Group Home LPN | up to $34/hr. | Wayland, NY

$70,720 - $70,720/Yr

Amergis - Sonyea, NY

Full-time - Entry Level

Sonyea, NY

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Long Term Care LPN at Amergis is responsible for delivering nursing care to patients in a Long Term Care/Assisted Living Facility, particularly for individuals with developmental disabilities. This role requires clinical judgment, critical thinking, and effective coordination of patient care, ensuring adherence to nursing standards and facility policies.

Responsibilities

• Utilizes the nursing process to assess, plan, implement and evaluate patient care in a Long Term Care/Assisted Living Facility
• Performs focused interview to identify specific needs
• Assesses signs and symptoms indicating physiologic and psychological changes in the patient's condition
• Collects, analyzes, and interprets data and information from health care members and documents actual and/or potential nursing diagnoses
• Documents the patient's plan of care using identified nursing diagnoses, expected patient outcomes, and selected nursing interventions
• Identifies and prioritizes actions based upon patient care requirements
• Monitors consistency between patient plan of care and actions of medical staff
• Performs interventions according to identified priorities, plan of care, and the facility policies and patient outcome standards
• Provides a safe, comfortable and therapeutic patient environment
• Initiates and evaluates patient and/or family education
• Revises the plan of care according to evaluation, changes in medical plan of care, and effective/ineffective nursing interventions
• Documents patient's response to nursing and other interventions
• Uses clinical judgment in evaluation activities to meet patient care needs of an assigned floor/unit including establishing priorities
• Monitors safety and effectiveness of the environment and equipment
• Participates in activities to facilitate good interpersonal communications with the chosen facility
• Supports professional practice by observing the Nurse Practice Act, Standards of Nursing Practice, and other relevant policies
• Performs other duties as assigned/necessary

Requirements

• Current Licensed Practical Nurse License for the state in which the nurse practices
• Ability to effectively elicit/provide information to and from appropriate individuals via strong spoken, written, listening, and nonverbal communication skills
• Current Health Certificate (if applicable)
• Current PPD or Chest X-Ray
• One year prior professional nursing experience preferred
• Current BLS card
• Successful completion of screening tests for the clinical specialty area(s) in which the LPN practices with a score of 80% or greater
• Successful completion of Background Screening Process

Benefits

• Competitive pay & weekly paychecks
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• 401(k) savings plan
• Awards and recognition programs