GENERAL OVERVIEW OF KEY ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
The Licensed Practical Nurse will perform the daily operation of the medication clinic.
ESSENTIAL & CORE FUNCTIONS:
1. Schedules and monitors medication appointments.
2. Provides injections.
3. Provides assistance to doctors.
4. Constructs medication treatment plans.
5. Assists with client chart documentation and other types of recordkeeping.
6. Facilitates family support and education for chronically mentally ill (ICM) clients.
7. Monitors and records medication side effects.
8. Maintains inventory of medications.
9. Calls pharmacies and insurance companies for authorizations.
10. Files all lab reports and nursing documentation.
11. Facilitates process for clients’ lab studies and annual medical examinations; monitors and reports anomalies.
12. Co-facilitates medication education groups with the doctors.
13. Observes all clients for movement disorders and monitors all such clients.
14. Observes all medication clients for neurological disorders and monitors all clients with such symptoms.
15. Fills out forms requesting information from doctors.
16. Responsible for patient assistance program and Risperdol consta.
ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Performs other duties and special projects as assigned.
PREREQUISITES & QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE POSITION:
Requirements
PREREQUISITES & QUALIFICATIONS FOR THE POSITION:
Benefits
WES Health System was founded in July 1992 as a successor of previous organizations that were committed to providing behavioral health care since the mid-1970s. This successor organization was officially named Dr. Warren E. Smith Health Centers (WES) in 1994. Through the years, WES’ staff has been providing services to the community and has been instrumental in the broad expansion of services to individuals and families. WES is based in the Philadelphia metropolitan area and began providing behavioral health care and other human services to individuals living in areas that are plagued by high crime rates, unemployment, and other social problems. WES Health System has expanded to additional metropolitan areas to provide behavioral health care to a variety of individuals and families.
WES Health System and its subsidiary companies were named after Dr. Warren E. Smith, a prominent African American psychiatrist who was committed to providing quality behavioral health care to the under-served. Beginning his career in 1954, Dr. Warren E. Smith was one of the first African American psychiatrists; he was revered as a highly principled man who was deeply sensitive to the problems of minorities living in the Philadelphia area.
