Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN

Description

Healthcare Professional Placements (HP2) is seeking compassionate, dependable, and experienced
Licensed Practical Nurses (LPNs)to provide nursing services to
children and adolescents receiving behavioral and mental health services
.

The LPN will work as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team and provide direct nursing care, medication administration, health monitoring, documentation, and clinical support in a structured behavioral health environment.

This position is ideal for an LPN who has a genuine interest in working with youth and understands the importance of combining strong clinical skills with patience, consistency, empathy, professional boundaries, and trauma-informed care.

• Provide direct nursing care to children and adolescents in accordance with established treatment plans, nursing standards, facility policies, and the LPN scope of practice.
• Administer prescribed medications accurately and safely and document medication administration in accordance with established procedures.
• Monitor youth for medication effectiveness, adverse reactions, behavioral changes, physical health concerns, and changes in mental or emotional status.
• Obtain and document vital signs, health histories, symptoms, medications, allergies, and other relevant clinical information.
• Assist with nursing assessments, admissions, discharges, transfers, and ongoing health monitoring within the LPN scope of practice.
• Communicate changes in a patient's physical, behavioral, emotional, or mental health condition promptly to the RN, provider, or appropriate clinical team member.
• Support individualized treatment and behavioral health plans established by the interdisciplinary care team.
• Provide age-appropriate health education to youth regarding medications, personal wellness, hygiene, nutrition, healthy behaviors, and other health-related topics.
• Maintain accurate, complete, timely, and confidential nursing documentation.
• Participate in shift reports and communicate relevant clinical information to incoming staff and other members of the treatment team.
• Collaborate with physicians, registered nurses, behavioral health professionals, therapists, counselors, case managers, direct-care staff, and other professionals involved in the youth's care.

• Establish appropriate and therapeutic relationships with children and adolescents while maintaining professional boundaries.
• Utilize
  trauma-informed and patient-centered approaches
  when interacting with youth.
• Recognize signs of emotional distress, behavioral escalation, self-harm risk, medication reactions, or other clinical concerns and follow established escalation procedures.
• Assist with behavioral de-escalation and crisis intervention in accordance with organizational policies and training.
• Maintain awareness of each youth's treatment plan, identified risks, medical needs, and required precautions.
• Support a safe, structured, respectful, and therapeutic environment.
• Reinforce appropriate coping strategies, healthy behaviors, and treatment objectives established by the clinical team.
• Maintain heightened awareness of safety concerns common within youth behavioral health environments, including self-harm, elopement, aggression, medication safety, and other identified risks.
• Follow established protocols regarding suicide precautions, observation requirements, emergency response, infection prevention, and patient safety.
• Recognize and appropriately report suspected abuse, neglect, exploitation, or other reportable concerns in accordance with applicable law, organizational policy, and mandatory reporting requirements.

• Administer oral, injectable, topical, and other medications permitted within the LPN's scope of practice and organizational policies.
• Follow medication administration rights and established medication safety protocols.
• Maintain medication security and ensure access is restricted to authorized personnel.
• Monitor and document patient response to medications.
• Identify and report potential adverse reactions, medication errors, contraindications, or other medication-related concerns.
• Assist with medication inventory, documentation, storage, and accountability as assigned.
• Coordinate with the supervising RN and prescribing providers regarding medication-related concerns.

• Complete all nursing documentation accurately and within required time frames.
• Maintain patient confidentiality and comply…