Licensed Practical Nursing - LPN

Responsibilities

Foundations for Living is currently in search of a dedicated and compassionate LPN - Licensed Practical Nurse to join our team and provide essential support on alternate weekends. Our organization operates as a residential treatment facility, catering to at-risk youth in need of specialized care and support. The primary responsibility of this role will be to bolster our existing nursing team during the crucial 2nd shift hours and will work every other weekend.

As an LPN at Foundations for Living, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring the well-being and health of our youth residents, contributing to their positive growth and development. This position offers a unique opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of young individuals while working within a supportive and caring team environment.

Responsibilities:

• Administer medications as prescribed and monitor their effects

• Conduct health assessments and document observations accurately

• Collaborate with the treatment team to develop and implement individualized care plans

• Monitor and assist residents with daily living activities, ensuring their safety and well-being

• Provide emotional support and crisis intervention as needed

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date medical records and documentation

• Communicate effectively with the treatment team, residents, and their families

• Participate in staff meetings, trainings, and continuing education opportunities

Qualifications:

• Current LPN license in Ohio

• Experience working in a mental health setting, preferably with adolescents

• Strong understanding of psychiatric nursing principles and practices

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to remain calm and composed in challenging situations

• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team

• Basic computer skills for documentation purposes

• Compassion, empathy, and a genuine interest in working with mental health teens

Foundations For Living is an 84 bed (14 males and 70 females) secure residential treatment facility for youth addressing mental health and substance abuse issues. Located on the edge of Mansfield, Ohio, in a 14 rolling, wooded acres rural setting, Foundations For Living has easy access to I-71.

Foundations for Living is a subsidiary of UHS (Universal Health Services, Inc). UHS owns and operates 241 facilities, including 25 acute care hospitals, 216 behavioral health facilities and three surgery centers in 37 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the United Kingdom, and employ more than 68,000 people.

Foundations For Living is licensed by the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services (ODMHAS) and accredited by CARF (Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities). Foundations for Living offers individual, group, and family counseling to our residents.

Our mission is to provide an environment of safety where youth feel empowered to heal the wounds of the past and build a foundation of hope for the future.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. An individual must be able to perform their duties in a positive work mode and serve as a positive role model and influence for clients and peers. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Education and/or Experience

• High School Diploma or GED
• Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing

Certifications, Licenses, Registrations

• Valid State LPN License

• Valid State Drivers License with appropriate endorsements

• Certified in CPR and First Aid

Language Skills

• Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from residents, customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community. Ability to effectively present information to top management, public groups, and/or boards of directors, including proposals and educational programs. Ability to teach groups about medical management of medications and other health issues.

Mathematical Skills

• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent.

Reasoning Ability

• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

Physical Demands

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distant, and peripheral vision, color and depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Therapeutic Hold

• The employee may occasionally be required to physically restrain clients, using authorized hold procedures as a last resort for protection of resident and staff.

Work Environment

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to blood-borne pathogens and infectious diseases. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Minimal local travel is required as deemed by supervisor. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to clients who may ask inappropriate personal questions, display socially unacceptable personal behaviors, use profanity and sexually explicit phrases, make insulting remarks or threats regarding appearance, age, sex, or race, exhibit defiance, dishonesty, and assaultive or self-destructive behaviors.