Licensed Vocational Nurse - MLK BHC Residential

HealthRIGHT 360 gives hope, builds health, and changes lives for people in need by providing comprehensive, integrated, compassionate care that includes primary medical care, mental health services, and substance use disorder treatment.

HealthRIGHT 360 offers residential treatment services designed to serve individuals and families with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health disorders. Our program helps clients address addiction and related issues, increase skills, manage stressors, connect to supportive service, and build a foundation for lasting recovery. Residential programs run 24 / 7 and Individual and group therapy, family therapy, individualized case management, treatment planning, drug and alcohol counseling, Medication support services, and crisis intervention.

Benefits and perks :

• HR360 offers a robust benefits package, including PTO, 15 paid holidays, commuter benefits, retirement plans, and more!
• Employees qualify for public loan forgiveness programs
• Training and professional development opportunities
• Work with mission driven, compassionate colleagues and make a difference every day in the work that you do.

This is a union eligible position.

Prototypes, a program of HealthRIGHT 360's residential substance use disorder (SUD) program is a new program contracted with Department of Public Health's (DPH) Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (SAPC) program for residential drug Medi-Cal (DMC) services for up to 99 adult men and women : 33 that are for men who are judicially involved, 33 for men, and 33 for women. The residential DMC program will employ 100 people and works closely with the other Behavioral health center programs to provide a continuum of services for low income / Medi-Cal population. The program is located on the campus of Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital in the Willowbrook area of South Los Angeles and will serve all LA County residents.

JOB SUMMARY

Responsible in assisting Nursing Supervisor, Nurse Practitioners, and program Directors in the following area : medication management and education, delegate duties / tasks to Nurses, chart audits and supports daily operations of residential treatment center. Utilize medical expertise to provide services and support as part of a treatment team and assist clients in their recovery. Responsible for providing medication management services to consumers receiving services at residential treatment center. The LVN works in collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team to ensure best possible treatment outcome for the client and provide treatment in accordance with HealthRIGHT 360's philosophy, goals, policies, mission and vision. The LVN is customer service focused and is quick to take the lead in providing crisis intervention and participant stabilization. The LVN has a high degree of self-awareness and the ability to stay calm under pressure. Although all LVNs will have an assigned main responsibility, they will be expected to be cross trained and cover these other departments on an as needed basis based on work load and coverage need. LVNs will be expected to cover weekends as well as evenings depending on their shift assignments.

The LVN will be cross trained in the following duties :

Medication / Floor LVN will help assist with keeping track and storing medication for clients at the residential facility and help clients with taking their medications during med line. They will also be expected to monitor and notify medical personnel of medication adherence issues / side effects that clients may be experiencing. Medication / Floor LVNs are also expected to help clients with making outside medical appointments and support ancillary floor staff as needed. LVNs within this department will work a block shift schedule and will need to cover evenings and weekends.

Intake LVNs will be responsible for helping with medical evaluations for new clients coming into the facility and documenting their findings. They will help coordinate with other intake staff and other licensed medical providers to ensure that incoming clients are medically stable enough to initiate residential treatment. If incoming clients require further stabilization, they will work with staff to ensure patients are transferred to appropriate withdrawal management / detox facilities. Intake LVNs are expected to work during the weekdays 8am to 5pm.

Clinic LVNs are responsible for working closely with the nurse practitioners who are responsible for providing ongoing mental health services, medication assisted therapy services as well as urgent primary care services for clients at the facility. They will help with documenting vitals as well as rooming clients prior to their assessment with Nurse Practitioners. They will work closely with the Nurse practitioners to help with scheduling, communicate medication prescription changes to the Medication / Floor LVNs and coordinate with other LVNs to communicate relevant medical updates to the Nurse practitioners. They will also be expected to help set up and facilitate zoom meetings for interdisciplinary huddles every morning. Clinic LVNS are expected to work during weekdays 8am to 5pm.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES :

General Responsibilities

Documentation :

Administrative :

Training, Supervision, and Quality Improvement :

Education and Experience

Required :

Required :

Desired : Active LVN with minimum 3 years of experience

Background Clearance

Required :

Must complete background check and livescan clearance.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.