Part Time LPN

Acadia Healthcare; Danville (PA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 39,000; Part time

Job summary

Acadia Healthcare, in partnership with Geisinger Health, is hiring a part-time LPN for a 96-bed behavioral health facility in Danville, PA. Shifts run 7:00 am to 7:30 pm with two 12-hour shifts per week, totaling 24 hours.

The role focuses on nursing care under the LPN/LVN scope, basic patient monitoring, documentation, medication administration, and collaboration with RNs and physicians to address patient needs.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Monitor patient health and administer basic care within the LPN/LVN scope of practice.
• Role model patient service and maintain patient safety with urgency.
• Collaborate to meet patients' physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs; address complaints.
• Provide for basic comfort and implement nursing interventions from the care plan.
• Apply interventions to progress toward wellness and maintain wellness.
• Discuss care with patients and report status changes to RNs and doctors.
• Communicate professionally with patients, visitors, and staff.
• Ensure safe delivery of medications per policy and physician orders.
• Maintain professional nursing standards and accurate reporting of progress.

Skills

Nursing

Patient care

Clinical documentation

Education

Accredited nursing program

Job description

Overview

Shifts Available:

Part Time LPN

7a-7:30p

2 12 hour shifts per week (24 hours total)

Acadia Healthcare and Geisinger Health have partnered to establish a state-of-the-art, 96-bed behavioral health hospital in Danville, PA. Geisinger Behavioral Health Center Danville will serve pediatric and adult patients, offering inpatient treatment, intensive outpatient programming, and ECT services. It will also serve as a teaching hospital for students and residents of Geisinger's College of Health Sciences.

This facility will help meet the urgent need for accessible, high-quality psychiatric care in the region, expanding capacity to support patients with diverse mental health needs.

Responsibilities

• 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.

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