Licensed Practical Nurse - WIN West

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• Management of medication system for all clients at shelter, including Receiving and reviewing medications
• Aids in calling for refills
• Ensures safe storage of medications
• Guarantees clients have appropriate supplies and access to medications
• Maintains monitoring of client reactions for side effects and reports to prescribing provider
• Keeps Medication Self Administration logs, destruction log, controlled substance log
• Provides nursing screening of all new clients
• Aids in connecting psychiatric, medical and substance abuse problems to appropriate providers
• Participates in weekly clinical meetings with medical staff, shelter case management, & administrative staff
• Communicates regularly with on-site psychiatric and medical providers, case managers and on-site operations & administrative staff
• Communicates with off-site psychiatric providers as necessary and appropriate
• Administers medications ordered by the providers
• Administers injections ordered by providers
• Provides medication teaching as needed
• Assists clients with self-administer medications
• Provides ongoing health education and support to clients
• Maintains documentation in compliance with agency policies and procedures
• Aids in tele-psychiatry operations as scheduled with tele-psychiatry provider at Project Renewal
• Aids in Primary Care Clinic, Residential, Substance Use Program coverage as needed

Qualifications

• New York State licensed LPN
• Experience working with homeless individuals preferred
• Must have excellent oral and listening skills
• Must have the ability to interface with clients as well as all levels of staff
• Must have knowledge Microsoft Office, especially Word and Excel