Licensed Practical Nurse - Contract

Title: LVN / LPN
Duration: 13 weeks
Location: 100 Kings Hwy S Rochester, NY 14617
Schedule: Day Shift 5x8-Hour (08:00 - 16:30)

• Position: LPN – Care Manager
• FTE: Full Time | Guaranteed: 40 hrs/week
• Schedule: Mon–Fri, 8:00 AM–4:30 PM | No weekends
• Location: RGMG Care Managers – Riedman Administrative Campus
• Role Type: Mobile / Remote / Hospital-based Care Coordination
• Floating: Rochester General Hospital, Unity Hospital, patient homes & provider offices
• Specialty: Adult/Geriatric
• Experience: 1+ year; Home Health/Mobile Case Management preferred
• License/Cert: BLS required
• Locals: Accepted; lower rate if within 75 miles
• First-time Travelers: Accepted

Role Details:

• Support Transitions of Care program focused on reducing 30-day readmissions.
• Work under RN Care Manager to implement the Plan of Care (POC).
• Not a hands-on nursing role.
• Telephonic/remote patient screening, follow-up, triage, education and care coordination.
• Schedule appointments and identify/resolve barriers to follow-up.
• Monitor biometric data and medication adherence.
• Provide/reinforce patient education.
• Complete home, hospital and provider-office visits as needed.
• Connect patients with community resources.
• Participate in virtual multidisciplinary care-team rounds with RN, Social Worker, Pharmacist, etc.
• Maintain frequent patient contact and document all activity in the EHR.
• Manage approximately 25–30 active patients at a time; 30–40 rotating patients/month.
• Program runs approximately 30 days, followed by reassessment/closure or transition to long-term management.
• Reliable transportation required; LPN does not transport patients.

Preferred:

• CHF, COPD & complex comorbidity experience
• Community resource knowledge
• Strong communication, documentation and independent-work skills
• Flexible with daily travel/assignment changes

Key Point: This is primarily a Care Coordination / Case Management / Transitions of Care role, not bedside or hands-on nursing.