LPN Residential 16 Week Assignment (Sylacauga)
About The Position
AltaPointe’s Adult Residential Services provide medical, nursing, clinical, and community support for adults with serious and persistent mental illness. Group homes are supervised 24 hours a day when consumers are on the premises. The program seeks to prevent rehospitalization and support successful community placement through rehabilitation and care focused on returning consumers to the community. The LPN provides nursing care in a residential setting, including medication administration and management, monitoring consumers’ health, crisis response, documentation, and coordination with physicians and the interdisciplinary team. The role also supports consumers with personal care, education, and access to community resources, while maintaining licensing and program requirements.
Requirements
- LPN license.
- Maintain a current state license and meet renewal requirements, including CEUs.
Responsibilities
- Administer medications according to the Seven Rights and monitor consumers for medication side effects, reporting findings to physicians.
- Educate consumers and families about medications, their uses, and potential side effects.
- Review medication administration records daily, ensure medication management and timely refills, and coordinate with medical staff regarding new prescriptions.
- Identify psychiatric and medical needs; communicate with physicians, complete consults, and take orders.
- Observe and interact with consumers, assess their needs, and provide appropriate information during shift handoffs.
- Participate cooperatively in interdisciplinary treatment planning and work with the multidisciplinary team.
- Monitor laboratory results and report abnormal findings to physicians.
- Recognize crisis situations and deescalate or resolve them, including providing emergency care such as CPR, MindSet, and PRN medications.
- Conduct infection-control training for consumers.
- Maintain ongoing compliance with the Nurse Delegation Program, including recertification requirements and taking MAS calls.
- Assist consumers with bathing, toileting, and other personal hygiene needs.
- Ensure AIMS assessments are completed every 90 days, psychotropic consents are maintained, and annual TB skin tests are current.
- Seek clinical supervision and consultation, accept suggestions for improvement, and work to enhance clinical skills.
- Attend regularly scheduled staff meetings and required in-services and workshops.
- Document nursing services and general observations clearly, concisely, accurately, and in a timely manner; keep forms, logs, and other written information updated as appropriate.
- Treat consumers with care, dignity, compassion, gentleness, and calm; respect privacy and confidentiality; and remain sensitive to individual needs and differences.
- Assist consumers and visitors as needed and cooperate pleasantly with others.
- Participate in performance improvement activities and AltaPointe committees as required.
- Complete assigned tasks in a timely manner and access community resources according to consumer needs.
- Comply with AltaPointe policies and procedures and maintain a current state license and renewal requirements, including continuing education units.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
