Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) -Neighborhood Health (Per Diem)

Hartford HealthCare; Hartford (CT); On-site; USD 48,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Hartford HealthCare is seeking an LPN to provide quality direct care within a unit or service across Hartford area locations. You will collaborate with the health care team, document patient data, and contribute to achieving established care goals.

Travel to mobile clinic hubs as needed, support transport of equipment, and assist with restocking supplies. A Connecticut LPN license and valid driver's license are required for this role.

Qualifications

• Connecticut Licensed Practical Nurse license is required.
• Medical/Surgical office experience is preferred.
• Valid driver’s license is required.
• Ability to push/pull/lift 50 lbs.
• Adaptability to different work environments (community clinics, shelters, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with health care team to assist patients in achieving established outcomes of care.
• Performs direct patient care to meet health goals by obtaining, documenting and reporting patient data.
• Performs therapeutic measures under the direction of an RN or APP to support patient outcomes.
• Drives fleet vehicles to and from mobile events.
• Assist in transport of mobile equipment bins and load/unload equipment as needed.
• Restocks mobile equipment inventory.
• Coverage required at multiple satellite locations.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Skills

Patient care

Team collaboration

Documentation

Mobility assistance

Vehicle operation

Education

Connecticut LPN license

Job description

Location Detail: 560 Hudson St HH E&R Ctr (10058)

Shift Detail: Mon-Fri

Start here at Hartford HealthCare and be part of something better!

Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.

Hartford HealthCare Medical Group is one of the largest medical practices in New England with multiple locations throughout Connecticut and Rhode Island. We consist of a team of professionals ranging from Medical Assistants to Physician Assistants and everything in between. Our physician led medical group enjoys an excellent reputation with patients and the medical community, offering primary care, urgent care and more than 30 different specialties.

Neighborhood Health, Hartford HealthCare’s mobile healthcare team, provides mobile clinics and street medicine services across Connecticut. This position requires travel to our home-base hubs in Hartford, New Britain, and Norwich, and traveling with the team in company vehicles to clinic and street medicine locations throughout the state.

Job Description

Within the context of the Nursing Professional Practice Framework, the LPN provides quality and cost-effective direct care for patients/families within a unit, service or other primary area of practice.

• Collaborates with members of health care team to assist patients in achieving established outcomes of care
• Participates in direct patient care in order to meet individual and family health goals by: obtaining, documenting and reporting patient data related to established plan of care
• Performs therapeutic measures, under the direction of an RN or APP, to assist in achieving established patient care outcomes
• Responsible for driving fleet vehicles to and from mobile events.
• Assist in transport of mobile equipment bins. Load mobile equipment onto vehicles prior to office departure, offload upon arrival at location, load back onto vehicles at close of event and offload upon return to office.
• Responsible for restocking mobile equipment inventory
• Coverage required at multiple satellite locations
• Perform other related duties as required

Qualifications

• Current Connecticut Licensed Practical Nurse license required.
• Medical/Surgical office experience preferred.
• Valid driver’s License
• Ability to push/pull/lift 50 lbs.
• Ability to adapt to various work environments as clinics are supported across various community locations (soup kitchens, food pantries, shelters, etc.)

With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge - helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance.