Community LPN

Make a Difference at Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services!

Bridgeway offers uniquely rewarding experience in a supportive Team atmosphere. We invest in our employees. We offer excellent salary and benefits packages, and opportunities to advance your career. Become part of the Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services Team!

Make a Future at Bridgeway!

Who we are: Bridgeway values and promotes quality clinical and administrative practices to foster the best outcomes for persons who come to us for behavioral healthcare. We offer a work environment that supports teamwork, creativity, innovation, professional growth and dedication to the work. At Bridgeway, we never stop growing and innovating our vision of behavioral healthcare for the future.

Why you should apply: As a Community LPN, you will join an evidence-based program and a dynamic team for the opportunity to learn and refine your clinical and engagement skills and accomplish your dream of helping people to make progress on their unique recovery journeys. The work is sometimes challenging and always rewarding by engaging with persons we serve and co-workers as we all learn, grow, and thrive.

Department: RIST 2 (Middlesex County)

Salary: $52,900- $69,500

Location: Fords, NJ

* Full Time*

Work hours:
Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm

As part of the CSS team, The Community LPN provides nursing services, direct-support services, care management, education and primary health care to persons served. Assures that medical needs are being addressed in the community. Provides support and education to other team members in nursing/medical treatment and health care. Nursing practice supervision is provided by the RN, or in group format quarterly by the Bridgeway Bridge-to-Wellness Medical Advance Practice Nurse.

• A wellness and recovery-oriented environment by using person-first language, respectful documentation, and person-centered planning. All services provided will promote wellness and recovery outcomes.
• A culture of compliance with internal and external policies, regulations, laws and high ethical standards

• Participates with the licensed staff in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the individualized rehabilitation plan.
• Perform therapeutic rehabilitative skill development as outlined in the CSS Regulations.
• Offer services appropriate to meet person’s served needs as identified in the Comprehensive Rehabilitation Needs Assessment (CRNA) and included in each individuals IRP.
• Perform crisis intervention as indicated
• Coordinate and manage services in conjunction with the team.
• Supportive counseling, medication education, mental health education and early crisis intervention
• Utilizes Illness Management and Recovery, WRAP and other relevant health and wellness curriculum to ensure overall wellness is a key focus in the individual’s recovery plan.
• Perform evidence-based practices that are appropriate for implementing community support services. This may include Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral and Educational Strategies, Permanent Supportive Housing, IMR and WRAP.
• Participates in group and individual supervision. Actively seeks own supervision at least monthly.

• As a team member, and specifically as an integral part of the nursing sub-team led by the RN/APN, in the frequent monitoring, assessment and treatment of the mental and physical health care of persons receiving services including ongoing assessment and treatment interventions for metabolic syndrome.
• In the development of a nursing assessment, comprehensive assessment and the Individualized Service Plan, providing knowledge and expertise from the nursing discipline.
• Medication administration to include: oral, topical and injectable medication.
• Glucose monitoring as well as teaching persons served in the use and value of glucose monitoring devices.
• Supervision of medication self-administration to include medication counseling and education on medication indications, side-effects and contraindications.
• Monitoring and recording of vital signs, medication reactions and side-effects. May use…