LPN Days

Mount Regis Center•Salem, VA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Mt Regis Recovery is hiring experienced LPNs for Mount Regis Center, a 68-bed, fully accredited and licensed drug and alcohol treatment center in Salem, Virginia. The center provides detox, residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient services for adults aged 18 and older. The role monitors patient health and administers basic nursing care within the LPN/LVN scope of practice, supporting individualized care plans and patient progress toward wellness. The listed starting pay is $24.50 per hour, with higher pay based on experience. The full-time schedule is 7 a.m.–7 p.m., 36 hours per week, with rotating weekends and nights.

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 within 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 administer basic care using the nursing process within the LPN/LVN scope of practice and in support of care plan objectives and goals.
Model customer-service expectations and demonstrate urgency regarding patient safety.
Collaborate with others to address patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age-related, developmental, and cultural needs, and work to resolve customer complaints when needs are not met.
Provide for patients’ basic comfort and implement individualized nursing interventions identified in their plans of care.
Apply appropriate interventions to progress patients 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 patient 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 and procedures, external governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards, and psychiatric nursing standards.
Report and document patient symptoms, responses, and progress thoroughly and accurately.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.