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Valley Behavioral Health•Barling, AR

11d•Onsite

About The Position

Valley Behavioral Health is hiring full-time LPNs for day and night shifts at its 114-bed hospital in Barling, Arkansas, which supports children, adolescents, and adults. New graduates are encouraged to apply. The role provides nursing care within the standards and scope of nursing practice established by the state Nurse Practice Act and applicable facility and corporate policies, procedures, and protocols. The nurse is expected to demonstrate a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude and prioritize patient safety. The position offers mentorship and career-development opportunities in a team-oriented, safety-first environment. Staff members carry a Personal Panic Alarm for immediate support. A $5,000 sign-on bonus is advertised. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage; a prescription drug plan; FSA and HSA options; short- and long-term disability; employee assistance programs; financial wellness resources; and tuition reimbursement. The job description notes that duties may be added or removed as circumstances require and states the employer's commitment to equal employment opportunity.

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 in the clinical area of service provided by the facility is preferred.
New graduates are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Monitor patient health and administer 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 address patients' physical, biopsychosocial, age-related, developmental, and cultural needs, and work to resolve customer complaints when needs are not met.
Provide for patients' basic comfort and implement nursing interventions identified in individualized plans of care.
Apply appropriate interventions to advance patient 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 patient treatment.
Deliver medications safely in accordance with policies, 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.
Report and document patient symptoms, responses, and progress thoroughly and accurately.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.