Part Time Overnight LVN/LPN

Job Description

The Overnight LVN/LPN is responsible for assisting and supporting residents through the entire treatment experience from admission through discharge. The Overnight LVN/LPN is responsible for communicating observations and insights to the treatment team (i.e. therapists, dietitian, psychiatrist, pediatrician and facility administrator) to ensure the team is comprehensively addressing each client's issues. The Overnight LVN/LPN introduces each new client to his/her fellow residents and the treatment staff, and orients each client to the rules, expectations, and routine of the daily treatment schedule.

Responsibilities

Facilitating therapeutic groups

Providing clear and complete client documentation

Implementing Physician Orders

Availability for consultation after hours and returns telephone calls/pages within a ten-minute time frame

Administering medication as prescribed

Counting narcotics daily, logs appropriately

Meeting regularly with medical staff to discuss client treatment

Providing assessments of medical problems as needed

Performing primary first aid and determining need for physician notification

Consulting with the physician and psychiatrist to ensure appropriate medical interventions

Meeting with each client, completes a daily assessment, and administers all prescription medication

Responsibility for carrying out any orders received from the physician and psychiatrist, and reports information to the Program Director and Facility

Understanding the therapeutic process and confidentiality laws, and have strong knowledge of professional ethics

Demonstrating leadership abilities, with an ability to communicate with persons from all educational and cultural backgrounds

Demonstrating tact, initiative, resourcefulness, a professional manner, enthusiasm, and a non-judgmental attitude