Full-time LPN

St. Joseph's Addiction Treatment & Recovery Centers•Town of Harrietstown, NY

4d•$25 - $29•Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the RN, assists in providing nursing services to residents at the Veterans Program in Saranac Lake, NY. This full-time position involves monitoring residents' activities and well-being, providing crisis intervention, assessing withdrawal symptoms, and maintaining clinical logs. The role requires working within a trauma-informed environment and adhering to specific organizational commitments.

Requirements

NYS Licensed Professional Nurse.
Experience working with individuals with substance abuse and trauma disorders.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with military culture preferred.

Responsibilities

Responsible for provision of nursing services to residents.
Assists with monitoring of facility to ascertain residents’ activities and general status of facility.
Initiate appropriate action to ensure safety, wellbeing of residents and facility as required. Document significant activity in the clinical log.
Check any identified resident in need of monitoring because of physical and/or emotional difficulties. Initiate appropriate action as assessment indicates. Document findings in the clinical log.
Available to offer counseling (crisis intervention only) to residents, as needed and documents sessions in staff log and reports to supervisor.
Completes all resident’s incident/accident or medical emergency forms as required.
Answers Phones and provide support to those needing assistance.
Meets regularly with RN/Health Coordinator for supervision as per policy.
Assess and monitor residents experience signs and symptoms of withdrawal using appropriate withdrawal scales.
May perform other duties as assigned.