LPN - Per Diem - Lowell, MA

Fallon Health; Lowell (MA); On-site; USD 51,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Fallon Health’s Summit ElderCare is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse to join the care team, ensuring participants receive high-quality, timely care at the PACE center or in the community. The LPN will perform nursing tasks under supervision of the RN Manager and SE Providers, with documentation and follow-through.

The role requires MA nursing license, 3+ years in primary or long-term care, 1 year with frail elders, reliable transportation within a 30-mile radius, and ability to travel between

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited school of nursing.
• Valid license to perform Practical Nursing in Massachusetts.
• Access to reliable transportation to perform work throughout the PACE center’s service area (30-mile radius) when needed. Willingness to occasionally assist other SE PACE centers either in person or remotely, as appropriate, when there is an opening or a gap in coverage.
• Minimum of three years’ nursing experience in a primary care practice or long-term care facility or similar clinical setting.
• Minimum of one year working in a nursing capacity with frail elders.

Responsibilities

• Implement plans of care formulated by the Provider and Primary RN in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team.
• Receive calls from participants and caregivers, triage appropriately, and document in the medical record.
• Administer prescribed medications, record vitals, and perform treatments and wound care as assigned for participants attending the day center.
• Make frequent home visits to evaluate the home environment, fill weekly medication packs, and deliver relevant health teaching for participants and their caregivers.
• Record vitals, administer prescribed treatments, and make recommendations to the IDT regarding unmet participant needs.
• Assignments will require occasional or frequent travel throughout the service area to/from participants’ homes and contracted facilities.

Education

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

Job description

Overview

About us:

Fallon Health is a company that cares. We prioritize our members--always-making sure they get the care they need and deserve. Founded in 1977 in Worcester, Massachusetts, we deliver equitable, high-quality coordinated care and are continually rated among the nation’s top health plans for member experience, service, and clinical quality.

Fallon Health’s Summit ElderCare® is a Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly–PACE for short. PACE, an alternative to nursing home care, is a program that helps people 55 and older continue living safely at home. At Fallon Health, we believe our individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, self-expression and unique capabilities allow us to better serve our members. We embrace and encourage differences in age, race, ethnicity, gender identity and expression, physical and mental ability, sexual orientation, socio-economic status and other characteristics that make people unique.

Today, guided by our mission of improving health and inspiring hope, we strive to be the leading provider of government-sponsored health insurance programs—including Medicare, Medicaid,

and PACE— in the region.

Brief Summary of Purpose:

The SE Licensed Practical Nurse will be an active member of the Summit ElderCare Care Team to ensure participants receive high quality and timely care and support whether at the PACE center or in the community. The SE Licensed Practical Nurse will carry out nursing tasks as assigned by his/her direct RN Manager as well as SE Providers and will ensure appropriate follow through and documentation in a timely manner.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities:

The SE Licensed Practical Nurse will be a generalized nursing role within the PACE center that will implement plans of care that have been formulated by the Provider and Primary RN in collaboration with the Interdisciplinary Team. This role will report to and be supervised by the respective RN Manager (Clinical Manager or Home Care Manager) depending on the PACE site. The SE Licensed Practical Nurse will carry out nursing tasks as assigned by their direct supervisor and in accordance with their license (i.e., receive calls from participants and their caregivers, appropriately triage each call and conduct appropriate follow up including timely documentation in the medical record, administration of prescribed medications to participants attending the PACE center, recording vitals, carrying out treatments and wound care as assigned for participants attending the day center, make frequent home visits in the community to evaluate the home environment, fill weekly medication packs, record vitals, administer prescribed treatments, deliver relevant health teaching for participants and their caregivers, and make recommendations to the IDT regarding unmet participant needs, etc.). The SE Licensed Practical Nurse will work closely with their respective supervisor as well as the other nursing staff to coordinate all care for SE participants. Assignments will require occasional or frequent travel throughout the service area to/from participants’ homes and contracted facilities.

Qualifications

Education:

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing

License/Certifications:

• Valid license to perform Practical Nursing in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
• Access to reliable transportation to perform work throughout the PACE center’s service area (30-mile radius) when needed. Willingness to occasionally assist other SE PACE centers either in person or remotely, as appropriate, when there is an opening or a gap in coverage.

Experience:

• At minimum, three years’ nursing experience in a primary care practice or long-term care facility or similar clinical setting
• At minimum, one year working in a nursing capacity with frail elders

Pay Range Disclosure:

• In accordance with the Massachusetts Wage Transparency Act, the pay range for this position is $37.00 to $38.00 per hour, which reflects what we reasonably and in good faith expect to pay at the time of posting. Final compensation will depend on the candidate’s experience, skills, and fit with the role’s responsibilities.

Fallon Health provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.