Licensed Practical Nurse

Bridgeview, 1050 Niagara St, Buffalo, NY 14213, USA

Mattina, 300 Niagara Street, Buffalo, NY 14201, USA

South towns, 151 Elmview Avenue, Hamburg, NY 14075, USA

If you believe healthcare is a right, that everyone deserves high quality care so they can enjoy their highest level of health and wellbeing, and you value each person's individual story – consider joining us at Neighborhood!

We’re looking for an Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) who is kind, enjoys opportunities to collaborate, and is open to unique perspectives. You’ll be part of a team that is resilient and seeks fairness by listening to patients and providing patient-centered care.

As an LPN at Neighborhood, you’ll use your training, organizational skills, attention to detail, and influencing skills as you perform nursing tasks and help ensure an excellent patient experience.

Responsibilities include:

• Nursing tasks within the framework of case finding, health teaching, health counseling and provision of supportive and restorative care under direction of a registered professional nurse or licensed provider
• Carry out direct patient care
• Deliver information to patients directly from provider orders
• Perform immunizations and injections
• Assist in facilitating patient flow for the provider to ensure a seamless and efficient patient flow
• Perform all CLIA waiver tests and ensures all tests are up to date
• Demonstrate proper placement and documentation of PPD
• Collect patient information and deliver to a provider or registered nurse

You will be primarily based at our Buffalo locations and will travel to other Neighborhood sites in Western New York as needed.

The top three words employees say describe the work environment are teamwork, supportive, kind
. These are from an anonymous survey of Neighborhood employees for the Buffalo Business First Best Places to Work competition. Neighborhood has earned “finalist” distinction in the competition the last four years. We are a group of flexible and kind individuals who are open to each other’s ideas, and see opportunities to innovate and find solutions when challenges arise.

• Graduated from an accredited one or two year nursing school
• Current NYS License as a Practical Nurse
• Current CPR certification
• Exceptional attention to detail and follow-through
• Superb organizational skills
• Self-starter with the ability to work proactively and take initiative
• Results-oriented; creative and persistent in accomplishing tasks
• Solutions-driven with a systems orientation
• Highly responsive, timely, accurate and thorough in follow-up and follow-through

Compensation: $26.75 an hour based on a full-time, 40 hour work week.

Benefits:
You’ll have options for medical, dental, life, and supplemental insurance. We also offer a 403b match, health savings accounts with employer contribution, wellbeing programs, continuing education opportunities, generous paid time off and holidays.

Neighborhood Health Center is the largest and longest serving Federally Qualified Health Center in Western New York, and is the highest ranked health center for quality in the region. We provide primary and integrated healthcare services all under one roof, regardless of a person’s ability to pay. Services include internal/family medicine, pediatrics, OB‑GYN, dentistry, podiatry, psychiatry, vision care, nutrition and behavioral health counseling, and pharmacy services.

We’re working toward a Western New York where all enjoy their highest level of health and wellbeing.

Neighborhood Health Center is an equal opportunity employer.

• CPR
• LPN

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