RN/LVN for Eating Disorder Residential

LGTC Group is an outpatient mental health clinic and an ambulatory facility designed to provide comprehensive mental health services across the lifespan. LGTC offers comprehensive mental health services in one convenient organization, spanning multiple locations. Our approach eliminates patients' need to find and interact with different practitioners, reducing logistical challenges in coordination of care, exchanging health information, or coordinating crises.

LGTC seeks a full-time and per diem Registered Nurse (RN) or a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) for an Eating Disorder Residential in Campbell, CA.

CURRENT NEED: availability for Thursday/Friday/Saturday AM shift (7am-3pm)

RN / LVN Responsibilities include:

• Completing H&P upon admission for each client
• Developing and initiating the Nursing Care Plan
• Facilitating therapeutic groups
• Providing clear and complete client documentation
• Implementing Physician Orders
• Availability for consultation after hours and returns telephone calls/pages within a ten-minute time frame
• Administering medication as prescribed
• Counting narcotics daily, logs appropriately
• Meeting regularly with medical staff to discuss client treatment
• Providing assessments of medical problems as needed
• Performing primary first aid and determining the need for physician notification
• Consulting with the physician and psychiatrist to ensure appropriate medical interventions
• Meeting with each client, completing a daily assessment, and administering all prescription medication
• Responsibility for carrying out any orders received from the physician and psychiatrist, and reporting information to the Program Director and Facility
• Understanding the therapeutic process and confidentiality laws, and having strong knowledge of professional ethics
• Demonstrating leadership abilities, with an ability to communicate with persons from all educational and cultural backgrounds
• Demonstrating tact, initiative, resourcefulness, a professional manner, enthusiasm, and a non-judgmental attitude

Qualifications

• RN/LVN required
• Management or supervision experience is preferred
• Mental health nursing experience is a plus
• RN/LVN License in the State required
• Must have knowledge of JCAHO & State regulatory requirements
• Must have considerable knowledge of nursing principles and practice
• Must demonstrate knowledge of Axis I diagnosis and symptoms