Outpatient LPN

Apalachee Center; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental and vision coverage

Paid time off

Job summary

Apalachee Center in Tallahassee, FL, seeks a nurse for full-time commitment to deliver quality medical and psychiatric care. Responsibilities include managing outpatient medication injection clinics and assisting ARNPs. Applicants must have current licensure as a registered professional nurse and CPR certification.

This role involves crucial patient assessments and ensuring compliance with agency procedures, while providing substantial contributions to nursing care within a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Licensure as a practical nurse in accordance with Florida Statute 464.
• Current licensure as a registered professional nurse.
• Must maintain current CPR and CPI certifications.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of quality medical and psychiatric nursing care.
• Organizes and manages outpatient medication injection clinics.
• Assists ARNPs as needed, providing assessments of clients.

Skills

Nursing principles

Patient assessment

Medication administration

Crisis intervention

Education

Licensure as a practical nurse

Current licensure as a registered professional nurse

Job description

Job Details: Job Location: Tallahassee, FL 32308; Position Type: Full Time; Salary Range: $26.00; Job Category: Nurse.

Apalachee Center, Inc. is best known for helping individuals and families of North Florida succeed in recovering from emotional, psychiatric, and substance abuse crises. Apalachee Center, Inc. provides comprehensive behavioral health services across 8 counties (Franklin, Gadsden, Jefferson, Leon, Liberty, Madison, Taylor, and Wakulla Counties).

Apalachee Center, Inc. offers competitive benefits for our full‑time positions to include health, dental, vision, basic life insurance, long‑term disability, paid time off, and more.

Overview

• Delivery of quality medical and psychiatric nursing care.
• Applies nursing principles and techniques in the care and treatment of patients.
• Takes vital signs and gives medication as prescribed by a variety of methods.
• Assists ARNPs.
• Provides nursing services, assessments and maintenance activities.
• Manages assigned outpatient injection clinics.
• Provides crisis intervention.
• Prepares and maintains patient records.

Essential Core Job Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Organizes and manages outpatient medication injection clinics. Administers injections and documents administration in accordance with agency procedures. Verifies proper identification of patient using two identifiers for each medication administration.
• Assists the psychiatric ARNP as needed. Provides assessment of clients waiting to see ARNP through vital signs and assessment of medication side effects associated with prescribed psychotropic medications. Documents assessment in accordance with agency procedures.
• Provide patient medication education and information.
• Stocks and reconciles injection room supplies (i.e., syringes, sharps containers, etc.). Ensures medication storage and disposal meet all required standards and policy (including labeling all medication vials opened with expiration dates).
• Complies with Apalachee and CDC handwashing, and infection surveillance, control, and prevention policies and procedures or standards. Identifies risk factors for infection in patient populations and takes appropriate steps to prevent transmission of infections in accordance with established protocols/procedures. Reports identification of all transmission‑based client infections, blood/body fluid exposures, sharps injuries, and suspicion of disease outbreaks in accordance with adverse incident reporting requirements.
• Attends nursing in‑services as requested or required.

Qualifications Education/Experience

• Licensure as a practical nurse in accordance with Florida Statute 464.

Licensure or Certification

• Current licensure as a registered professional nurse.
• Must maintain current CPR and CPI certifications.
• Must possess a valid Florida driver’s license and maintain authorization as an approved Center vehicle driver.