Job Information
Acadia Healthcare Licensed Practical Nurse $5,000.00 sign on bonus in Fayetteville, Arkansas
Description
BENEFITS:
We offer excellent shift differentials , medical, dental, vision, 401(k), 401(k) match, employer paid life insurance, supplemental life insurance for our employees and their families. We also offer VACATION, SICK, EXTENDED SICK LEAVE, HOLIDAY PAY and PERSONAL DAYS.
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.
Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
MUST BE ABLE TO PASS DRUG SCREEN AND BACKGROUND CHECKS
Qualifications
Skills
Required
Safety Minded: Advanced
Problem Solving: Advanced
Leadership: Advanced
Customer Focus: Advanced
Communication: Advanced
Attention to Detail: Advanced
Behaviors
Required
Team Player: Works well as a member of a group
Leader: Inspires teammates to follow them
Dedicated: Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity
Detail Oriented: Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well
Education
Required
- Technical/other training or better
Licenses & Certifications
Required
- Lic Practical Nurse
Experience
Preferred
- • One or more years' of nursing experience in behavioral health, preferred
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)
