LPN Adolescent Nights - $5k Bonus

Yellow Rock Behavioral Health•Springdale, AR

About The Position

Yellow Rock Behavioral Health is hiring a full-time Licensed Practical Nurse for the night shift at its 102-bed psychiatric residential facility serving girls and boys ages 11 to 17 who are experiencing 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 standards and scope of nursing practice, applicable state Nurse Practice Act regulations, and facility and corporate policies and procedures. The role calls for a positive, empathetic, and professional approach, with patient safety as a top priority. The schedule is 7 p.m. to 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 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 is preferred.
First aid may be required based on state or facility requirements.

Responsibilities

Monitor patient health and provide basic care using the nursing process within the LPN/LVN scope of practice, in support of care-plan objectives and goals.
Model customer-service expectations and demonstrate urgency regarding patient safety.
Collaborate with others to meet patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age-related, developmental, and cultural needs; acknowledge and work to resolve customer complaints when needs are not met.
Provide for patients’ basic comfort and implement individualized nursing interventions identified in their plans of care.
Apply appropriate interventions to support progress toward wellness and maintenance of 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 standards in accordance with facility policies and procedures, external 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.