LPN- Community Health Part Time BWH

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$5,000 sign on bonus is being offered to eligible new employees hired into this LPN position (non‑MGB employees). Please ask for more details!

Licensed Practical Nurse | LPN | Primary Care – Adult & Pediatric patients | Onsite | Prefer Spanish language skills

Part Time, 24 Hours per week, Rotating schedule during Mon‑Fri

Brookside Community Health, Jamaica Plain MA
• 3297 Washington Street

$31.50 – $43.64 per hour. New, higher pay rates; pay is commensurate with experience.

Medical, Dental, Vision;
Tuition Reimbursement;
Generous Paid Time Off;
Public Transit Subsidy (50 % MBTA subway pass); 403B;
Cash Balance Retirement (pension).

Licensed Community Health Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Provides multi‑disciplinary, comprehensive care with services including:

• Adult, Family and Pediatric Primary Care
• OB/GYN, Family Planning, Dental/Oral Surgery, Nutrition/WIC, Behavioral Health, Cardiology, Pulmonology, Nephrology
• Onsite Laboratory, Financial Counseling, Community Resource Specialists
• Serving >11,000 patients and >69,000 visits annually, most Spanish‑speaking and socioeconomically underserved
• Bilingual English/Spanish English staff; teaching site for Harvard Medical School, Mass General Institute of Health Professionals School of Nursing, Harvard Dental School, Boston University Dental School, and other Boston area programs

Under supervision of a Nurse Manager or licensed clinical leader and in collaboration with other team members, the LPN will provide direct and indirect patient care in accordance with the scope of practice.

• Interview patients about current problems, medications, allergies, and review medical record for pertinent information.
• Measure and record patients’ vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, and respiration.
• Provide basic patient care or treatments, including dressing wounds, treating bedsores, enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, performing catheterizations, routine immunizations, nebulizer treatments, and visual acuity tests.
• Participate in patient treatment regimen, including administering medications under the supervision of a physician and registered nurse.
• Answer phones, take messages, and perform triage within scope of licensed practical nursing practice promptly and accurately.
• Collect samples (blood, urine, sputum) and perform routine laboratory tests on samples.
• Prepare patients for examinations, tests, or treatments and explain procedures.
• Assist patients with bathing, dressing, personal hygiene, moving in bed, or standing and walking.

• Graduate of an accredited Licensed Practical Nursing Program.

• Current LPN licensure in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (required).
• Basic Life Support (preferred).

• Prior nursing experience preferred.

• Spanish language strongly preferred.

• Basic patient education knowledge: interviewing, listening, teaching, and engagement techniques.
• Ability to accurately perform vital signs and obtain pertinent health information.
• Ability to administer medication via injections, intravenous, and oral routes.
• Knowledge and ability to perform specific procedures and tests appropriate to the clinical setting.
• Effective communication: professional, courteous, clear, and concise.

• Remote Type:
  Onsite
• Scheduled Weekly
  
  Hours:
  
  24
• Employee Type:
  Regular
• Work Shift:
  
  Rotating (United States of America)
• Grade: 5

2200 The Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.