Community Crisis Stabilization LPN; Behavioral Health Services

Overview

The Community Crisis Stabilization (CCS) Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) will offer medical support, care coordination, and rehabilitation options to those in crisis who would benefit from a diversionary level of care to stabilize and return to the community. The LPN provides direct nursing care to meet identified individuals' health maintenance needs and works as part of a multidisciplinary team to support people at the CCS around all domains of living, supporting achievement of goals identified by the individual.

• Ensures a trauma-informed environment that promotes safety and recovery.
• Assists with education of clients and staff in areas such as medication management, vitals monitoring (pulse, temperature, blood pressure, blood glucose); participates in medication administration, documentation, medication counts, and shift change reporting in accordance with program procedures.
• Contributes to psychiatric, substance use, and nursing assessments, risk management/safety planning, discharge planning, and care coordination.
• Provides supervision of individuals in a crisis stabilization setting under the guidance of the Nurse Manager and direction of psychiatric nurse practitioners and psychiatrists.
• Works collaboratively with clients and their key supporters to deliver person-centered interventions from the treatment plan geared toward crisis stabilization and return to the community; documents client progress throughout their stay at the CCS.
• Advocates for clients and coordinates care with other health care providers and care coordination entities. Facilitates warm hand-offs to the greatest extent possible for continuity of care.
• Maintains necessary documentation and records.
• Provides transportation to appointments and other community integration/re-integration efforts.
• Reports changes in clients' status or unusual activity to the Nurse Manager or Clinician On-Call in a timely and appropriate manner; engages in collaborative problem-solving in support of individual clients and the therapeutic milieu.
• Attends trainings as assigned and maintains all necessary certifications; actively participates in supervision and staff meetings, as well as family meetings and discharge planning activities.
• Ensures that all individuals receiving treatment at the CCS are treated with dignity and respect in accordance with the program's Human Rights policies.
• Performs all duties in accordance with agency policies and procedures.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Why Vinfen? We are committed to you! We offer great training, great benefits, career growth and job security.

• A fully funded, employer-sponsored retirement plan that requires no employee contribution as well as an employee-funded 403(b) plan
• First-rate Medical, Dental and Vision plans that are open to all employees scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more, with a generous employer contribution toward medical insurance
• Employer-paid Life, Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-Term Disability Insurance
• Employer-paid Short-Term Disability Insurance with optional additional voluntary Short-Term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Reimbursement Accounts (Health and Dependent care)
• Voluntary Term, Whole Life, Accident and Critical Care Insurance
• Generous paid time off (Employees scheduled to work 20 hours or more per week): 15 days Vacation, 11 Paid Holidays, 10 Sick Days, 3 Personal Days
• Educational Assistance and Remission Programs
• $500 Employee Referral Bonus with no annual cap
• Other benefits including discounted YMCA memberships and discounted movie tickets

Established in 1977, Vinfen is a nonprofit health and human services organization and a leading provider of community-based services to individuals with mental health conditions, intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain injuries, and behavioral health challenges. Our services promote recovery, resiliency, habilitation, and self-determination. Vinfen’s 3,500 employees provide a full range of supportive living, health, educational, and clinical services across Massachusetts and Connecticut.

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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.

• A high school diploma or GED is required; completion of an approved nursing program is required.
• A minimum of one (1) year experience working as an LPN; experience working with people diagnosed with mental health conditions who live in the community preferred.
• Superb interpersonal skills, enthusiasm, and commitment to clients; must demonstrate a person-centered and open-minded approach to working with clients.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment that is benefitted by the independent successes of all…