Permanent Full-time - Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN) - Psychiatry - four openings

Job Title : Permanent -Licensed Vocational Nurses - multiple openings

N umber of positions : 4

Years of experience : One to three years

Shift : Day and Night shifts- 36 hours 7 : 30AM-8 : 00PM / 7 : 30PM-8 : 00AM

Duration : Permanent Full-Time

16 bed detox and mental health patients

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Job duties include medication management, medication administration, counseling and health maintenance.
• Evaluates patient needs and assists in implementing plans to meet those needs,
• Aids in formulation of the treatment plan,
• Monitors patient's medication intake and treatments, as directed,
• Assists in maintaining and ordering adequate medical supplies,
• Charts into the medical / legal records, reports and records observations that reflect the nursing care given and the patient's progress,
• Educates patients on the medical aspects of treatment, interviews, screens and performs health assessments per established protocols, monitors and reports any significant changes in patients condition or behavior to the Director of Nursing or the Program Director as appropriate.

This position requires providing service to one or more age populations including adolescents and geriatric patients in a manner that demonstrates an understanding of the functional / developmental age of the individual served. In addition, nurses shall have the ability to assess, treat, and appropriately interact and care for individuals with mental health and substance use disorders.

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ABOUT HEALTHCARE STAFFING PLUS

Healthcare Staffing Plus is a US based national per diem, local contract, and locum tenens agency. We are located in the beautiful rolling hills of southern Indiana just outside of Louisville, KY.

With close to 24 years of non-clinical healthcare experience that includes 16 years of solid medical staffing and recruiting experience, we deliver on our promise of adhering to strict and ethical recruiting standards handled with the utmost professionalism. Never resting on our laurels of sourcing candidates thoroughly and presenting our clients only the cream of the crop.