LPN Relief

• Pay or shift range: $42,000 USD to $45,000 USD
  The estimated range is the budgeted amount for this position. Final offers are based on various factors, including skill set, experience, location, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

Behavioral Health Network (BHN) is a leading statewide provider of behavioral health services and a Certified Great Place to Work. Since 1938, BHN has helped individuals, families, and communities thrive through compassionate, high-quality care and support. With deep roots in Western Massachusetts and a growing presence in communities throughout the state, we are currently seeking a LPN to join our Respite team in Holyoke and Westfield and help advance our mission of empowering people to live healthier, more fulfilling lives.

What We Offer:

• Purpose-Driven Work – Make a meaningful impact in the lives of individuals, families, and communities throughout Western Massachusetts.
• Professional Growth – Access ongoing training, mentorship, career development, and advancement opportunities across one of the region's largest behavioral health organizations.
• Supportive Team Culture – Join a collaborative workplace guided by our HEART values:
  Humanity, Empowerment, Accountability, Respect, and Teamwork.
• Stability & Opportunity – Build your career with a well-established organization serving Western Massachusetts since 1938.
• Comprehensive Benefits – Generous PTO, 403(b), educational assistance, medical, dental, vision, employee assistance programs, and more.
• Certified Great Place to Work – Work for an organization recognized for creating a positive and engaging employee experience.

What You’ll Do:

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for Respite provides direct clinical and nursing services to individuals served by the program. The LPN performs intake nursing assessments, administers, transcribes and verifies medications, records progress with treatment, consults providers, provides medication education and facilitates aftercare planning for individuals served.

• Consults regularly with Nurse Manager, providers, program staff for purpose of referral/ treatment planning, and medical interventions for individuals served.
• Performs comprehensive nursing assessments, including review of systems, diagnosis and mental status to treat or recommend treatment for needs that arise.
• Transcribes and administers medication to participants if MAP staff are not available, maintaining accurate MAP program documentation.
• Interacts with providers/pharmacy/Emergency Departments/significant others to assess and treat the individual’s needs and current situation.
• Completes all paperwork such as nursing assessment, progress notes, transcribing medication orders, and discharge summaries in a clear, timely manner to document treatment.
• Provides training to MAP-certified staff using the MAP Competency Evaluation Tool Forms for general knowledge and individual specific procedures for high-alert
  medications.
• Maintains appropriate boundaries for behavioral health interventions with individuals served.

Who You Are:

• High School Diploma or GED (required)
• Minimum of 1 year of training working in behavioral health and 1 year post graduate experience in medical-surgical nursing required.
• Licensure as a Licensed Practical Nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts required.
• Must have basic understanding of mental health issues and appropriate pharmaceutical and psycho educational treatment interventions.
• Ability to provide high-quality community-based care to program participants, including information about recovery, health, wellness and medication education to individuals served.

We Hire for HEART!

Since 1938, BHN has delivered high-quality, culturally responsive behavioral health care, building deep roots in…