LPN (Sun-Thurs)

Summary of Position

The LPN plays a vital role in coordinating care for individuals within designated residential settings. Working collaboratively with interdisciplinary team members and house managers, the LPN ensures adherence to healthcare regulations and standards, fostering a safe, supportive environment that promotes the health, dignity, and overall well-being of those served.

Coordination of Services

• Residential-Based Nursing Support: Maintain a consistent and collaborative nursing presence within residential homes, focusing on direct engagement with individuals served and supporting staff in real-time care coordination.
• Health Assessments: Conduct wellness and illness evaluations following urgent care visits, hospital visits, falls, or other health-related events, ensuring thorough documentation and follow-up of health needs.
• Documentation: Complete timely and accurate documentation of assessments and communications within each residence, ensuring continuity and transparency in care delivery.
• Maintain Accurate Medical Records: Assist with reviewing and updating medical and medication records, including healthcare provider orders, medication lists, immunization records, healthcare provider visits, rehabilitation and other healthcare related documentation.
• Medical Appointments: Accompany individuals to physician’s appointments as needed, supporting communication and advocacy for optimal health outcomes.
• Advocate through Communication: Work closely with healthcare providers, including visiting nurses, laboratories, hospice care, pharmacies and physician offices, to support individualized plans of care.
• Collaborate on Treatment Plans: Coordinate care while in the residence and/or program, working closely with team members and individuals served to ensure treatment plans are responsive and person-centered. Work with health care professionals and staff to formulate, implement and monitor medical treatment plans.
• Support Nutritional Needs: Provide dietary support with preparation of specialized diets and eating. Monitor nutrition plan compliance and assess changing needs.
• Facilitate Transitions of Care: Assist with new admissions, and assist with coordinating admissions and discharges from healthcare facilities, including hospitals, rehabilitation centers, ensuring smooth handoffs.
• Quality Compliance: Adhere to medical policies and procedures to ensure compliance with state, federal, and agency regulations.
• Administer treatments and medications, following the Department of Public Health’s (DPH) Medication Administration Program (MAP) policies and prescriber orders.
• Implement and review health care treatments, prescriber orders and protocols for accuracy, ensuring compliance with funder regulations and ease of use and understanding for program staff.
• Participate and schedule programmatic reviews/ audits, including medication audits and other quality improvement initiatives. Update information as needed to maintain record compliance.
• Execute duties to reflect reasonable safety, infection control standards and privacy standards. Universal/standard precautions must be utilized and training obtained in areas that constitute risk.

Knowledge and Experience Required

• Massachusetts Licensed Practical Nurse.
• Valid license as an LPN in the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing. Licensure must remain active and in good standing with the Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing.
• Three years of nursing experience as an LPN preferred.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license.

Skills and Abilities Required

• Performs duties involving an intensive knowledge of nursing care and related policies and procedures and the application to situations not previously covered.
• Requires the use of judgment in the modification or adaptation of procedures to meet unusual situations.
• Work with confidential data such as individual case records which if disclosed inadvertently could have significant internal effect or minor external effect.
• Proficient computer skills including Word, Excel, and other related MS Office applications.
• Comeptent and comfortable with learning new computer systems, programs and applications.

Benefits

• 403b with company match
• Health, Vision, Dental with generous contribution toward medical insurance premiums
• Flexible Savings Account
• Employer Paid Life, AD&D, and LTDT
• Tuition Remission Program and Tuition Reimbursement program
• Free on-site gym with pool, free wellness classes (yoga, Zumba, and more!)
• Generous Paid Time Off for work-life balance