Part Time Overnight LVN/LPN

Job Description
The Overnight LVN/LPN is responsible for assisting and supporting residents through the entire treatment experience from admission through discharge. The Overnight LVN/LPN is responsible for communicating observations and insights to the treatment team (i.e. therapists, dietitian, psychiatrist, pediatrician and facility administrator) to ensure the team is comprehensively addressing each client’s issues. The Overnight LVN/LPN introduces each new client to his/her fellow residents and the treatment staff, and orients each client to the rules, expectations, and routine of the daily treatment schedule.
Responsibilities
Facilitating therapeutic groups
Providing clear and complete client documentation
Implementing Physician Orders
Availability for consultation after hours and returns telephone calls/pages within a ten-minute time frame
Administering medication as prescribed
Counting narcotics daily, logs appropriately
Meeting regularly with medical staff to discuss client treatment
Providing assessments of medical problems as needed
Performing primary first aid and determining need for physician notification
Consulting with the physician and psychiatrist to ensure appropriate medical interventions
Meeting with each client, completes a daily assessment, and administers all prescription medication
Responsibility for carrying out any orders received from the physician and psychiatrist, and reports information to the Program Director and Facility
Understanding the therapeutic process and confidentiality laws, and have strong knowledge of professional ethics
Demonstrating leadership abilities, with an ability to communicate with persons from all educational and cultural backgrounds
Demonstrating tact, initiative, resourcefulness, a professional manner, enthusiasm, and a non-judgmental attitude