LPN PRN SUD

Acadia • Ball Ground, GA

3d • Onsite

About The Position

Blue Ridge Mountain Recovery is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to provide nursing care and services in accordance with the state Nurse Practice Act, applicable standards and scope of practice, and facility and corporate policies and procedures. The role emphasizes patient safety, compassionate and professional customer service, and supporting individuals receiving substance use disorder treatment on their recovery journey.

The LPN monitors patient health, provides basic care, implements individualized care plans and nursing interventions, administers medication safely, and communicates with patients and members of the treatment team. The position also requires accurate reporting and documentation of patients’ symptoms, responses, and progress. The role is based at the facility’s campus in Ball Ground, Georgia. Shifts are 12 hours, with day hours of 6:30 a.m.–6:30 p.m. or night hours of 6:30 p.m.–6:30 a.m. A full week of orientation during day hours is required.

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.
• Ability to attend a full week of orientation during day hours.

Nice To Haves

• One or more years of nursing experience in the clinical area of service provided by the facility is preferred.
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.

Responsibilities

• Monitor patient health and provide basic care using the nursing process within the LPN/LVN scope of practice to carry 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 work to resolve customer complaints.
• Provide for patients’ basic comfort and implement individualized nursing interventions identified in their plans of care.
• Apply appropriate interventions to support patient wellness and its maintenance.
• 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 medication safely in accordance with policies and procedures, physician orders, and current practice.
• Maintain professional nursing practice 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.

What This Job Offers

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