St. Joseph’s Addiction Treatment & Recovery Centers

Comprehensive addiction treatment and recovery services

LPN

Nursing & Frontline Patient CareConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSaranac Lake, NY, USAIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

Hold New York State Licensed Professional Nurse (LPN) licensure.
Have experience working with individuals with substance abuse and trauma disorders.
Work within a trauma-informed environment and adhere to the Sanctuary commitments.
Demonstrate commitment to social responsibility, emotional intelligence, social learning, open communication, democracy, nonviolence, and growth and change while performing job duties.

Responsibilities

Provide nursing services to residents under the direction of the RN.
Monitor the facility to ascertain residents’ activities and the general status of the facility.
Initiate appropriate action to ensure residents’ and facility’s safety and wellbeing as required, and document significant activity in the clinical log.
Check residents identified as needing monitoring because of physical or emotional difficulties, initiate appropriate action based on assessment, and document findings in the clinical log.
Offer crisis-intervention counseling to residents as needed, document sessions in the staff log, and report to a supervisor.
Complete resident incident, accident, or medical emergency forms as required.
Answer phones and provide support to people needing assistance.
Meet regularly with the RN or Health Coordinator for supervision according to policy.
Assess and monitor residents for signs and symptoms of withdrawal using appropriate withdrawal scales.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Desired Qualifications

Have familiarity with military culture.

St. Joseph's Addiction Treatment and Recovery Centers

Sign-on Bonus: A hiring bonus of $5,000.00 will be attached to an offer for this job opening! Further information can be provided by St. Joseph's Human Resources team during the interview process.

Location: Recovery Campus - Saranac Lake, NY

Positions Available: Full-time LPN

Shift Schedule: Sunday-Thursday, 2:30pm-11:00pm

Pay Range: $24.70/hour to $28.70/hour

Position Summary: Under the direction of the RN, assists in providing nursing services to residents.

Education and Training: NYS Licensed Professional Nurse.

Experience and Work Knowledge: Experience working with individuals with substance abuse and trauma disorders. Familiarity with military culture preferred.

Physical Demands: None

Special Considerations: Work within a trauma informed environment. Adhere to Sanctuary commitments. Commitment to Social Responsibility, Emotional Intelligence, Social Learning, Open Communication, Democracy, Nonviolence and Growth and Change performing the job duties.

Essential Duties:

Responsible for provision of nursing services to residents.
Assists with monitoring of facility to ascertain residents’ activities and general status of facility.
Initiate appropriate action to ensure safety, wellbeing of residents and facility as required. Document significant activity in the clinical log.
Check any identified resident in need of monitoring because of physical and/or emotional difficulties. Initiate appropriate action as assessment indicates. Document findings in the clinical log.
Available to offer counseling (crisis intervention only) to residents, as needed and documents sessions in staff log and reports to supervisor.
Completes all resident’s incident/accident or medical emergency forms as required.
Answers Phones and provide support to those needing assistance.
Meets regularly with RN/Health Coordinator for supervision as per policy.
Assess and monitor residents experience signs and symptoms of withdrawal using appropriate withdrawal scales.
May preform other duties as assigned.

About the Company

St. Joseph’s Addiction Treatment & Recovery Centers

Comprehensive addiction treatment and recovery services

St. Joseph’s Addiction Treatment & Recovery Centers offers a full continuum of addiction care across five New York counties, including inpatient residential care, veterans housing, a Family Program, outpatient treatment, Open Access Center services, aftercare, and supportive housing, licensed by OASAS and CARF-accredited. Clients move through a coordinated path that can start with inpatient or Open Access services and continue to outpatient and aftercare, combining behavioral treatment with spiritual aspects and delivered in a trauma-informed framework. Its distinctions include the five-county network, veteran-specific housing, a Family Program, formal accreditation, and a trauma-informed approach that supports sustained recovery. The goal is lasting recovery by providing structured, respectful, and ongoing support to help individuals maintain sobriety and rebuild their lives over the long term.

Company size: 51-200
Company stage: Grant
Total funding: $1.7M
Headquarters: Town of Harrietstown, New York
Founded: 1971

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