Overview

 

 

 

Psychiatric Licensed Practical Nurse, Clinical Access

Full Time, 80 Hours Per Pay Period, Day Shift

 

Peninsula Overview: 

Peninsula Behavioral Health, a division of Parkwest Medical Center and part of Covenant Health, is a leading provider of mental health services in East Tennessee. With decades of experience, Peninsula offers compassionate, evidence-based care for children, adolescents, and adults through inpatient and outpatient programs across multiple counties. From psychiatric treatment and therapy to specialized senior care, Peninsula is committed to helping individuals overcome mental health challenges and live healthy, productive lives. 

 

To learn more about Peninsula Behavioral Health and our units, visit Peninsula Behavioral Health Opportunities.  

 

Position Summary:

Provides patient care to clients with serious and persistent mental illness in a community mental health center.

Responsibilities

  • Demonstrates ability to apply Infection Control Policies.
  • Demonstrates ability to carry out own role in Clinic emergency plan implementation.
  • Demonstrates ability to apply patients’ rights policies.
  • Demonstrates ability to apply hazardous materials management policies.
  • Demonstrates understanding of patient and proprietary information confidentiality policies.
  • Demonstrates proper medication administration; nursing and pharmacy policies and procedures relative to drug storage, mixing with fluids, automatic stop dates, etc.
  • Demonstrates ability to perform nursing patient care assignments including but not limited to
    • Medication education
    • Implementation of procedures to identify and de-escalate crisis, including the use of verbal de-escalation techniques.
  • Demonstrates effective communication of patients’ needs.
  • Demonstrates ability to effectively collaborate with other nursing staff to recommend departmental policies and procedures and assures data collection supporting demonstration of providing cost-effective, quality nursing care (QA performance standard).
  • Demonstrates ability to effectively conduct peer review activities (QA performance standard)
  • Demonstrates ability to effectively collaborate with multidisciplinary groups of care providers in evaluation of treatment effectiveness for populations served (CQI performance standard) as directed by the Clinical Leader.
  • Demonstrates ability to positively influence other staff’s morale.
  • Follows policies, procedures, and safety standards. Completes required education assignments annually. Works toward achieving goals and objectives, and participates in quality improvement initiatives as requested.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

None specified; however, must be sufficient to meet the standards for achievement of the below indicated license and/or certification as required by the issuing authority.

 

Minimum Experience:

Previous experience in the practice of psychiatric nursing desired.  Providing direct patient care in a community mental health center or other psychiatric setting, the LPN/LVN must be able to respond to patients’ needs that may include lifting of patients and the use of physical strength to avoid combative patients.  There is need for precautions for exposure to blood and other body fluids.  Emotional stability and empathy sufficient to work with emotionally unstable patients is necessary.

 

Licensure Requirement:

Current license as a Licensed Practical Nurse in the State of Tennessee or Licensed Vocational Nurse.

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