Licensed Practical Nurse

CHD Brand; West Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 43,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental insurance

Health insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

Center for Human Development (CHD) seeks a full-time Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) to lead medication administration oversight across CHD's congregate care network. You will coach staff, review records, and coordinate with prescribers, pharmacies, and providers to ensure safe and compliant care.

Join a collaborative residential services team supporting youth in DCF congregate care programs. The role combines clinical oversight with hands-on practice, ensuring high standards and compassionate

Qualifications

• Must hold a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license.
• Experience in medication administration and clinical oversight preferred.
• Ability to coach staff and ensure compliance with policies.

Responsibilities

• Review medication administration practices for compliance with orders, licensing standards, and CHD policies.
• Verify medications are ordered, stored, documented, and administered correctly.
• Monitor vital signs, glucose, allergies, and prescriber notifications as needed.
• Observe staff administering medication and complete competency observations.
• Identify training needs and provide coaching and in-service education.
• Review MORs, identify patterns, and coordinate corrective actions.
• Support medication reorders, reviews, and prescriber paperwork with providers.
• Maintain medication rooms and report deficiencies to program leaders.

Skills

Medication administration

Clinical oversight

Staff coaching

Record review

Coordination with prescribers

Education

LPN license

Job description

Center for Human Development (CHD) is seeking a full time Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) for our Congregate Care Network (CCN). Join a collaborative residential services team supporting youth in DCF congregate care programs. The LPN provides hands-on quality assurance for medication administration systems across regional program sites. This role combines clinical oversight, staff coaching, record review and coordination with prescribers, pharmacies and community providers to help ensure safe, compliant and compassionate care.

What You'll Do

• Review medication administration practices at assigned residential sites for compliance with prescriber orders, DCF requirements, licensing standards, MAP policies and CHD's Medication Administration Program.
• Verify that medications are ordered, received, stored, documented and administered correctly, and that pharmacy-dispensed medications match current prescriber orders.
• Monitor clinical protocols related to vital signs, blood glucose, allergies, side effects, liquid medications and required prescriber notification.
• Observe certified staff administering medication and complete required annual competency observations and documentation.
• Identify training needs and provide coaching, in-service education and technical assistance in partnership with program supervisors and the RN.
• Review and follow up on Medication Occurrence Reports (MORs), identify patterns and recommend training or other corrective intervention.
• Support medication reorders, medication reviews, prescriber paperwork and appointment coordination with primary care and other outside providers.
• Maintain oversight of medication rooms; verify that required policies, manuals, certifications and program registrations are current; and communicate deficiencies or technical-assistance findings to program leaders and state MAP contacts in accordance with policy.

Schedule

Full-time position, candidates will work an 8-hour shifts Monday-Friday between the hours of 8:00am-5:00pm.

Pay rate is $36.25/hr.

• Dental, Health and Life insurance.
• Paid time off, earned vacation time and paid holidays just to name a few.

AT CENTER FOR HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (CHD), Care Finds a way:

The Center for Human Development (CHD) provides a broad range of high quality, community-oriented human services dedicated to promoting, enhancing, and protecting the dignity and welfare of people in need. At CHD we are celebrating differences, inclusion is not just a policy- it is a daily practice. Multicultural, multilingual, and fluent in sign language, CHD is a reflection of those we serve.