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Licensed Practical Nurse - LPN OTP
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Description
Provides general medical and psychiatric nursing services, medical screenings, obtains laboratory specimens, administration, and delivery of opioid medications (methadone or buprenorphine), consultation and education, and other intraagency functions.
Reports to the OTP Nurse Coordinator or their delegate.
Requires completing several competing work priorities in a time-restricted environment. Works with a challenging population of patients, often from diverse backgrounds, with varying degrees of life stress and co-morbid general
medical and psychiatric conditions. Requires work on weekdays, weekends, and holidays. Some evening hours may be required, when necessary, to provide coverage to the Buprenorphine Clinic or to facilitate the evening educational Medical Aspects Group. The work schedule is based on agency needs. In emergency situations, employees may be required to work additional hours in preparation for severe weather conditions such as predicted snowstorms or hurricanes. The Program Supervisor may also approve for an employee to make a home visit to deliver opioid medications to a patient that has a condition that makes it difficult to come to the clinic (e. g., post-op recovery) and the physician believes the patient cannot properly use take-home medication. On occasion, the nurse may medicate a patient who is too ill to come into the clinic and must remain in their vehicle outside the entrance to the Clinic.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE JOB: While performing the duties of this job, the
employee may be required to stand for extended periods of time, utilize a computer, and operate
various types of office equipment: copier, printer, facsimile machine. May require the lifting of
boxes weighing up to thirty pounds.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND EXPECTATIONS:
1. Performs general and psychiatric nursing services, including but not limited to, medication
administration and delivery, intramuscular injections, weights, vital signs, body mass indices,
glucose monitoring, mental status examinations, and phlebotomy.
2. Administers and delivers medications in accordance with physician orders and documents
activities in accordance with OTP and other NCSB policies and procedures.
3. On a daily basis, verifies opening quantity of methadone and buprenorphine stock; verifies and
documents closing quantities of methadone and buprenorphine stock.
4. Maintains daily chain of custody of take-home bottles of methadone, ensuring accurate
delivery, storage and return of undelivered bottles back to the pharmacist in accordance with
program policy and procedures.
5. Provides clinical surveillance for indication of recent alcohol or other substance use that may
require the withholding of methadone or buprenorphine and consultation with a program
physician.
6. Ensures follow-up of abnormal laboratory results and the referral of patients to the appropriate
physician for the medical evaluation of any patient physical complaints.
7. Collects drug screen specimens (monitored and unmonitored) as required by patient's
treatment plan.
8. Screens all female patients for pregnancy at enrollment and as necessary; reports positive
pregnancy test results to both the program physician and the patient's care coordinator to assure
linkage to appropriate services.
9. Provides nursing services within the Opioid Treatment Program and the Buprenorphine Clinic
including initial and ongoing screenings, admission nursing assessments, specimen collection,
medication administration, referral and consultation, scheduling appointments, and other
administrative activities in accordance with the QTP and the Buprenorphine Clinic policies and
procedures. Documents all activities according to agency requirements.
10. Maintains up to date, well documented, and legible medical records that comply with Federal
and State requirements, program requirements, and accreditation standards (CARF.)
11. Facilitates individual and group education to patients.
12. Completes pre-treatment nursing assessments, to include medical and psychiatric histories, to
assist in determining appropriateness of the patient for admission. The OTP LPN does not make
the determination of appropriateness for admission but collects and shares the information with
the program's Registered Nurse and physician for final determination.
13. Assists the physician with patient evaluations, admissions, and interventions.
14. Performs phlebotomy services on patients to collect necessary laboratory specimens.
15. Participates in case reviews as a member of the inter-disciplinary team.
CSB Staff roles may include assisting other units at times to assist them with coverage needs,
specialized assistance, or to cross-train. Their category of employment is indicated below with
YES or NO before the section to indicate which section applies to them.
Not Staff hired into administrative positions (not direct service) can work in units other than
their primary role to provide administrative activities within their skill set, education, and
training. They may not work in units as a provider of direct services. They may serve in
"voluntary" activities outside of the clinical service arena of the CSB's core services working
with the public for community outreach events, service fairs, homeless outreach activities,
homeless day shelters, neighborhood outreach events, trainings, etc. as long as their role is in an
assistance, trainer, or support function, not a clinical role.
[Yes 1 Staff hired into direct service positions (direct service, monitoring direct service,
supervising direct service) can work in units other than their primary role to provide
administrative or direct service activities within their skill set, education, and training. They may
also serve in "voluntary" activities outside of
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