Licensed Practical Nurse - Up to $5,000 SOB

Acadia•St. Charles, MO

About The Position

CenterPointe Hospital is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to provide nursing care and services in a behavioral health setting. The LPN works within the standards and scope of nursing practice defined by state regulations and facility and corporate policies, procedures, and protocols. The role emphasizes patient safety and a positive, empathetic, and professional approach to patients and other customers. The position involves monitoring patient health, administering basic care and medications, implementing individualized care plans, communicating with patients and treatment team members, and accurately documenting patient symptoms, responses, and progress. The LPN collaborates with others to address patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age-related, developmental, and cultural needs. Full-time and part-time shifts are available for day, evening, or night schedules. New graduates are encouraged to apply.

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 depending on the state or facility.

Responsibilities

Monitor patient health and provide basic care using the nursing process and LPN/LVN scope of practice to carry out 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, and work to resolve customer complaints.
Provide for patients’ basic comfort and implement individualized nursing interventions in their plans of care.
Use appropriate interventions to support patients’ 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 medications safely in accordance with policies, procedures, physician orders, and current practice.
Maintain professional nursing standards in accordance with facility policies, 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.

Benefits

Sign-on bonus of up to $5,000 for full-time employees during specific shifts.
Pay rate of $32.15 per hour plus shift differential.
Employee discount program through PerkSpot, covering more than 30,000 merchants.
Paid psychiatric training.
Career advancement and cross-training opportunities.
Medical coverage and prescription drug plan.
Flexible spending accounts and health savings accounts.
Vision and dental coverage.
Voluntary short-term and long-term disability coverage.
Employee assistance programs and financial support.
Tuition reimbursement.
Eight-hour shifts and an emphasis on work-life balance.