Description

Location: Brentwood, TN- Onsite

Salary: $55,000-$65,000 dependent upon licensure

Patient Population: Adolescents ages 10-18

Monday-Friday 10am-6pm. NO HOLIDAYS, NO WEEKENDS, NO ON-CALL

The Adolescent Care Coordinator/LPN will be clinically competent while delivering care to patients, utilizing the nursing process of assessment, planning, intervention, implementation and evaluation. The Adolescent Care Coordinator/LPN will effectively interact with patients, significant others and other health team members while maintaining all standards of professional nursing.

3 Cs

• Care- Provide the best possible patient Care
• Compliance – Ensure the program operates within all regulations
• Community – Become a wonderful addition to your local Community
• Care: All employees are expected to provide the best possible patient care.
• The Adolescent Care Coordinator/LPN assesses and monitors clients’ health status and physical care needs at admission and while clients are in the program.
• Completes an admission nursing assessment for every client according to program standard.
• Regularly obtains and documents patients vital signs and weights according to program standard.
• Communicates relevant clinical and other client care information to program director, medical director and treatment team members as necessary and appropriate.
• Monitors clients on an ongoing basis to identify health needs, problems, and/or symptoms.
• Assists patients with personal care needs (bathroom, etc) as needed or requested.
• Coordinates and documents patients care in cases of medical emergency.
• Compliance: Ensure the program operates within all regulations.
• Assists with ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Implements and documents nursing interventions that are part of the interdisciplinary treatment plan.
• Participates in the development of a therapeutic alliance between the interdisciplinary treatment team patients and their families.
• Adheres to safety and infection control guidelines.
• Participates in the completion and maintenance of patients medical records, including recording of physician’s orders.
• Participates in quality improvement activities as requested.
• Community: Become a wonderful addition to your local community.
• The Adolescent Care Coordinator/LPN provides health education for patients, families and community groups as needed.
• Provides education to the community on mental illness, or related health topics as assigned by the Program Director.
• Provides families and family caregivers with education on health-related topics.
• Provides education to community groups as requested by the program director.
• Conducts community meetings as requested.
  
  

Requirements

• Education: Graduation from a state approved school of nursing.
• Licensure: Licensed Practical Nurse or Registered Nurse in the State of practice.
• Experience: Psychiatric Nursing experience preferred.
• Other skills: Patient and family teaching; teaching/learning materials development; problem solving; complaint resolution; ability to make presentations to outside groups, good problem solver, results oriented.