LPN

Montrose Behavioral Health Hospital - Adult Campus•Chicago, IL

12d

About The Position

Montrose Behavioral Health Hospital is hiring full-time LPNs for day shifts (7 a.m.–7 p.m.) and night shifts (7 p.m.–7 a.m.). The hospital provides personalized inpatient treatment for people experiencing mental health disorders and co-occurring addictions, serving children ages 5–12, adolescents ages 13–17, adults age 18 and older, and senior adults age 55 and older. The LPN monitors patient health and provides basic nursing care within the LPN/LVN scope of practice, following individualized care plans. The role includes medication delivery, patient safety, therapeutic communication, documentation, and collaboration with the treatment team to address patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age-related, developmental, and cultural needs. The LPN reports changes in patient status and concerns to registered nurses and doctors and performs other duties as assigned.

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 using the nursing process within the LPN/LVN scope of practice and care-plan objectives.
Model customer-service expectations and demonstrate urgency regarding patient safety.
Collaborate with others to meet patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental, and cultural needs; acknowledge and work to resolve customer complaints.
Provide for patients’ basic comfort and implement individualized nursing interventions in the plan of care.
Apply interventions that support progress toward wellness and maintenance of wellness.
Discuss care with patients, listen to their concerns, and report changes in status 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.