outcomes within transitional and permanent housing programs at the Win West Women's Shelter. This role involves managing the medication system for all clients, providing nursing screenings, assisting with connections to appropriate providers for psychiatric, medical, and substance abuse issues, and participating in clinical meetings. The LPN will also administer medications and injections, provide medication teaching, assist clients with self-administration, offer ongoing health education and support, maintain documentation, and assist with tele-psychiatry operations and coverage for other programs as needed.
Requirements
- New York State licensed LPN
- Must have excellent oral and listening skills
- Must have the ability to interface with clients as well as all levels of staff
- Must have knowledge Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel
Nice To Haves
- Experience working with homeless individuals preferred
Responsibilities
- Management of medication system for all clients at shelter, including receiving and reviewing medications, assisting with calling for refills, assuring safe storage, ensuring clients have appropriate supplies and access, monitoring client reactions for side effects and reporting to prescribing provider, and keeping Medication Self Administration logs, destruction log, and controlled substance log.
- Provides nursing screening of all new clients.
- Assists in connecting psychiatric, medical and substance abuse problems to appropriate providers.
- Participates in weekly clinical meetings with medical staff, shelter case management, & administrative staff.
- Communicates regularly with on-site psychiatric and medical providers, case managers and on-site operations & administrative staff.
- Communicates with off-site psychiatric providers as necessary and appropriate.
- Administers medications ordered by the providers.
- Administers injections ordered by providers.
- Provides medication teaching as needed.
- Assists clients with self-administer medications.
- Provides ongoing health education and support to clients.
- Maintains documentation in compliance with agency policies and procedures.
- Assist with tele-psychiatry operations as scheduled with tele-psychiatry provider at Project Renewal.
- Assist with Primary Care Clinic, Residential, Substance Use Program coverage as needed.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
