LPN

Montrose Behavioral Health Hospital; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Montrose Behavioral Health Hospital is seeking full-time LPNs for day and night shifts to provide inpatient nursing care for diverse patient populations. The role requires graduation from an accredited nursing program and an active LPN/LVN license with CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification.

Experience in clinical nursing is preferred, and First aid may be required depending on state or facility policies.

Qualifications

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing is required.
• One or more years' nursing experience within clinical area of service provided by facility preferred.

Responsibilities

• Monitor patient health and administer basic care within LPN/LVN scope.
• Role model customer service and prioritize patient safety.
• Collaborate to meet patients' physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs.
• Provide basic comfort and implement individualized care plans.
• Apply interventions to progress toward wellness and maintain wellness.
• Discuss care with patients and report status changes to RNs and doctors.
• Communicate therapeutically with patients, visitors and staff.
• Ensure safe delivery of medications according to policies and orders.
• Maintain professional nursing practice per policies and standards.
• Document patient symptoms, responses and progress accurately.
• Perform other tasks as assigned.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Medication administration

Patient safety

Communication

Documentation

Team collaboration

Education

Accredited nursing program

Job description

Montrose Behavioral Health Hospital is hiring Full Time LPN's!

Available Shifts

Full Time Day (7a-7p)

Full Time Night (7p-7a)

At Montrose Behavioral Health Hospital, our goal is to provide personalized treatment for those who are suffering from mental health disorders and co-occuring addictions.We provide premier inpatient care for children ages 5-12, adolescents ages 13-17, adults age 18 and older, and senior adults age 55 and older.

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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