Licensed Practical Nurse (Lpn)- Behavioral Health

About Us:
Liberty Resources is a dynamic human services agency and a great place to work! Working for Liberty Resources means you'll have access to great career opportunities, benefits and a supportive atmosphere. Our rapid growth is providing exciting opportunities in all areas of our organization.
Liberty Resources' Integrated Health Care is currently seeking a Behavioral HealthLicensed Practical Nurse to support our growth and expansion.
$5,000 Sign On Bonus!
Daytime Hours Only
No Evenings! No Weekends! No On Call!
Our employees have passion around the services they provide and our corporate values of excellence and staff support. We pride ourselves on high quality, integrated, community-based services that meet the evolving needs of our communities. We're committed to building a diverse workforce that values contributions of all team members and work to recognize cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and how they apply to provision of positive health outcomes.
Position Summary:
The Behavioral HealthLicensed Practical Nurse (LPN) will function as a member of the Integrated Health Care Behavioral Health Prescriber Services Nursing Team. The LPN will assist the Behavioral Health Psychiatric Prescribers in their provision of care while providing a full range of nursing and medical support services for clients enrolled in IHC's Article 31 and Article 32 clinics.
Job Responsibilities:

• Manage the Nursing Triage and Medication Line; responds to patient triage and support calls, coordinates care as needed.
• Coordinate the Prescriber Services Bridge Script Process. Assists in providing medication refills, prior authorizations, and tasks related to ensuring prescribed medication regimes are made available to clients per agency and program policies.
• Manage Initial Psychiatric Evaluation Process; inclusive of coordinating receipt of records, blood work and EKG results, and necessary clinical information from the client's care team.
• Efficiently utilize the electronic health record, referral platforms, and other IT resources to facilitate efficient management of administrative functions. Maintain detailed documentation, spreadsheets, and workflows to effectively complete job duties in an organized and detail-oriented manner.
• Administer Long-Acting Injection Medications, when necessary due to RN absence, when ordered by a clinic prescriber and uses best practices as defined in the Nursing standards.
• Facilitate Health Monitoring to address health implications and support recovery, when necessary due to RN absence.
• Respond to staff/client mental and physical health emergencies/crises at the clinic.
• Provide assessments, consultations and clinic based services for clients and/or staff to determine current health needs of the clients.
• Monitors follow-up care via review of medical records, lab test results, and contact with health providers, as needed.

Qualifications:

• Graduate of an accredited LPN program with current licensure in NYS.
• One year of clinical experience as an LPN, with experience working with mental health population preferred.
• Must have eligibility for full and unconditional participation in the Medicaid and Medicare programs. Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to effectively use an electronic medical record for all documentation.
• Must have a valid New York State driver's license and access to reliable transportation when required.
• Demonstrates the values of diversity, equity and belonging; foster an inclusive environment that facilitates diversity.

Pay $24.00/hour
Liberty Resources is committed to creating a diverse inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Liberty Resources offers equal employment opportunities to all persons without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, parental status, housing status, source of income or military status, in accordance with applicable federal, state and local EEO laws.
Liberty Resources cares about your safety. We are following all CDC guidelines to ensure safety for clients, families and employees.
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• Pay Type Hourly

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