Registered Nurse (RN) and Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Center for Human Development (CHD) • Chicopee, MA

8h • Onsite

About The Position

The Center for Human Development (CHD) is seeking Registered Nurses (RN) and Licensed Practical Nurses (LPN) to join their team at the Crisis Stabilization Unit located in Chicopee. This role involves providing critical care to adults and teens during their most vulnerable moments within a facility that offers crisis intervention, outpatient behavioral health, and brief stabilization services. CHD is looking for nurses with a passion for providing exceptional care, who are self-motivated, and team-oriented, ready to make an impact in a supportive, client-centered environment. Both full-time and part-time shifts are available.

Requirements

• Must be a nurse with a passion for providing exceptional care
• Must be able to work every other weekend

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with nurses, physicians, advance practice nurses, psychologists, social workers, or other professionals
• Collaborating with guardians, relatives, and significant others of people served when clinically indicated
• Documenting assessments and treatments in the electronic health record
• Monitoring vital signs
• Assessment of signs of substance withdrawal and completion of standardized assessment tools such as the Clinical Opioid Withdrawal Scale (COWS, CIWA, CIWAb)
• Fills physician orders
• Administers medications
• Engages in a medication reconciliation process
• Coordinates medical care
• Contributes to comprehensive assessments
• Brief crisis counseling
• Individualized crisis prevention planning
• Providing psychoeducation
• Assisting with discharge planning and care coordination.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Paid time off
• Earned vacation time
• Paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees