Licensed Practical Nurse

This job was posted by https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov : For more information, please see: https://illinoisjoblink.illinois.gov/jobs/13809703 Description: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) - Nexus Family Healing - Manteno, IL \ ### Description Nexus Family Healing is hiring a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). The LPN provides medical services, procedures and protocols that promote resident health and well-being. \ Our LPN role also offers perks of working in a well-established youth residential setting, including lighter workloads, more consistent hours and more flexible scheduling options, as well as lighter triage responsibilities, with more focus on medication administration. Most of all, you can join a team that truly cares! Apply today! \ Nexus Family Healing is a national nonprofit with over 50 years of experience restoring hope for children and families through mental health services, foster care, adoption, and residential treatment. At Nexus Family Healing in Manteno, IL, youth in residential care attend Safe Harbor School, an accredited special education program for grades 612, offering individualized curricula with transferable credits upon discharge. \ At Nexus Family Healing, we embrace diversity, promote equity, and foster inclusion. As a national mental health organization, we serve a diverse group of youth and families, and we strive for our workforce to support and represent that diversity. \ Work Schedule & Salary: - Schedule: Full Time, 40 hours per week - Pay rate: $33-36 per hour - Onsite: 101 N Bramble St., Manteno, IL 60950 \ Benefits: - Four weeks paid time off (PTO) in the first year of employment - Multiple options for health insurance coverage - No-cost life insurance - Short/long-term disability insurance - 401k match - NEW Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family - NEW Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family - NEW Carrot Fertility Benefit - Tuition assistance and training opportunities - Advancement pathways and internal promotion - And much more! \ Position Summary: The LPN provides medical services, procedures and protocols that promote resident health and well-being. \ Primary responsibilities: \ Client Centered Medical Care - Monitor acute and chronic medical conditions of clients; provides treatment or consultation as needed - Gather relevant information and assess client status in the event of an emergency situation - Provide appropriate care and/or treatment and directs others as necessary while collaborating to provide and facilitate a referral to higher level of care when appropriate Treatment Team Collaboration - Serve as a resource to staff and other interdisciplinary teams regarding client medical concerns - Collaborate with the treatment staff to develop individual client treatment plans Promotes client health & well-being Perform centered health care services, in accordance with the Nexus policies, procedures and protocols Complete all required training that are department role specific and facility -wide requirements Maintain and stay apprised with training and certifications (online training, internal and external, in-person training, CPR certifications, nursing license, first aid and safety, medication administration, and infection control etc. Participate in internal training opportunities with community partners \ \ \ Equal employment opportunity, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.\ \ PI287769442