Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Night Shift, 7pm - 7am

To deliver quality direct patient care under appropriate clinical supervision to patients who are hospitalized for treatment of psychiatric or emotional disorders.  To support the hospital and program philosophy of care; to ensure the safety and well-being of each patient.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Administers patient medications prescribed by physician.
• Assists Dietary Staff in identifying patients on special diets and assuring patients' compliance with dietary orders.
• Completes nursing assessments under supervision of RN.
• Updates treatment care plans under supervision of RN.
• Participate in treatment planning:  (a) helps identify patients' problems, needs, and strengths; (b) suggesting modifications to treatment plan based on observations of patients' behavior; (c) providing input into discharge planning.
• Participate in implementing patients' treatment plans by:  (a) monitoring patients' progress; (b) communicating information regarding patients' behavior to other members of treatment team; (c) maintains communication with patient, family members, and referral sources in patients' interest; (d) facilitates or co-facilitates groups; (e) encouraging and facilitating patients' participation in therapeutic activities; (f) supervising patients to ensure their safety and their involvement in treatment; (g) providing input during shift report.
• Maintain patient, program, department, and related documentation.
• Orient new patients to unit, program, and milieu.
• Carry out general nursing care assistance as assigned and supervised by nurse in charge.
• Maintains a safe, orderly, and therapeutic physical environment for patients.
• Assists patients in carrying out activities of daily living, when congruent with the patients' treatment plan and needs.
• Carry out clerical and administrative assignment to support patient care and department and organization operations.
• Accurate and litigable documentation that meets current standards and policies.
• Treats and cares for patients competently and as based on current developmental theories and psychiatric nursing knowledge and standards.
• Understands a wide range of psychosocial, cognitive and/or developmental disorders and physical disabilities.
• Ensures patient care and environment that optimizes patient safety.
• Upholds the Organization’s ethics and customer service standards.
• This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive.  Employee may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of Reno Behavioral Healthcare Hospital.

Requirements

Education/Licensure:

• Current LPN License in the State of Nevada required
• All direct patient care staff will be trained in BLS (CPR), which must be renewed every 2 years.
• All staff, both clinical and non-clinical, will be trained in CPI as part of their orientation.  All direct patient care staff will be retrained every year

Knowledge and Experience:

• Demonstrates sound leadership skills
• Ability to organize activities and schedules for medical and/or non-medical tasks for patients.
• Ability to stabilize acute psychotic and non-violent crises by using accepted intervention techniques.
• Basic knowledge of abnormal psychology as typically found in the adult/adolescent psychiatric population helpful
• Familiarity of psycho pharmacy and the use of psychotropic medications with child, adolescent or adult psychiatric population preferred.

Skills and Abilities:

• Maintains confidentiality of patients at all times.
• Ability to interact effectively with clinical team and other staff
• Sensitivity and willingness to interact with persons of various social, cultural, economic and educational backgrounds.
• Working knowledge with software and/or equipment (Microsoft Office applications including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Strong organizational skills with ability to prioritize projects, manage multiple tasks, and meet deadlines.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to convey detail or important spoken instructions to others accurately; legible handwriting.
• Strong clinical and interpersonal skills. 
• Ability to work with people with a variety of background and educational levels.
• Ability to perceive detailed information through oral communication and to make fine discriminations in sound.
• Demonstrated commitment to working collaboratively as well as possessing the skills to lead, influence, train and motivate others.
• Facilitation of education oriented and didactic groups.
• Good judgment, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, expanding organization.

Physical Requirements:  

 While performing the duties of this job, this position is frequently required to do the following: 

•  Stoop, kneel, crouch, reach, and stand for sustained period of time.
• Walk, push, pull, lift, carry objects from a lower to higher position or horizontally from position to position or otherwise move objects.
• Feel sizes, shapes, temperatures, and textures by touching with skin, particularly that of the fingertips.
• Express or exchange ideas orally and potentially loudly, accurately, or quickly.
• Hearing within normal hearing ranges.
• Lift up to 50 pounds, exert up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 30 pounds of force frequently.
• Minimum standard of visual acuity with or without correction.
• While worker may possibly be subjected to temperature changes, the worker is generally not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions as the work is predominantly inside.

Benefits

A full benefits package is available the first of the month following just one month of employment!

This package includes: Medical (three plans to choose from), Dental (two plans to choose from), Vision, Life Insurance options, including plans for spouse and children, 401(k), Pet Insurance, Identity Theft insurance, Tuition Reimbursement, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability and a very generous PTO plan and more!