LPN (CCCA) Full Time

Virginia Information Technologies Agency•Broadway, VA

25d•Onsite

About The Position

To provide high quality acute psychiatric evaluation, crisis stabilization, and intensive short-term treatment that empowers children and their families to make developmentally appropriate choices and that strengthens children’s hope, resilience, and self-esteem.

Requirements

Knowledge of illness and treatment modalities esp to include medication management.
Ability to implement nursing care plan and provide guidance to Psychiatric Care Techs as necessary.
Computer skills and ability to document without error in the Electronic Health Record required.
Skilled at communicating with a young patient population with special needs.
Able to communicate effectively at all levels across treatment teams and within nursing department.
Demonstrated knowledge of mental health psychiatric diagnosis, trauma-informed care, and treatments.

Nice To Haves

Veteran status.
Bilingual language skills.

Responsibilities

Provide high quality acute psychiatric evaluation, crisis stabilization, and intensive short-term treatment.
Empower children and their families to make developmentally appropriate choices.
Strengthen children’s hope, resilience, and self-esteem.
Implement nursing care plan.
Provide guidance to Psychiatric Care Techs as necessary.
Document without error in the Electronic Health Record.
Communicate effectively at all levels across treatment teams and within the nursing department.