At Neighborhood Health Center, you’ll find a kind and rewarding workplace with a fulfilling mission of providing impactful healthcare while striving for health equity. Neighborhood is the largest and longest serving Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) in Western New York. Together, we provide high quality care to diverse individuals and families, regardless of ability to pay.

Responsibilities:

• Provides direct leadership to the LPN desk nurses and MA support team including daily oversight, on-boarding of new employees, and department scheduling
• Maintains a cooperative relationship among health care team by communicating information, responding to requests, building rapport and participating in team problem solving methods
• Collaborates and successfully carries out, with the other nursing supervisors, recruitment, scheduling, training, development, coaching, performance appraisals, and, when necessary, progressive discipline of nursing staff to allow for a cohesive nursing team
• Develops, maintains and holds nursing department staff accountable to training protocols for all positions within the nursing department
• Maintains nursing job results by coaching, counseling and disciplining employees; plan, monitor, and appraise job results
• Intercedes to support patients in clinical issues and complaints as soon as able; assists in de-escalating, documenting, and supporting resolution
• Functions as a Licensed Practical Nurse in direct patient care

Requirements:

• Graduated from an accredited nursing school
• Five years’ nursing experience, minimum
• Must possess a current NYS LPN license
• Must have current CPR certification
• Exceptional attention to detail and follow-through
• Superb organizational skills
• Strong influencing skills
• Self-starter with the ability to work proactively and take initiative
• Results-oriented; creative and persistent in accomplishing tasks
• Solutions-driven with a systems orientation
• Highly responsive, timely, accurate and thorough in follow-up and follow-through
• Highly flexible, positive and results-oriented attitude
• Excellent in managing shifting priorities and timelines
• Outstanding project and time-management skills
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, comfortable using document management software
• Proficiency in Adobe and database management
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Excellent judgment and discretion

Hourly Rate: $25.50 to $27.50 (based on a full-time, 40 hour work week). Individual compensation is based on various factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other position related components.

This position offers a sign-on bonus for external hires, paid in installment's throughout the employee's successful first year of employment.

Why Neighborhood?

There are many fantastic benefits to a career at Neighborhood. We offer a kind, diverse, team-based work environment with competitive compensation and potential bonus, as well as comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, life insurance, 403b match, health savings accounts, generous paid time off and loan forgiveness, if applicable.

Neighborhood Health Center is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to the practice of equity and inclusion.

Experience

• 5 year(s): Nursing experience

Licenses & Certifications

• CPR
• LPN