Licensed Practical Nurse

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Manage client care: including but not limited to daily vital signs, PPD placement, medication administration, referrals for rapid testing, and follow ups of medical and psychiatric appointments.
• Provide oversight and monitoring of controlled substances and medication to promote organized and efficient medication tracking, refills, and disposal of medication, as needed.
• Assist with managing the symptoms of withdrawal for clients who are in the stabilization element of care per medical providers orders.
• Responds to Emergencies followed up by Incident Reports.
• Document all nurse intakes, follow ups, and discharges in electronic health record system.
• Maintains accurate and timely telephone and written correspondence.
• Collaborate with medical providers and psychiatrists to inform decisions regarding management and treatment of problems identified and provides care & transcribes orders by medical providers.
• Participates in weekly case conferences and transdisciplinary meetings regarding client updates and modification of treatment as necessary according to health and wellness concerns.
• Understands and can effectively communicate HIPAA compliance, corporate compliance and client confidentiality.
• Ensures and/or remains in compliance with local, state, and federal regulation, i.e., OASAS, NYS DOH.
• Provides ongoing health education and groups to support clients.
• May be required to participate in staff meeting or professional development activities as needed.
• Completes other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• New York State Licensed Practical Nurse
• Current certification in CPR/BLS
• Experience working with MICA and/or homeless population and experience in addiction medicine, ambulatory or hospital-based withdrawal service preferred.
• Must have excellent oral, writing and listening skills.
• The ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and create and coordinate schedules.
• Must have the ability to interface with clients as well as all levels of staff.
• Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds.
• Experience with electronic health records and knowledge of Microsoft Office

Benefits

Project Renewal is an equal opportunity employer. Its long-standing policy has been to embrace the equality of opportunity for all employees and applicants without regard to actual or perceived race, color, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, religion or creed, gender (see separately issued Gender Discrimination policy for more detail), physical or mental disability, age (18 and over), military status, arrest record, marital status, domestic partnership status, genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristic, sexual orientation, status as a victim or witness of domestic violence, sex offenses or stalking, unemployment status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state and local laws.