Licensed Practical Nurse

Company Overview: Essen Health Care is a growing community healthcare network provides high quality, compassionate, and accessible medical care to some of the most vulnerable and under-served residents of New York State. Guided by a ‘population health’ model of care, Essen has five integrated clinical divisions offering services in primary & specialty offices, urgent care centers, and nursing homes, as well as house calls for home bound patients;

all clinical services are also offered via telehealth. Our Care Management division supports patient-centered care through care coordination, complex care management and helping address health-related social needs.

Founded in 1999, Essen provides care in all five boroughs of New York City, with a primary focus in the Bronx. Staffed by over 300 primary and specialty care physicians and advanced clinicians, Essen Health Care is one of the largest, most comprehensive private medical groups in New York City. Essen maintains a Clinical Information Services team that maintains our enterprise-wide electronic medical record system, data repository, clinical analytics and population health capabilities.

Our Community Services teams creates and sustains relationship with community organizations and agencies and health plans.

Essen is dedicated to ensuring the quality of care for all patients and has been designated ‘Level 3 Patient Centered Medical Home’ by the National Committee for Quality Assurance. Essen has won awards for its patient care innovations and recently launched Intention Health Ventures to develop and commercialize our technology innovations.

Job Summary: The LPN's will be responsible for administer medications within the scope of practice as assigned and assist with the basic care of patients. Specific patient care assignments are discussed with individual staff members to ensure that specialized patient care is followed on each shift.

Responsibilities include:

• Assessments
• Training and education of family members
• Medication administration of prescribed treatments and therapies
• Communication with other members of the patients' multidisciplinary team
• Emergency management
• Administer Flu Shots (specialty area)

Job Requirements:

• New York State License for Practical Nurse
• Current registration to practice as an LPN in New York State.
• Minimum one year clinical experience as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
• CPR
• Basic Life Support
• Effective English communication skills, written, oral and interpersonal.
• Ability to use basic data entry and retrieval system.
• Additional education required by specialty areas/patient care locations

Salary: $55,000-$75,000

ESSEN HEALTH CARE IS PROUD TO BE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Essen Health care is proud to be an equal opportunity employer, and we seek candidates who desire to work in and serve an ethnically diverse population.