LPN - Full-time

divpstrong id="isPasted"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Agency Profile: /span/strongspan style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Spectrum Health amp; Human Services respectfully partners with adults, children, and families as they recover from behavioral, emotional, mental health and/or substance related disorders by offering individualized and meaningful opportunities of hope, empowerment and support to achieve self-defined improvements in their quality of life./span/pp style="text-align: center;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"strongFull-time: 2412 Seneca Street, Buffalo, NY/strong/span/pp style="text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"strongSUMMARY OF POSITION FUNCTION:nbsp;/strong/span/pp style="text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Knowledge and demonstration of Agency Core Values in all day-to-day activities. Provides medical care to the Agencyrsquo;s behavioral health programs. nbsp;Duties are in keeping within scope of practice which include interviewing individuals to screen for medical problems, health monitoring, injections and education, along with coordinating referrals for follow-up with medical offices. nbsp; Duties also include individual and group services regarding the relationship between health and behavioral health issues./span/pp style="text-align: left;"span style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"strong id="isPasted"MAJOR DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:nbsp;/strong/span/pulli id="isPasted" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Knowledge and demonstration of agency core values in day-to-day activities/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Demonstrates ability to effectively use technology and appropriate use of supports/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Understands and follows agency policies, procedures and protocols/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Performs general professional nursing duties including medical observation and gathering relevant medical data and history, injections, gathering and reviewing of labs and medical reports received, pharmacy questions, etc. Reviews with RN, psychiatrist/NP and pharmacy/lab as necessary and responds accordingly/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Responds to all site medical crises including first aid, CPR, AED, etc. nbsp;/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Will be cross trained to work in all addiction and mental health clinics across Spectrum Health./lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Completes appropriate and timely documentation/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Collects data and provides evidence-based education based on individual needs/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Responsible for maintaining syringe counts, medications and medical waste/waste pickup in accordance with agency policy/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Collaborates with the nursing team, pharmacies and individuals to resolve medication issues/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Assists individuals in making linkages and providing appropriate referrals/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Travel to other sites within the agency to help with coverage will be expected as needed/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Performs other duties as assigned./li/ulpspan style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"strong id="isPasted"SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:/strong/span/pulli id="isPasted" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Qualified to provide medical services such as conducting medical history review, obtaining basic vital signs and providing injectable medications to individuals/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Skilled in providing education regarding medical/medication issues./lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Skilled in use of Cerner Millennium/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Demonstrated skill in relating to populations served with respect, accuracy and timeliness./li/ulpspan style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"strong id="isPasted"EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:/strong/span/pulli id="isPasted" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Educational qualifications must match regulatory requirements to perform medical services/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Must be a licensed practical nurse/li/ulpspan style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"strong id="isPasted"EXPERIENCE:/strong/span/pulli id="isPasted" style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Experience must match regulatory requirements/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Must have experience in providing medical services to individuals with behavioral health needs/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"Minimum one year experience preferred/lili style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"emMust possess a valid Driverrsquo;s License with an acceptable driving record. nbsp;/em/li/ulpspan style="font-size: 14px; font-family: georgia, serif;"strongCOMPENSATION:/strongnbsp;$23.50/hr - $29.00/hr/span/p/div