Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Shaker Heights, OH - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 21 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Bellefaire JCB is among the nations largest most experienced child service agencies providing a variety of mental health substance abuse education and prevention services. Bellefaire JCB helps more than 43000 youth and their families yearly achieve resiliency dignity and self-sufficiency through its more than 25 programs including the Intensive Treatment Program and the Monarch Boarding Academy.

Our Intensive Treatment Program is a co-ed therapeutic residential treatment program for youth ages 8 through 17 with significant mental health and psychiatric needs. The program provides a safe secure home-like setting where their path toward healing can begin. The Intensive Treatment Program specializes in dialectical behavior therapy (DBT)a cognitive behavioral treatment approach that emphasizes the development of four skill sets: mindfulness interpersonal effectiveness emotion regulation and distress tolerance.

Our Monarch Boarding Academy is a co-ed therapeutic residential treatment program for individuals with Autism ages 8 through 20. The program focuses on developing communication and life skills so residents can learn how to function better allowing them to return home or to a less-restrictive setting. Residents live in secure home-like cottages based on peer relationship skill sets.

Schedule:
FT: (40 hours/week) 10 hour shifts/EOW
PT: (20 hours/week) EOW

Essential Requirements:

Provide holistic nursing care to clients in the behavioral health and autism residential treatment services Develop therapeutic relationships with residential clients
Actively work to achieve clients trust
Utilize therapeutic verbal and non-verbal techniques
Show ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner while demonstrating ability to work well with others and maintaining professionalism
Adapt to changing situations and/or work assignments
Demonstrate willingness to rotate to both areas of residential treatment services
Utilize knowledge of medications (psychotropic and other) in the treatment process and educates clients and residential staff regarding medications and health care needs
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team in the evaluation of the clients treatment process.

Responsibilities Include:

Assist Providers Registered Nurses and other health care professionals with examinations treatments and procedures.
Obtain patient health history laboratory specimens and vital signs within your scope of practice.
Implement provider orders; administers medication and documents.
Submit regular reports to the provider as requested.
Consult with residential staff as needed.
Collect objective and subjective client data; reports symptoms reactions treatments and changes in clients conditions to the registered nurse or provider; and documents.
Coordinate client transfers to outside health care providers or medical facilities.
Participate in training orientation of new employees of the residential health clinic.
Maintain proper use and storage of all medical supplies equipment etc.
Perform other related duties related to the delivery of residential treatment services as assigned.

Life at Bellefaire:We value our employees and their commitment to our mission and offer competitive total rewards (benefits and compensation) options to our valued employees and their families including domestic partners. Our rich options include:

Dental vision and medical insurance
Defined benefit pension plan
403(b) plan
Life insurance
Paid long-term disability
Generous paid time off and paid agency holidays

Other perks of working with us include:

A friendly and appreciated staff
Working with a team committed to the well-being of others
A beautiful campus
Career growth/numerous free CEU opportunities
Staff recognition program
A caring environment to work in!

Bellefaire JCB is an equal opportunity employer and hires its employees without consideration to race religion creed color national origin age gender sexual orientation marital status veteran status or disability or any other status protected by federal state or local law.

Bellefaire JCB is a partner agency of the Wingspan Care Group a non-profit administrative service organization providing a united community-based network of services so member agencies can focus on mission-related goals and operate in a more cost-effective and efficient manner.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Provide holistic nursing care to clients in the behavioral health and autism residential treatment services Develop therapeutic relationships with residential clients
Actively work to achieve clients trust
Utilize therapeutic verbal and non-verbal techniques
Show ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner while demonstrating ability to work well with others and maintaining professionalism
Adapt to changing situations and/or work assignments
Demonstrate willingness to rotate to both areas of residential treatment services
Utilize knowledge of medications (psychotropic and other) in the treatment process and educates clients and residential staff regarding medications and health care needs
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team in the evaluation of the clients treatment process.

Responsibilities Include:

Assist Providers Registered Nurses and other health care professionals with examinations treatments and procedures.
Obtain patient health history laboratory specimens and vital signs within your scope of practice.
Implement provider orders; administers medication and documents.
Submit regular reports to the provider as requested.
Consult with residential staff as needed.
Collect objective and subjective client data; reports symptoms reactions treatments and changes in clients conditions to the registered nurse or provider; and documents.
Coordinate client transfers to outside health care providers or medical facilities.
Participate in training orientation of new employees of the residential health clinic.
Maintain proper use and storage of all medical supplies equipment etc.
Perform other related duties related to the delivery of residential treatment services as assigned.