LPN Substance Addiction Recovery

Overview:
LPN opportunites for Night Shift Weekender at Mirror Lake Recovery

6:30pm - 7am

Weekender OptionsFri/Sat/Sun

Sat/Sun/Mon

We are looking for individuals who are passionate about substance abuse and mental health. If you are interested in growth opportunities that are second to none in the industry and making a difference in the lives of people in our community, this position is right for you

 

Just a 30-minute drive from Nashville in Burns, Tennessee, Mirror Lake Recovery Center is middle Tennessee's premier addiction treatment center. Offering outpatient, medical detox, and residential services to adults age 18 and older of all genders, our facility delivers personalized, evidence-based care that promotes the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual transformation of each life we touch. By incorporating dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), the 12-Step model of recovery, and motivational interviewing, our team of multidisciplinary experts helps individuals who are struggling with addictions to alcohol, opioids, and other drugs, along with co-occurring mental health concerns, rediscover the best version of themselves.

At Mirror Lake Recovery Center, we treat everyone on our scenic, 75-acre campus as an individual, formulating personalized treatment plans that take into account each patient's unique strengths and goals. We offer a specialty treatment track, our ReNew program, which combines Christian beliefs with evidence-based solutions. Our programming focuses on individual, family, group, and experiential therapies, and we provide specialized trauma treatment to those who need it. Groups include anger management support, and our experiential options consist of yoga, acupuncture detoxification, equine therapy, and art therapy.

 

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

Provide nursing care and services within the standards and scope of nursing practice, as defined within the state Nurse Practice Act regulations, policies, procedures and protocols, as well as facility and corporate policies and procedures. Demonstrate a positive, empathetic, and professional attitude toward customers at all times. Recognize that patient safety is a top priority.

Responsibilities:
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

· Monitor patient health and administer basic care utilizing the nursing process within the LPN/LVN scope of practice in carrying out care plan objectives and goals.

· Role model expectations related to customer service and demonstrates a sense of urgency related to the importance of patient safety.

· Collaborate with others to ensure that patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental and cultural needs are met and when they are not met, acknowledges and works to resolve customer complaints.

· Provide for the basic comfort of patient, implement nursing interventions identified in the plan of care that is individualized to their needs.

· Apply appropriate interventions to progress the patient towards wellness and address maintenance of wellness.

· Discuss the care provided with patient and listen to their concerns. Report status changes and concerns to registered nurses and doctors.

· Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patient, visitors, coworkers and others involved in the patient's treatment in an effective manner.

· Provide for the safe delivery of medication in accordance with policies and procedures, physicians orders and/or current practice.

· Maintain standards of professional nursing practice in accordance with facility policy and procedures, other external governing and credentialing bodies, performance improvement standards and psychiatric nursing standards.

· Responsible for thorough, accurate reporting and documentation of the patient symptoms, responses and progress.

 

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

· Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Qualifications:
 

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE/SKILL REQUIREMENTS:

· Graduation from an accredited school of nursing required.

· One or more years' of nursing experience within clinical area of service provided by facility preferred.

 

LICENSES/DESIGNATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS:

· Current LPN/LVN license as required by state.

· CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).

· First aid may be required based on state or facility.

 

 

 

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties from particular jobs when circumstances (e.g. emergencies, changes in workload, rush jobs or technological developments) dictate.

 

AHLPN

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