Shift Type: Days and Nights
Schedule: FT and PT
Ascension Saint Thomas Behavioral Health Hospital is Nashville's Leading behavioral health treatment center and is a 90-bed adult (18+) inpatient psychiatric hospital that provides a full continuum of behavioral health treatment services for adults and senior adults.
Our Mission: The mission of Acadia Healthcare is to maintain our standing as a world-class organization that sets the standard for excellence in the treatment of behavioral health and addiction concerns. In all that we do, we strive to make our services synonymous with clinically excellent care and an unparalleled commitment to our patients, our staff, our communities, and the professionals with whom we collaborate.
Day in the life of an LPN:
As an LPN at Ascension Saint Thomas Behavioral, your day-to-day will consist of assessments and treatment plans, completing shift reports, rounding in the milieu, monitoring the milieu, medication administration, checking in with BHAs, following up on incidents, ensuring regulatory compliance, etc.
Population: Adults 18-64 and Seniors 65 and older
Schedule:We have full and part-time staff LPN positions available for day and night shifts. Shifts are 12 hours, 3 days per week with shift differentials available. All full-time LPNs rotate weekends.
What we look for:
What we can offer YOU:
PURPOSE STATEMENT:
Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice, as defined within the state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures. Demonstrate a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers at all times. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
· Monitor patient health and administer basic care utilizing the nursing process within the LPN/LVN scope of practice in carrying out care plan objectives and goals.
· Role model expectations related to customer service and demonstrates a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety.
· Collaborate with others to ensure that patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met and when they are not met, acknowledges and works to resolve customer complaints.
· Provide for the basic comfort of patient, implement nursing interventions identified in the plan of care that is individualized to their needs.
· Apply appropriate interventions to progress the patient towards wellness and address maintenance of wellness.
· Discuss the care provided with patient and listen to their concerns. Report status changes and concerns to registered nurses and doctors.
· Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patient, visitors, coworkers and others involved in the patient's treatment in an effective manner.
· Provide for the safe delivery of medication in accordance with policies and procedures, physicians orders and/or current practice.
· Maintain standards of professional nursing practice in accordance with facility policy and procedures, other external governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards and psychiatric nursing standards.
· Responsible for thorough, accurate reporting and documentation of the patient symptoms, responses and progress.
OTHER FUNCTIONS:
· Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
· Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required.
· One or more years' of nursing experience within clinical area of service provided by facility preferred.
LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:
· Current LPN/LVN license as required by state.
· CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
· First aid may be required based on state or facility.
While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g. emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.
We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.]
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