LPN (ACT Team)

Brightli • Indianapolis, IN

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Licensed Practical Nurse will serve clients by conducting various nursing duties across numerous outpatient psychiatry, addictions, & housing services while implementing & maintaining the therapeutic client-clinic staff relationship.

Requirements

• Valid licensure as a practical nurse
• Secures client information and maintains confidentiality by completing and safeguarding medical records.
• Knowledge and implementation of safeguarding protected health information by methods such as maintaining private user names and passwords, encryption, and other methods as indicated.
• Ability to read & interpret documents such as lab results, notes & documents within an electronic health record, safety rules, operating & maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to write routine reports & correspondence clearly & effectively via multiple methods, in various platforms.
• Communicates effectively & therapeutically to clients, family members, employees, & other contacts within the community in-person, via telephone, and via video conferencing.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, & divide all units of measure using whole numbers, common fractions, & decimals.
• Ability to apply common-sense understanding to carry out instructions provided in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to problem solve involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Shall be able to follow direction and accept supervision.
• Successful completion of background check including criminal record, driving record, abuse/neglect and fingerprint check.
• Completion of New Hire Orientation at the beginning of employment.
• All training requirements including Relias at the beginning of employment and annually thereafter.
• Current driver’s license, acceptable driving record and current auto insurance.

Nice To Haves

• one year of experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Functions as a resource person for nursing & medical issues.
• Oversees infectious disease control, client hygiene, and related client & facility health issues, under the supervision of nursing leadership.
• Performs all appropriate nursing assessments per service line requirements, utilizing a high level of clinical competence. Examples include but are not limited to: AIMS, physical & mental health assessments, and psychiatric screeners.
• Administers or oversees administration of medications via various methods (oral, injection, & others as indicated) according to service line requirements.
• Carries out complete documentation of medication administration per service line requirements.
• Conducts Medication Administration Record (MAR) reviews as indicated and daily medication counts according to regulatory & service line standards.
• Monitors house stock of medications & refill status for housing clients.
• Prepares pass medications as needed according to service line.
• Conducts medication destruction as needed and on a routine basis, according to service line.
• Communicates with clients regarding medication questions & needs; stages refill requests to providers according to standard operating policies & procedures.
• Rooming of clients, verification of client data / medical history, confirming purpose of visit, obtaining necessary physical preliminary requirements such as blood draw, urine sample, height, weight, blood pressure, pulse, and temperature.
• Completes all required documentation in a timely manner as indicated per our company policies & procedures.
• Examples of required documentation may include but are not limited to: nursing assessments, all physical & spoken interventions with clients (such as phone calls, check-ins, and laboratory tasks), conducts nursing-led educational groups & one-on one sessions, and completes & reviews client safety plans & psychiatry screeners as indicated.
• Guarantees that all medical & medication records are up-to-date and accurate.
• Ensures appropriate prior authorization paperwork is completed for maintenance of client medication compliance.
• Assists as needed with general lab & phlebotomy duties such as venipuncture & obtaining urine samples while following universal infection control precautions.
• Enters lab requisitions electronically via outside lab processing company.
• Coordinates communication of results of all labs performed to ordering providers via entry into the EHR.
• Communicates critical results immediately via entry into the EHR, email/instant messaging, & verbally, as appropriate to providers.
• Assists, according to service line with ensuring medical appointments are made & kept.
• Is available as on-call resource for needs after-hours per service line requirements, as assigned.
• Interviews clients, families &/or guardians to gather pertinent nursing & medical history.
• Secures client records from outside agencies when necessary.
• Participates in all required meetings as assigned.
• Performs other related duties as required, assigned, &/or delegated by nursing leadership.

Benefits

• Paid time off: full-time employees receive an attractive time off package to balance your work and personal life
• Employee benefits package: full-time employees receive health, dental, vision, retirement, life, & more
• Top-notch training: initial, ongoing, comprehensive, and supportive
• Career mobility: advancement opportunities/promoting from within
• Welcoming, warm, supportive: a work culture & environment that promotes your well-being, values you as human being, and encourages your health and happiness

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree