Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN

Overview

Meadow Wood Behavioral is seeking a full-time LPN for the Evening shift at Meadow Wood Behavioral Health Hospital, a 120-bed treatment center providing services to adults and adolescents on both an inpatient and outpatient basis in New Castle, Delaware. New grads are welcome to apply.

At Acadia Healthcare, we offer a comprehensive benefits package including medical and prescription drug coverage, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, vision and dental plans, and voluntary short-term and long-term disability coverage. Our well-being programs include employee assistance, financial support, tuition reimbursement, and more.

Shifts available:
Full-time evenings from 3:00 PM to 11:00 PM (8-hour shifts, 40 hours per week).

• Monitor patient health and administer basic care utilizing the nursing process within the LPN/LVN scope of practice and care plan objectives.
• Model professional standards in customer service and demonstrate urgency regarding patient safety.
• Collaborate with the care team to meet patients’ physical, biopsychosocial, age, developmental, and cultural needs; acknowledge and address patient concerns and complaints when applicable.
• Provide for basic comfort and implement nursing interventions identified in the plan of care, individualized to each patient’s needs.
• Apply appropriate interventions to progress patients toward wellness and maintain wellness.
• Discuss care with patients, listen to concerns, and report status changes to registered nurses and doctors.
• Communicate therapeutically and professionally with patients, visitors, coworkers, and others involved in treatment.
• Ensure safe delivery of medications in accordance with policies, procedures, physician orders, and current practice.
• Maintain standards of professional nursing practice according to facility policy, external governing bodies, and performance improvement standards.
• Document thoroughly and accurately patient symptoms, responses, and progress.

• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

• Graduation from an accredited school of nursing.
• One or more years of nursing experience in the clinical area of service preferred.

• Current LPN/LVN license as required by the state.
• CPR and de-escalation/restraint certification required (training available upon hire and offered by facility).
• First aid may be required based on state or facility.

While this job description is intended to be an accurate reflection of the requirements of the job, management reserves the right to add or remove duties as circumstances dictate.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants regardless of characteristics protected by applicable state, federal, and local laws.

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