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Fallon Health · 1 day ago

LPN - Per Diem - Lowell, MA

Fallon Health is a company that cares, prioritizing high-quality coordinated care for its members. The SE Licensed Practical Nurse will be an active member of the Summit ElderCare Care Team, ensuring participants receive timely care and support while performing various nursing tasks.

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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

Qualification

Licensed Practical NurseNursing experiencePrimary care practiceLong-term care facilityCommunication skills

Required

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing
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
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

Company

Fallon Health

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Founded in 1977, Fallon Health is a community-focused not-for-profit health care services organization based in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Funding

Current Stage
Late Stage

Leadership Team

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Dorothy Vandette
Manager, CEO Office
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Todd Bailey
Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
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