LPN / LVN - FT Nights

Life Center of Galax•Galax, VA

5d•$23 - $33

About The Position

Life Center of Galax is hiring a full-time Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) / Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) to provide nursing care in its residential, outpatient, and detox rehabilitation programs. The facility provides personalized treatment for substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health concerns. The role is described as full-time, with the heading indicating nights; the overview also lists day-shift and night-shift schedules: 7 a.m.–7 p.m. or 7 p.m.–7 a.m. The LPN/LVN provides care within the scope of nursing practice and applicable state regulations, facility and corporate policies, and procedures. The nurse monitors patient health, administers basic care and medications, implements individualized care plans, communicates with patients and care-team members, and documents patient symptoms, responses, and progress. Patient safety, professional conduct, and a positive, empathetic approach to customers are emphasized. Pay is $23.25 to $33.00 per hour. Acadia Healthcare offers a benefits package that includes medical and prescription coverage, flexible spending and health savings accounts, vision and dental coverage, voluntary short- and long-term disability coverage, employee assistance programs, financial support, and tuition reimbursement.

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 served by the facility is preferred.
First aid may be required depending on state or facility.

Responsibilities

Monitor patient health and provide basic care within the LPN/LVN scope of practice while carrying out care-plan objectives and goals.
Model customer-service expectations and respond with urgency to patient-safety concerns.
Collaborate with others to address patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age-related, developmental, and cultural needs, and acknowledge and work to resolve customer complaints.
Provide for patients’ basic comfort and implement nursing interventions in individualized plans of care.
Use appropriate interventions to help patients progress toward 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 treatment.
Deliver medications safely in accordance with policies and procedures, physicians’ orders, and current practice.
Maintain professional nursing standards in accordance with facility policies and procedures, 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.