What are the responsibilities and job description for the Nurse (LPN) - FT, PT, PRN (Day & Night Positions Available) position at Enlightened Recovery?
Full Time, Part Time, and PRN available!
Day Shift and Night Shift available!
The Nurse/LPN duties generally include providing routine care, observing, medicating, performing withdrawal assessments (COWS, CIWA-A), as needed, assisting doctors and registered nurses, and communicating with patients and their counselor and therapist.
- Interacts routinely with patients, observes behaviors, and communicates significant observations to the multidisciplinary team as necessary.
- Assists RN in facilitation of admissions and discharge planning.
- Collects and records patient's vital signs, and documents in the electronic medical record in a comprehensive accurate and systematic manner.
- Assists RN in triage of screening patients.
- Participates in patient treatment planning.
- Completes the admissions process from body search to assessments
- Completes initial nursing assessment (A-1) within 24 hours of the patient admission
- Properly and safely handles narcotics
- Properly counts narcotics at the beginning and end of every shift
- Completes COWS/ CIWA scales 3x a day for detox patients and 2x a day for residential patients
- Completes at least one nursing note per shift including admission day and discharge day
- Administers medications to patients and engages in education process.
- Knows and understands the company’s policies and procedures.
- Assesses patients’ needs to see a provider for H&P, discharge, if needed for medications or illness.
- Supervises and instructs patients in medication administration/self-administration, including the preparation and giving injections as ordered by the medical provider.
- Obtains lab specimens as ordered by the medical provider.
- Performs all duties and other tasks as assigned.
