Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Huntington Creek Recovery Center; Shickshinny (Luzerne County); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

Huntington Creek Recovery Center is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for part-time shifts in Shickshinny, PA. The role involves monitoring patient health, administering care, and collaborating with healthcare teams to ensure quality service. If you're passionate about helping adolescents with behavioral health challenges, this is an excellent opportunity.

Qualifications

• One or more years of nursing experience preferred.
• Current LPN/LVN license required.
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required.

Responsibilities

• Monitor patient health and administer basic care.
• Collaborate to meet patients’ needs and address complaints.
• Communicate effectively with patients and healthcare team.

Skills

Patient Care

Communication

Collaboration

Education

Graduation from an accredited school of nursing

Job description

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Overview

Overview

Huntington Creek Recovery Center is hiring Licensed Practical Nurse's (LPN)!

Available Shifts

Part Time Day

12 hour shifts (7a-7p) including every other weekend

Located in Shickshinny, Pennsylvania, Huntington Creek Recovery Center provides adolescent residential program ming that offers a transformative experience for young people ages 13-18 who are struggling with substance use disorders and co-occurring behavioral health challenges.

Responsibilities

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.
  
  

Qualifications

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.

AHLPN

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Part-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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