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Vinfen is Hiring a Youth Community Crisis LPN Near Lowell, MA
Schedule: Sun-Wed 9pm-7am
Salary: $68,640 / yearSign-on bonus: $1000; $500 upon completion of 30 days, $500 upon completion of 6 months
The Youth Community Crisis Stabilization (YCCS) Licensed Practical Nurse provides direct service and daily nursing interventions in a YCCS program for youth who have behavioral health symptoms. The Youth Community Crisis Stabilization program is designed to meet the needs of individuals ages 13-18 who have behavioral health symptoms that require 24-hour per day care in an unlocked treatment setting. The LPN provides nursing and medication administration services, health promotion training and access to medical care to clients. The LPN functions as part of an interdisciplinary team and support individual's treatment goals using psychoeducation, crisis prevention planning and skills training. The LPN's efforts ensure that the YCCS program meet high quality standards and provide value to individuals and a community care system.
Additional Responsibilities Include But At Not Limited To
Vinfen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Keywords: VinfenLPN, VinfenNurse, VinfenRN,vinfenccs
Requirements
Salary: $68,640 / yearSign-on bonus: $1000; $500 upon completion of 30 days, $500 upon completion of 6 months
The Youth Community Crisis Stabilization (YCCS) Licensed Practical Nurse provides direct service and daily nursing interventions in a YCCS program for youth who have behavioral health symptoms. The Youth Community Crisis Stabilization program is designed to meet the needs of individuals ages 13-18 who have behavioral health symptoms that require 24-hour per day care in an unlocked treatment setting. The LPN provides nursing and medication administration services, health promotion training and access to medical care to clients. The LPN functions as part of an interdisciplinary team and support individual's treatment goals using psychoeducation, crisis prevention planning and skills training. The LPN's efforts ensure that the YCCS program meet high quality standards and provide value to individuals and a community care system.
Additional Responsibilities Include But At Not Limited To
- Assist the YCCS RN with filling prescriber's orders, administering medications, and monitoring vital signs.
- Work with the YCCS Direct Service Workers in ensuring an environment that promotes safety, recovery, and treatment.
- Contribute to the assessment, treatment plan, individualized crisis planning, discharge planning and care coordination for each individual.
- Implement treatment plans through use of recovery-oriented, motivational interviewing, harm-reduction, trauma-informed, culturally competent and strengths-based rehabilitation approaches to help youth successfully and safely transition to home or an alternate optimal setting.
- Provide nursing care, teaching and assistance with activities of daily living, according to each client's plan.
- Take and document individual's vital signs, including temperature, pulse, respirations, and blood pressure per prescriber's orders. May include pulse oximetry.
- Conduct wellness psycho-educational groups for individuals.
- Assist in the liaison between individuals and community health care providers to promote access to community resources and quality care at all levels.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance for employees working 30 hours or more
- 15 days of Vacation, 12 Paid Holidays, 10 Sick Days and 3 Personal Days per year (for employees scheduled for 20 hours or more)
- Education Assistance and Tuition Remission Programs as well as innovative Student Loan Payment Programs. Employment with Vinfen counts toward your Public Student Loan Forgiveness eligibility
- Professional Development programs including year-round online training courses and opportunities to earn CEUs
- Retirement savings programs, including a fully funded, employer sponsored retirement plan and an employee funded 403 (b) plan
- Company paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance
- Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance
- Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts (Health and Dependent care)
- $500 -- $1,000 Employee Referral Bonuses with no annual cap!
- Other generous benefits including discounted memberships, access to wellness programs and more!
Vinfen is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.
Keywords: VinfenLPN, VinfenNurse, VinfenRN,vinfenccs
Requirements
- A high school diploma or equivalent is required. Graduate of accredited LPN program required.
- Licensure as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) in the state of Massachusetts required
- Three to five years supervised practical experience, including internships, in a clinical or rehabilitation setting with persons with psychiatric conditions preferred.
- Prior experience working with youth and families using evidenced based practices in a community mental health and/or substance use clinic, residential, acute or sub-acute or similar setting desired.
- Preference given to bi-lingual/bi-cultural applicants and applicants with lived experience of psychiatric conditions.
- Comfortable using a computer and experienced working in an electronic health record, proficient in communicating effectively, both written and verbally, with varying audiences
- Familiar with MassHealth and managed care practices
- Must be able to become CPR certified within specificed timelines. Vinfen offers training upon hire.
- Must be able to successfully pass a multistate CORI, SORI, reference check, employment verification, education and credentialing background check.
Job Summary
JOB TYPE
Intern
SALARY
$53k-64k (estimate)
POST DATE
03/20/2024
EXPIRATION DATE
07/05/2024
WEBSITE
vinfen.org
HEADQUARTERS
CAMBRIDGE, MA
SIZE
1,000 - 3,000
FOUNDED
1977
TYPE
NGO/NPO/NFP/Organization/Association
CEO
BRUCE L BIRD
REVENUE
$50M - $200M
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About Vinfen
Vinfen provides community-based services to individuals with disabilities.
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