Per Diem Licensed Practical Nurse; LPN

Overview

Provide direct service and daily nursing care in a clinically intensive program designed to meet the needs of clients/persons served who have both medical needs and psychiatric needs and/or developmental disabilities. Ensure that care is provided in a respectful, dignified, high quality manner and that it promotes individual choices. Help clients/persons served to become participants in their communities.

• Participate in the comprehensive assessment of physical health of each client/person served upon admission, and with any change in medical status.
• Provide nursing care, teaching, and assistance in daily living activities according to each client’s/person served care plan including but not limited to wound care, diabetes care, mouth care, foot care, GT/JT care, nutritional management, catheter maintenance and care. Monitor and observe clients for any change in status.
• Implement IAPs. Use recovery-oriented, motivational interviewing, harm-reduction, trauma informed, culturally competent and strengths-based rehabilitation approaches to help clients think through their current life circumstances compared with their hopes and plans for the future.
• Communicate any change in status of clients/ persons served to appropriate individuals including Program Manager, primary care provider, family and/or guardian and other outside agencies.
• Perform individualized assessments with any change of status and provide skilled nursing interventions as indicated.
• Take and document client’s temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure per IAP and as ordered by the primary care clinician.
• Collect sputum, urine and stool samples as appropriate and ordered by the primary care clinician.
• Administer medication as ordered by primary care provider.
• Administer treatments as ordered by primary care provider.
• Maintain client’s/persons served medical equipment and supplies that includes, but is not limited to wheelchairs, walkers, Hoyer lifts, and hospital beds.
• Provide transportation and accompany individual served to medical, dental, or any appointment, as needed.
• Participate in trainings; attend supervision meetings, staff meetings, as needed.
• Adhere to all company and divisional and program specific policies and procedures,including safe work practices, worker’s compensation, universal precautions and exposure control. Comply with accreditation and licensing standards, as well as all regulations.
• Contribute to program’s quality improvement goals and objectives.
• Use crisis intervention techniques when necessary. Access on-call back up when needed. Complete incident documentation, as needed.
• Ensure maintenance and safety of physical site.
• Perform other related duties, as required.

• Knowledge of psychiatric illness and/or developmental disabilities
• Knowledge of empowerment and self-advocacy techniques
• Sensitivity to the cultural, religious, ethnic, disability, and gender issues
• Knowledge of human, legal, civil rights, community, and other resources
• Knowledge and use of different communication and learning styles
• Knowledge of crisis intervention techniques
• Ability to balance competing priorities
• Ability to make independent judgments and decisions
• Ability to work in a professional and confidential capacity
• Knowledge of personal computer applications and equipment

Established in 1977, Vinfen is a nonprofit, health and human services organization and a leading provider of community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges. Our services and advocacy promote the recovery, resiliency, habilitation, and self-determination of the people we serve. Vinfen's 3,200 dedicated…