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Job Description
Sun River Health provides the highest quality of comprehensive primary, preventative and behavioral health services to all who seek it, regardless of insurance status and ability to pay, especially for the underserved and vulnerable. Sun River Health is a Federally Qualified, Non-Profit Health Center serving communities in Suffolk, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Columbia and Westchester County. Sun River Health is currently seeking a full-time Licensed Practical Nurse to support our Peekskill, NY location.
A Licensed Practical Nurse renders nursing care to patients, within unit of the Center or authorized community site, in support of medical care as directed by the medical staff and pursuant to the objectives and policies of the Center. She/he will perform job duties in compliance with systems and job specific stands, and additional duties or tasks as assigned.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities of a Licensed Practical Nurse:
Preferred Education Requirement: Vocational/ Technical School/ Diploma Program - Nursing
Minimum Work Related Experience: 0-1 year
Preferred Work Related Experience: 2-4 years
Minimum Licensure:
Hourly Range: $27.00 - $33.00/hour
Responsibilities
Relation to Mission
The mission of Sun River Health is to increase access to comprehensive primary and preventive health care and to improve the health status of our community, especially for the underserved and vulnerable.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Sun River Health provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual preference, or non-disqualifying physical or mental handicap or disability in each aspect of the human resources function.
Americans with Disabilities Act
Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with reasonable accommodation. The organization shall determine reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.
Job Responsibilities
The following statements reflect the general duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. Sun River Health may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.
Sun River Health provides the highest quality of comprehensive primary, preventative and behavioral health services to all who seek it, regardless of insurance status and ability to pay, especially for the underserved and vulnerable. Sun River Health is a Federally Qualified, Non-Profit Health Center serving communities in Suffolk, Rockland, Orange, Dutchess, Ulster, Sullivan, Columbia and Westchester County. Sun River Health is currently seeking a full-time Licensed Practical Nurse to support our Peekskill, NY location.
A Licensed Practical Nurse renders nursing care to patients, within unit of the Center or authorized community site, in support of medical care as directed by the medical staff and pursuant to the objectives and policies of the Center. She/he will perform job duties in compliance with systems and job specific stands, and additional duties or tasks as assigned.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities of a Licensed Practical Nurse:
- Interviews and maintains patient's medical record to include: nursing observation; health history to include past and present use of medication; vital signs; vision/hearing tests; medications and treatments given; Reactions to tests i.e. PPD measurements; laboratory test results, utilizes patient identifiers. (PEAs, PhQ, Pain, Smoke Status, etc.) CDSS and ensure that CVRs are completed as needed
- Perform in-house labs, collect specimens for out-side labs perform quality control in accordance with organizational protocols.
- Complete and update all assigned tasks & logs
- Initiates follow-up as necessary (as directed by provider) i.e. encounter, labs, close non-billables, etc.
- Does health teaching as indicated by physician, diagnosis and/or inquires by patient. Directs patient to Registered Nurse as necessary.
- Will collect data on patients under supervision of the Registered Nurse or provider. May not triage; may not interpret patient clinical data or act independently on such data.
Preferred Education Requirement: Vocational/ Technical School/ Diploma Program - Nursing
Minimum Work Related Experience: 0-1 year
Preferred Work Related Experience: 2-4 years
Minimum Licensure:
- Valid New York State LPN License
- CPR Certification
- Infection Control Certification
Hourly Range: $27.00 - $33.00/hour
Responsibilities
Relation to Mission
The mission of Sun River Health is to increase access to comprehensive primary and preventive health care and to improve the health status of our community, especially for the underserved and vulnerable.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Sun River Health provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, creed, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, sexual preference, or non-disqualifying physical or mental handicap or disability in each aspect of the human resources function.
Americans with Disabilities Act
Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with reasonable accommodation. The organization shall determine reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.
Job Responsibilities
The following statements reflect the general duties, responsibilities and competencies considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as a detailed description of all the work requirements of the position. Sun River Health may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.