Staff Nurse LPN- FT Nights

Licensed Practical Nurse

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), in collaboration with a Registered Nurse, utilizes the nursing process of assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation to ensure quality nursing care and to maximize the quality of life for the patients. The LPN is an integral member of the clinical support team, and collaborates with other multidisciplinary members to meet the clinical needs of the patients. The LPN is an active supporter of culture change initiatives and serves as a role model and mentor to others.

In addition, the LPN will demonstrate a strong commitment to the philosophy and mission of Hebrew SeniorLife and recognize patient's dignity and choice in all aspects of daily life. They are an active participant in the activities, work, and social environment of the units, and strive to make every patient encounter into a positive and meaningful experience and opportunity, while ensuring the provision of safe and efficient quality care.

Core competencies include demonstrating empathy and compassion with all interactions with patients and with families, supporting independence and patient choice when caring for patients, demonstrating strong communication skills and ability to foster teamwork, articulating commitment to excellence and high-quality care, demonstrating the importance of accountability and personal ownership related to teamwork and patient care, demonstrating strong critical thinking skills, and demonstrating ability to coach and mentor others to achieve high quality care.

Position responsibilities include ensuring all care delivered is within the scope and established standards of safe professional nursing practice with core care competencies, collaborating with other members of the multidisciplinary team to meet the clinical needs of the patient and monitor outcomes of care, adhering to best practice recommendations and implementing evidence-based interventions to ensure optimum outcomes for patients, practicing in a primary nursing model and maintaining accountability for a set of assigned patients with RN oversight of assessment and care planning, collaborating and participating in care planning activities and supporting autonomy and individual choice wherever possible, in collaboration with the RN, ensuring the plan of care is an accurate reflection of the patient's individualized needs and ensuring that the plan of care is followed and revised as necessary, documenting pertinent information regarding care delivered in designated areas of patient's record using the electronic medical records, initiating necessary reports including DPH, incident and concern resolution reports, identifying and seeking out necessary resources as needed to ensure the provision of safe and effective care, delegating and supervising clinical care delivered by the nursing assistant, assuming accountability for his/her own learning needs and professional development, demonstrating critical thinking abilities related to problem resolution, role modeling professional behavior, actively participating in shared governance, committees, etc, collaborating in the development of new work processes and systems, serving as a resource and support to the PCAs in the unit, identifying and responding to safety concerns on the unit, maintaining compliance with policies, procedures, practices, regulatory matters and HIPAA compliance, participating in the collection and monitoring of quality data to ensure high standards of care, participating in performance improvement projects, participating and assisting with unit activities as needed (i.e. assist with serving meals), serving as a coach and mentor to patient care associates, and may be assigned charge nurse responsibilities with RN oversight.

Qualifications include a graduate of approved school of nursing required, current Massachusetts license as an LPN in good standing, previous experience preferred, understanding the philosophy and support the model of care at HRC required, being a professional, proactive, collaborative, conscientious and results-oriented individual with an optimistic and positive demeanor, excellent oral and written communication skills, good intuition and able to adapt to changing priorities and display good, sound judgment, superb organizational skills, solid analytical skills, ability to innovate, think strategically and conceptually, manage multiple projects simultaneously and handle even difficult situations, motivation to learn and flexibility to change, computer literacy required, and excellent English language skills, verbal and written.

Physical requirements can be found in Occupational Health.

Remote type: On-site

Salary range: $33.00 - $45.00