LPN - Licensed Practical Nurse

Salary up to $35.54 / hour Overview Licensed Practical Nurse - Skilled Nursing & Long Term Care Part-time 10pm-6am opportunity available Clinical Variety. Meaningful Relationships. A Career With Room to Grow. Elderwood is seeking Licensed Practical Nurses to join our skilled nursing and rehabilitation team. As an LPN, you will help manage the daily clinical care of residents and short-stay rehabilitation patients while providing direction and support to CNAs on your assigned team. This is a hands-on nursing opportunity for an LPN who values clinical responsibility, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with the people in their care. Whether you are beginning your nursing career or bringing years of experience, Elderwood offers a setting where you can strengthen your skills, contribute to a clinically active care team, and pursue continued professional growth. LPN Pay and Scheduling - Maximize Your Earnings Experience credit reflected in your individual rate Shift differentials for qualifying evening, overnight, and weekend hours - up to $3.00 per hour Additional 10% premium-pay opportunity for eligible employees who opt out of certain elective benefits Employee referral bonus opportunities of up to $2,000 Full-time, part-time, and per diem scheduling options Ask our recruitment team to explain the available compensation programs and how your experience, shift, employment status, and benefit elections may affect your individual rate. More Than Traditional Long-Term Care Elderwood offers nurses the clinical variety of a post-acute environment combined with the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with the people in their care. Our subacute rehabilitation unit serves patients transitioning from hospital to home, including individuals recovering from illness, injury, surgery, orthopedic procedures, and cardiac conditions. The nursing team supports complex clinical needs that may include IV therapy, PICC-line management, wound vacs, complex wound care, ostomy care, enteral feeding, and dialysis coordination. For nurses who enjoy med-surg-style clinical variety, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the opportunity to strengthen their assessment and technical skills, this is a setting where you can continue developing clinically while helping patients make measurable progress toward recovery. Practice With Support Around You LPNs at Elderwood have meaningful clinical responsibility - but they are not expected to practice without support. You will work closely with onsite RN and nursing leadership, including Unit Managers, RN Supervisors, the Assistant Director of Nursing, and the Director of Nursing. Facility clinical teams also benefit from the standards, resources, and broader leadership of Elderwood Administrative Services, including the Chief Nursing Officer and Regional Nurse Consultant structure. This gives you access to experienced nursing leaders and organizational clinical resources as you coordinate care, respond to changes in condition, guide CNAs, and support quality and regulatory expectations. Build Your Clinical Career Close to Home Elderwood at Grand Island is conveniently located for CNAs throughout Grand Island, Kenmore, Tonawanda, Niagara Falls, Wheatfield, North Tonawanda, and Buffalo. Join a local nursing team committed to clinical quality, professional development, and consistent resident-centered care. Build the Next Stage of Your Nursing Career Your LPN position can be both meaningful work today and a foundation for continued nursing growth. Elderwood offers tuition-reimbursement programs and educational partnerships with D'Youville University, Erie 1 BOCES, and Trocaire College. Eligible employees may use available education programs to support future nursing and professional-development goals, subject to program requirements. Whether you want to deepen your LPN practice, advance your education, become an RN, or pursue future opportunities in supervision, education, unit management, or nursing administration, Elderwood offers multiple pathways for continued growth, including a 12-week training program for nursing leaders. Responsibilities What You'll Do as a LPN at Elderwood: Administer medications and ordered treatments safely and accurately Manage the daily clinical care of assigned residents and short-stay rehabilitation patients Monitor residents closely and promptly communicate symptoms, changes in condition, clinical concerns, and progress to the appropriate RN or provider Follow each resident’s plan of care and contribute clinical information needed to maintain accurate, individualized care Direct and monitor the personal-care duties and nursing-care procedures completed by CNAs on your assigned team Provide coaching, guidance, and hands-on assistance to CNAs when resident or unit needs require it Maintain accurate nursing notes, medication-administration records, treatment records, and other required documentation Safeguard, store, administer, and account for medications and controlled substances according to policy and regulatory requirements Communicate professionally with residents, families, providers, rehabilitation professionals, and other members of the interdisciplinary team Support infection prevention, resident safety, regulatory compliance, and a respectful care environment Qualifications What You'll Need as a LPN at Elderwood: Required Current license and registration to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse in New York State Ability to provide nursing care within the LPN scope of practice and under appropriate RN direction Ability to direct, support, and work collaboratively with CNAs and other members of the care team Strong verbal and written communication skills Sound problem-solving and decision-making skills Ability to document accurately and use required clinical computer systems A caring, patient, and respectful approach to residents Physical stamina for an active, hands-on nursing position Ability to read, write, speak, and understand English at the level necessary for safe care and effective workplace communication Preferred Previous nursing experience in a skilled nursing, rehabilitation, long-term-care, or geriatric setting Experience caring for short-stay rehabilitation patients Experience with dementia or memory-care populations Experience supporting complex treatments and clinically diverse resident needs EOE Statement WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved. #J-18808-Ljbffr Elderwood Administrative Services