LPN - Crisis

Job Details

Job Location:

Legal Address - Dothan, AL 36303

Position Type:
Full-TimeLPN (Extended Observation Unit)

This position is located at our Crisis Center located in Dothan, Alabama

Week 1:
Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, Sunday (07:00 pm-7:30am)

Week 2:
Monday, Thursday, Friday (07:00 pm-7:30 am)

The primary responsibility of this position is to provide routine and emergency mental health and/or substance use stabilization, and education at the Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU) within the scope of nursing practice. The purpose of this position is to help promote the overall physical health, mental health, and substance use recovery of individuals utilizing the Trauma Informed Care approach in all areas of the job.

Performs skilled nursing interventions to manage the care of individuals on the Crisis Stabilization Unit (CSU):

• Completion of the admission process for consumers entering the extended observation unit. Duties include but not limited to medical checklist, physical health/nutritional screening, medication list, medication administration record, vital signs, height/weight, transcribing physician orders, admission notes, etc.
• Observes individual's behavior in groups and activities, documents observations in patient records, interacts with individuals and evaluates needs to ensure that proper information is reported from shift to shift and during staffing with treatment team.
• Assists and teaches individuals about self-care of medical conditions. May assist consumers with personal care issues (bathing, toileting, and other personal hygiene routines).
• Provides general medical and health education to individuals in group and one-to-one.
• Administers medications (I.M. & P.O.) to individuals as prescribed by the physicians, monitoring for potential side effects of medications and reports findings to appropriate personnel.
• Assists, and monitors CSU individuals with self-administration of medication.
• Takes verbal orders from doctors and makes appropriate documentation.
• Contacts laboratory, requests and monitors results, and reports all abnormal findings to the appropriate personnel.
• Provides medical intervention to individuals, monitors behavior and mental status of individuals on the unit.
• Oversees the medication (ie. ensures all medication orders are transcribed correctly and all individual medications are kept according to procedures and guidelines).
• Provides face to face intervention to individuals and significant others to promote stabilization of a crisis-situation or related medical need.
• Intervention may relate to but not limited to individual's decompensation, adverse effects for medications, and drug interactions.
• Provides group wellness care to the Stabilization Unit patients.
• Assist psychiatrist and/or medical physician as needed by performing medication monitoring and triaging.
• Review of physiological effects of medications, compliance, side effects, etc.
• Maintains a current list of medications per other physicians including over the counter medications.
• Coordinate appropriate lab work.
• Assist with maintaining individual's records in a professional manner and in accordance with all specified guidelines of Spectra Care Personnel Policy, Spectra Care Clinical Policy, including but not limited to the Alabama Administrative Code, CMS, and all other applicable regulating and contractual entities.
• Documents appropriate nursing interventions and patient progress in chart.
• Progress notes are completed on the day the service is provided.
• Progress notes are written in a professional manner utilizing appropriate medical terminology and meeting all imposed standards.
• Service logs are completed on the day the service is provided and turned in to designated secretary.
• Service logs are accurate and reflect appropriate service being provided.
• Other varied duties including but not limited to the following.
• Be available by cell phone during working hours and/or after hours.
• Administer IM psychotropic injections
• Follow job duties assigned by supervisor and meet with supervisor on a regular basis.
• Actively and compassionately interacts with individuals to encourage engagement in treatment.
• Promotes and supports Trauma Informed Care initiatives within the organization.
• Uses the Trauma Informed Care approach to work collaboratively with individuals and other team members to help support patients in their treatment and recovery.
• Assists with training of new staff working in the…