MH Nurse, LPN - Crisis Stabilization Services

Rappahannock Area Community Services Board • Fredericksburg, VA

11d • $32 - $40

About The Position

Provides assessment assistance and direct-care medical services and supports to participants of the Sunshine Lady House for Mental Health Wellness and Recovery, which offers crisis stabilization and medically monitored detoxification services. The position assists the staff psychiatrist, nurse practitioner, and consulting health care provider with medication prescription, administration, and monitoring, discharge planning, and general daily patient care. The position works an 8- to 10-hour shift on a rotating schedule, including weekends.

Requirements

• Completion of LPN training and at least one year of experience working in the medical and behavioral health field with people who have co-occurring mental health and substance abuse diagnoses, or equivalent education and experience.
• Valid Virginia L.P.N. license.
• Valid Virginia driver's license.
• Thorough knowledge of the principles, standards, practices, and techniques of Licensed Practical Nursing in Virginia.
• Thorough knowledge of medication administration characteristics and precautions.
• Basic knowledge of chemical dependency as a disease, communicable disease concepts, and other infectious disease issues.
• Ability to accurately maintain medical records.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships with people served, Crisis staff, physicians, and others contacted during work.
• Ability to follow RACSB operating standards.
• Must meet all qualifications and skills required by federal and state regulations to bill Medicaid for the services provided.
• Advanced communication and interpersonal skills, including use of specialized techniques to elicit and convey information to clients, including hostile or abusive individuals, and their families.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a psychiatric and/or detoxification setting.
• Knowledge of treatment modalities.

Responsibilities

• Provide general nursing care to program participants.
• Administer prescribed medications and treatments in accordance with approved nursing techniques and document them.
• Observe people served and record significant conditions, reactions to medication or treatments, and incidents.
• Assist with the admission process as necessary.
• Assist with formulating and implementing treatment plans.
• Facilitate groups.
• Attend required team and staff meetings, conferences, and in-services as assigned.
• Provide a complete and accurate shift report to oncoming staff.
• Maintain drug counts and count drugs at the end of each shift.
• Monitor the activities of people served across multiple program activities during all hours of program operation.
• Assist individuals with personal hygiene and grooming activities.
• Encourage and monitor participation in the daily program schedule, communicate problems to the treatment team, and participate in recreation with participants.
• Transport or escort individuals to activities and to and from the program.
• Respond to medical emergencies and other potential crisis situations.
• Take and record vital signs and observe for changes in behavior and symptoms.
• Administer and record medication orders.
• Assist in assessing the progress of people served in conjunction with the treatment team.
• Order, inventory, and secure pharmaceuticals for program participants, and provide adequate first-aid supplies and materials for the Crisis Stabilization Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed