Job Abstract

Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your career while working with an extraordinary team? At Merakey, we put our heart and soul into everything we do. We are seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to join our team at our program in Philadelphia.

As an LPN at Merakey, you'll provide direct nursing care to individuals with developmental and physical disabilities. Your responsibilities will include clinical assessments, monitoring seizure activity, and administering medications.

Essential Job Functions:

• Conduct nursing assessments on residents to identify signs and symptoms of illness, reporting findings to the nursing supervisor.
• Identify health issues and follow through to resolution, documenting all actions.
• Review, transcribe, and administer physician's orders accurately.
• Collaborate with various healthcare professionals and specialists to coordinate care, keeping the nursing supervisor informed.
• Provide health education to residents and their families, including self-medication programs.
• Conduct effective in-service training for staff to ensure compliance with protocols and procedures.
• Communicate health changes and new orders to the interdisciplinary team, participating in unit staff meetings and incident reviews.
• Utilize the least restrictive approaches to behavior management and demonstrate knowledge of psychiatric emergencies.
• Respond effectively to emergency situations in a calm, constructive, and positive manner, following the nursing supervisor's direction.
• Implement self-medication programs.
• Perform general nursing duties including medicine administration, physician visits, quarterly reports and physical assessments, monthly breast exams, and case review meetings.
• Administer bolus and/or tube feedings.
• Tracheostomy care.

Earn $29/hour

Benefits:

Merakey offers competitive compensation plans, Work/Life balance, flexible schedules, cell phone discount plans, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement and much more!

To fill out an on-line application: www.merakey.org/careers

ABOUT MERAKEY

Merakey is a leading developmental, behavioral health, and education non-profit provider with a fifty-year history. We offer a breadth of integrated services to individuals and communities across the country. Our belief that every individual has the right to achieve growth, dignity, and fulfillment guides all our decisions. At Merakey, we care about each other and are committed to providing the very best care to those we serve. Merakey strictly follows a zero-tolerance policy for abuse.

Merakey is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer! We deeply value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, ethnic background, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, genetic information, or disability status. Moreover, we are committed to creating teams that reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and encourage applicants from underrepresented backgrounds to apply.

The ideal candidate will possess the following qualifications:

• Graduation from an accredited practical/vocational nursing program.
• Current license as an LPN in the Commonwealth of PA.
• Preferably, at least one year of experience as an LPN.
• Genuine interest in working with individuals with physical and developmental disabilities.
• Possession of a current and valid PA driver's license, along with reliable transportation (may be required).
• Physical capability to comfortably exert up to 50lbs occasionally, and/or up to 20lbs frequently, and/or up to 10lbs continuously.