Licensed Practical Nurse - Part-Time; -N

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN):

Are you looking to join a dynamic team focused on providing high quality health care to communities across Brooklyn & Queens? If so, you’ve come to the right place. For over 125years, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has been providing quality social services to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens, and currently offers over 160 programs and services for children, youth, adults, seniors, and those struggling with mental illness.

Catholic Charities provides comprehensive care coordination and treatment services to individuals living with serious mental illness, complex medical needs and substance use needs. Our Queens ACT team provides an integrated set of evidence-based treatment, rehabilitation, case management, and support services delivered by a mobile, multidisciplinary mental health treatment team. ACT supports client recovery through a highly individualized approach that provides clients with the tools to obtain and maintain housing, employment, relationships and relief from symptoms and medication side effects.

The LPN is part of this multi-disciplinary team and is responsible for delivering intensive in-home and community-based services to individuals living with severe mental illness, whom have a treatment history characterized by frequent use of psychiatric hospitalization and emergency rooms, involvement with the criminal justice system, alcohol/substance abuse, and lack of engagement in traditional outpatient services.

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) is responsible for working in conjunction with and in support of the RN in conducting health and medical screenings and interventions for clients being served by the ACT Team. This includes assessing physical health needs; making appropriate referrals to community physicians; providing management and administration of medication in conjunction with the psychiatrist, psychiatric nurse practitioner and RN;

providing a range of treatment, rehabilitation, and support services. The role will involve delivery of nursing care services, community-based assessment and treatment of clients, and crisis management. The LPN will perform a wide variety of tasks related to the care, support, education, socialization, habilitation, recovery/healing, safety, security, and support of clients served. The LPN will provide interventions supportive to or restorative of life and well-being;

and execute medical regimens prescribed by a physician, PNP or another licensed health care provider. Duties of the LPN include, but are not limited to:

• Support the RN in the development of individualized nursing screenings and interventions for clients.
• Conduct intake, physical health assessments, assessing the health needs of clients and make appropriate referrals to community based medical care. Develop/implement nursing care plans.
• During screening obtains information: a) to establish the degree of medical risk, medical care and interventions required to promote positive health outcomes, and b) to support the RN as s/he leads the team in primary care issues.
• Consult and coordinate with healthcare team members to assess, plan, implement, or evaluate care plans. Recommend health objectives for client’s service plans.
• Meet regularly with each client to assess health status- providing care directly to individuals in the home/community.
• Provide health education and connection to primary care to address physical health issues that impact a client’s ability to successfully live in the community.
• Develop short-term person-centered treatment plans to assist clients towards achieving their goals.
• Provide health education for patients and their families for specific medical needs, preventative care, and how to access and utilize healthcare services in the community.
• Administer IM's and vaccines, plants and reads PPD's, and performs phlebotomy as per orders.
• Advise clients on health maintenance and disease prevention including effects of diet and physical activity and provide case management.
• Assist in client wellness self-management groups, consumer advisory board meetings and other activities and groups focused on education,…