LPN Supervisor

Description

National Capital Treatment & Recovery, formerly Phoenix House, a nonprofit substance use treatment facility in Arlington, VA is hiring a full-time LPN Supervisor to supervise the LPNs and Medical Assistants within our Adult Women's Residential Program. This position is responsible for assessing and monitoring the client’s on-going addiction, recovery, psychiatric, and medical needs. Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team members to coordinate addiction, recovery and/or psychiatric treatment with medical treatment.

Promotes staff development regarding the medical aspects of addiction and recovery, safe medication management, and provides training with a focus on health and wellness. This position is responsible for supervising the LPN staff, conducting staff meetings as well as creating the LPN work schedule. This is a M-F, 3pm-11:30pm, hourly position.

• Provide general nursing care services within the legal scope of nursing practice and standards developed by the profession, Nurse Practice Act, and regulatory agencies
• Use professional nursing processes, including assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation, while carrying out nursing responsibilities
• Assess health care needs of clients through a variety of routine interdisciplinary assessments, and develops, implements, and evaluates individualized nursing and health care plans accordingly
• Manage LPN staff team
• Create and manage LPN work schedule
• Provide coverage for all open LPN shifts
• Conduct staff meetings
• Provide regular individual supervision for LPN staff as appropriate
• Evaluate, coach, and provide corrective action plans to assure LPN staff meet job performance standards and reviews all disciplinary action with Director of Nursing prior to instituting
• Respond to emergency health care needs of the clients
• Perform health screenings of clients
• Collect and record data specific to the health status of clients
• Collaborate to develop nursing guidelines/protocols for medical and health care needs.
• Monitor and clinically directs special programs such as infection control and medication management
• Participates in interdisciplinary planning meetings and recommends changes in nursing and health care programs and/or in the care of clients.
• Provides health care instruction and information to individuals and staff relating to the promotion of health and wellness.
• Attend and participate in scheduled staff meetings
• Responsible for maintaining ethical standards and continued professional growth, including
• Abide by Program and NCTR policy and procedures
• Ensure all CARF standards are instituted and maintained
• Promote, in public and private contacts, the quality standards and ethical practices of NCTR staff.
• Continue professional growth by attending workshops, trainings and staff in-service trainings to increase skill and knowledge and to set appropriate example for staff
• Maintain current licensure/certification including CES, CPR, First Aid, and Medication Management
• Maintain professional boundaries with staff and clients

• Skill in implementing nursing protocol.
• Skill in patient assessment.
• Ability to assign and direct work.
• Ability to carry out instruction and accurately document medical information.
• Ability to work and communicate with others.
• Ability to develop rapport with men and women who may have substance abuse, mental health and/or health issues.
• Ability to apply organizational management skills and maintain self and resident discipline.
• Ability to prepare and maintain required documentation.
• Ability to comply with state and federal regulations regarding confidentiality.
• Ability to maintain appropriate boundaries with residents.

Regularly required: to sit, use hands to finger, handle or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.

Occasionally required: to stand, walk, stoop, kneel or crouch and lift and/or move up to 10 pounds

The work environment is that of a substance abuse treatment milieu which may include:

• Exposure to clients infected with Hepatitis B, HIV, TB, or other Infectious Diseases
• Business-related travel may be required

M-F 3pm-11:30pm, and weekend coverage during shift openings, if needed.

NCTR is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

• Currently licensed in Virginia as an LPN for at least three years
• Minimum of two years experience in addictions/psychiatric nursing
• Supervisory experience