Licensed Vocational Nurse​/Licensed Psychiatric Technician

Overview

Description Are you interested in working in a fast-paced, challenging behavioral healthcare organization? Are you interested in a position that is rewarding and makes a difference in the lives of others? Do you like to be challenged and work in a setting that allows you to grow? Then Alvarado Parkway Institute wants to hear from you!

Alvarado Parkway Institute (API) is a free-standing psychiatric hospital in La Mesa, California with three Intensive Outpatient/Partial Hospitalization Programs. API provides comprehensive adult inpatient behavioral health and addictive disorders services in a 66-bed hospital setting located in La Mesa, California. API offers a variety of Outpatient Services designed to assist patients in functioning at the highest level. API provides Partial Hospitalization services and Intensive Outpatient services.

These programs emphasize symptom management, community integration, and prevention of hospitalization or re-hospitalization. Value-added services enhance the patient s treatment experience.

API is currently seeking a qualified individual to join our team as our Inpatient Licensed Vocational Nurse/Licensed Psychiatric Technician
. The Licensed Vocational Nurse and Licensed Psychiatric Technician deliver direct quality patient care under appropriate clinical supervision to adult patients with addictive disease disorders or related substance or chemical dependency problems, or those diagnosed with psychiatric and chemical dependency disorders; to serve actively and constructively as a member of the organization’s multi-disciplinary treatment team, and support the organization’s and adult program philosophy of care.

You must complete an online application at our website to be considered for possible employment:

• Administers patient medications prescribed by physician.
• Assists dietary staff in identifying patients on special diets and assuring patients’ compliance with dietary orders.
• Completes nursing assessments under the supervision of the Registered Nurse.
• Update treatment care plans under the supervision of the Registered Nurse.
• Participate in treatment planning: (a) identifies patients’ problems, needs and strengths; (b) suggests modifications to treatment plan based on observation of patients’ behavior; (c) provide input into discharge planning.
• Participate in implementing patients’ treatment plans by: (a) monitoring patients’ progress; (b) communicate information regarding patients’ behavior to other members of the treatment team; (c) maintain communication with patient, family members and referral sources in patients’ interest; (d) facilitates or co-facilitates didactic groups, community meetings, or drug or alcohol education groups; (e) encourage and facilitate patients’ participation in therapeutic activities; (f) supervise patients to ensure their safety and their involvement in treatment;
  
  (g) provide input during shift report.
• Accompany and transport patients as assigned.
• Help maintain the therapeutic milieu on unit, including, but not limited to, facilitation of community meetings.
• Maintain patient, program, department, and related documentation.
• Orient new patients to unit, program, and milieu.
• Carry out general nursing care assistance, appropriate to Adult Addictive Disease patients as assigned and supervised by nurse in charge.
• Maintain a safe, orderly, and therapeutic physical environment for patients.
• Assist patients in carrying out activities of daily living, when congruent with patients’ treatment plan and needs.
• Carry out clerical and administrative assignments to support patient care, the department, and organizational operations.
• Provide backup services to Needs Assessment and Referral Department.
• Participates in activities which enhance professional growth and development.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Basic knowledge of detoxification assessment and treatment procedures.
• Familiarity with the disease concept of addiction treatment.
• Knowledge of 12-step treatment and of cognitive aspects of addictive disease treatment.
• Use of standard office equipment and accessing,…