Licensed Practical Nurse

2 weeks ago

Brooklyn Park, United States PrairieCare Full time
Licensed Practical Nurse Category Nursing - Healthcare Job Locations US-MN-Brooklyn Park Type Full-Time About Us

We are a psychiatric healthcare system, dedicated to providing mental healthcare for all, with seven locations in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area, and two additional sites located in Rochester and Mankato. With a robust benefits package, career advancement opportunities, and great workplace culture, we value our employees and the work they do each day for our patients and families. Our services span the full continuum of care for patients, with a variety of roles and opportunities for job-seekers looking for more than a job, but a place where you can grow in your career.

Responsibilities

The Psychiatric/Mental Health Inpatient LPN is responsible, under the direction of an RN, is responsible for managing care within their scope of practice of adolecent patients (ages 4-18 yo) and/or young adult patients (ages 18-25 yo) experiencing psychiatric/mental health disorders. Oriented and educated in gender, cultural, and age appropriate care for the assigned clinic

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

  • Monitors patients' daily functioning and assist in mental health symptom management
  • Collaborates with team, seeks timely advice, and gives and always accepts feedback to ensure safe
  • patient care
  • Effectively uses therapeutic approaches to manage milieus with a focus on reducing the use of
  • restraint and seclusion when possible
  • Uses reassurance and reflective listening when talking with patients and families
  • Approaches patients leading by being curious not furious, appreciating that patients do well if they
  • can
  • Plans and facilitates nursing groups with patients when scheduled during shift
  • Tracks and communicates pertinent medical and psychiatric information both verbally and through
  • written documentation in EHR. Documents patient findings, behavioral and psychosocial
  • responses to nursing interventions, and progress towards problem resolution.
  • Administers medications in an accurate manner consistent with policy and good nursing practice
  • including verifying allergies and/or contraindications and monitoring for side effects. Educates
  • patients and families about medications
  • Performs appropriate interventions as ordered by physician in an accurate and timely manner
  • including needed testing such as lab draws, EKG, UDS, Genesight, and HcG testing. Documents results
  • and provides safe handoffs to providers about the results
  • Knowledgeable of and performs safe infection control practices including good hand hygiene,
  • standard precautions, cleaning equipment and the environment, reporting and managing of
  • suspected infectious/contagious diseases, and teaching patients' practices such as washing their
  • hands and covering their cough.
  • Provides care in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that is sensitive to the patient's developmental age and to the patient's and family's diversity, preserving their autonomy, dignity, and rights.
  • Ability to intervene in pre crisis or crisis situations, using effective de-escalation of patients with collaborative problem solving, therapeutic self, relationship-based care, and trauma informed practice
  • Conducts a focused assessment of the health status of an individual patient through the collection and comparison of data to normal findings, measures vital signs, including weight, blood pressure, pulse, temperature, and documents all information accurately in EHR
Qualifications
  • Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
  • Current licensure as an LPN with the Minnesota State Board of Nursing is required.
  • Evidence of 1 year of psychiatric/mental health nursing experience within the past two years preferred
  • Must have critical thinking skills and ability to problem solve
  • Ability to communicate and make safe judgment calls in stressful situations
  • Ability to intervene in pre-crisis or crisis situations by utilizing de-escalation techniques, including developing a plan of safety for patients as needed
  • Ability to provide remote coverage for clinics throughout the PrairieCare system.
  • Available on weekends to provide on call coverage for all PC clinics- this is optional for the employee and not a requirement
  • Ability to multi-task, use time efficiently, and prioritize appropriately
  • Ability to communicate in a professional manner in both verbal and written format and model a positive teamwork attitude
  • Interpersonal skills-the individual maintains confidentiality, remains open to others' ideas and exhibits willingness to try new things.
  • Must have basic computer skills using Microsoft Office products and EHR
  • Ability to react quickly and calmly as part of a team to handle volatile and potentially emergent situations
  • Looks for ways to improve and promote quality and demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness.

PrairieCare is a psychiatric healthcare system experiencing rapid growth in the Twin Cities and southern Minnesota. With multiple sites across the metro, including locations in Rochester and Mankato, PrairieCare has quickly grown to become one of Minnesota's largest providers of mental health services to children, adolescents, adults, and their families.

PrairieCare does not discriminate against any person based on race, color, national origin, disability, or age in admissions, treatment, or participation in its programs, services, activities, or employment. PrairieCare is an Affirmative Action Employer/Equal Opportunity Employer supporting Veterans, Disabled, and other protected individuals and is committed to a diverse workforce.

PrairieCare is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunity, including providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with a disability. Applicants with a physical or mental disability who require a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process please email hr@prairie-care.com for assistance.

Offers of employment from PrairieCare are conditional and contingent upon successful clearance of all background studies.


PrairieCare does not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, national origin, disability or age in admissions, treatment or participation in its programs, services, adolescents and their families. PrairieCare is an Affirmative Action Employer/Equal Opportunity Employer Offers of employment from PrairieCare are conditional and contingent upon successful clearance of all background studies.

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