Altapointe Health Systems

Integrated behavioral health and primary care

LPN Outpatient

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareUpdated on Nov 6

Full-timeMobile, AL, USANo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Hold a current LPN license in Alabama.
Maintain current state licensure and renewal requirements, including continuing education units, and attend required in-services and workshops.

Responsibilities

Respond to consumers’ medication refill requests and review charts for treatment compliance.
Administer medications according to the seven rights of medication administration and order medications from the pharmacy.
Perform venipuncture for laboratory requests, drug screens, and tuberculosis skin tests; monitor laboratory results and report abnormal findings to the physician.
Provide individual, family, and group education about consumers’ psychiatric illnesses.
Educate consumers and families about medications, including uses and potential side effects; monitor consumers for medication side effects and report findings to the physician, certified registered nurse practitioner, or registered nurse.
Communicate with the physician about consumers’ physical and mental conditions.
Follow up on missed injections and document them appropriately in consumer records.
Complete consumer admission procedures and updates according to AltaPointe policy and procedures, including at minimum the medical checklist, Abnormal Involuntary Movement Scale, vital signs, medication list, and medication administration record when applicable.
Document, update, and reconcile medication administration records when applicable.
Interact with consumers and evaluate their needs to ensure appropriate information is reported during treatment-team staffing.
Conduct infection-control training for staff and consumers when indicated and provide HIV education when appropriate.
Provide nursing coverage to other adult outpatient programs when necessary.
Interface with the multidisciplinary team and participate cooperatively in developing interdisciplinary treatment plans.
Provide emergency care as needed, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation, psychiatric and medical emergency response, and emergency medications, according to AltaPointe policy and procedures.
Recognize crisis situations and de-escalate or resolve them.
Adhere to the professional code of ethics and demonstrate adult-specific competencies.
Seek clinical supervision and consultation, accept suggestions for improvement, and work to enhance clinical skills.
Document promptly and in accordance with AltaPointe policy, clearly recording consumer problems, treatment goals, and services provided; complete and update forms, notes, logs, and other written records accurately and promptly, and ensure documentation is legible.
Meet AltaPointe productivity standards.
Treat consumers, visitors, and coworkers with care, dignity, compassion, respect, and courtesy; protect consumer privacy and confidentiality.
Assist consumers and visitors as needed, remain sensitive to individual needs and differences, and interact calmly with consumers and families.
Work dependably and cooperatively with program staff and other AltaPointe staff members.
Participate in performance-improvement activities and required AltaPointe committees.
Complete assigned tasks promptly, access appropriate community resources according to consumer needs, and comply with AltaPointe policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

1. Clinical Responsibilities

Responds to consumers’ requests for medication refills. Reviews charts for treatment compliance.
Administers medication observing the seven rights of medication administration and ordering of medications to the pharmacy
Performs venipuncture for laboratory requests, drug screens, TB skin tests, etc.. monitors lab results and reports all abnormal findings to the physician
Provides individual, family and group education regarding consumer’s psychiatric illness.
Provides medication education for the consumer and family, including uses and potential side effects. Monitors consumers for potential side effects of medications and reports findings to the physician/CRNP/RN.
Communicates effectively with the physician regarding the consumer’s physical and mental condition.
Follows up on missed injections and documents in consumers record appropriately
Completes admission procedures for consumers and updates accordingly to AltaPointe’s Policy and Procedures. This process includes at a minimum: medical checklist, AIMS, vital signs, Medication List, and MARS if applicable
Documents on, Updates, and reconciles MARS if applicable
Interacts with consumer and evaluates needs to ensure that proper in formation is reported during staffing with the treatment team
May conduct infection control training for staff and consumers when indicated
May provide HIV education
When necessary provides nursing coverage to other Adult Outpatient programs within AltaPointe
Interfaces with the multi-disciplinary team and actively and cooperatively participates in development of the interdisciplinary treatment plan.
Provides emergency care as needed (CPR, PMAB, Emergency Medications), according to AltaPointe Policy & Procedures.
Demonstrates the ability to recognize the elements of a crisis state and knows how to deescalate or resolve the situation.
Adheres to professional code of ethics.
Effectively demonstrates the application of adult specific competencies.

2. Supervision and Consultation

Seeks clinical supervision and consultation needs.
Accepts and employs suggestions for improvement.
Actively works to enhance clinical skills.

3. Clinical Record Keeping

Documents in a timely fashion per AltaPointe policy.
Documents in a clear, concise manner, types of consumer problems, treatment goals and services provided.
Documentation shows that forms, notes, logs, and other applicable written information are completed promptly, accurately and updated when appropriate.
Documents legibly.
Meets AltaPointe productivity standard

4. Courteous and respectful towards consumers, visitors and co-workers

Treats consumers with care, dignity and compassion.
Respects consumer’s privacy and confidentiality.
Is pleasant and cooperative with others.
Assists consumers and visitors as needed.
Personal values don’t inhibit ability to relate and care for others.
Is sensitive to the consumer’s needs, expectations and individual differences.
Is gentle and calm to consumers and families.
Works in a dependable, cooperative and positive manner with both program and other AltaPointe staff members

5.. Administrative and Other related duties as Assigned

Actively participates in Performance Improvement activities.
Actively participates in AltaPointe committees as required.
Completes assigned tasks in a timely manner.
Accesses appropriate community resources according to consumer needs.
Complies with AltaPointe policies & procedures.
Maintains current State license and requirements for renewals (i.e. CEU’s), and attends to required in-services and workshops.

Qualifications

Current LPN in Alabama.

About the Company

Altapointe Health Systems

Integrated behavioral health and primary care

AltaPointe Health Systems provides integrated behavioral health, primary care, and substance-use treatment across Alabama through hospitals, a crisis center, outpatient clinics, and Accordia Health (an FQHC). It operates with a team of 28 physicians and 16 extenders delivering medical care and coordinates services across multiple settings, also serving as the administration and faculty for the University of South Alabama College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry. The organization stands out by matching a wide geographic reach and a fully integrated care model with an academic affiliation for psychiatry and medical education. Its goal is to improve access to comprehensive, integrated mental and physical health services for Alabama residents and to support medical education and psychiatric care through its partnerships.

Company size: 501-1,000
Company stage: Not listed
Total funding: Not listed
Headquarters: Mobile, AL
Founded: Not listed

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