LPN I - East 5

Highland Hospital

Rochester, NYFull-time$27.75–34.8/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago

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At a glance

Compensation

$27.75–34.8/hr

Location

Rochester, NY

Schedule

Full-time

Work Authorization

Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

LPN LicensureCurrent CPR Certification

Job overview

Highland Hospital is preparing to open a 20-bed Acute Medicine Unit on East 5 in November 2026 and seeks team-oriented nurses to help shape the new unit and its team culture. The Licensed Practical Nurse provides patient care under a Registered Nurse’s direction, supports patients’ and families’ physical and emotional comfort, collaborates with healthcare team members, and completes other tasks supporting patient care.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Patient CarePatient ComfortTeam Collaboration

Qualifications

LPN LicensureNew Graduate LPN or 6 Months Acute Care or Long-Term Care ExperienceCurrent CPR Certification

Full job description

19007BR

Job Description:

COMING SOON: Highland Hospital's New Acute Medicine Unit!!

Be part of something new. Help us build something great.

Highland Hospital is preparing to open our 20 bed newly renovated Acute Medicine Unit on East 5 in November 2026, and we are looking for passionate, team-oriented nurses to join us!

This is an exciting opportunity to help shape a new unit, contribute to a positive team culture, and provide exceptional care to patients who need us most. With many patients arriving directly from the ED, our team will play an important role in providing timely, compassionate, high-quality acute care.

The Licensed Practical Nurse in Acute Care (LPN) provides patient care under the direction of a Registered Nurse. The LPN plays an integral role in the physical and emotional comfort of patients and their families. The LPN provides direct patient care in collaboration with other health care team members and completes other tasks to support patient care. The NYS Education Department differentiated scope of practice of LPNs and RNs in the source document used for determining tasks that the LPN may perform.

PAY RANGE: $27.75 - $34.80

*The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job’s compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but not limited to, market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise of the individual, and internal equity considerations.

Auto req ID:

19007BR

City:

Rochester

Area of Interest:

Nurses

Employment Status:

Full-Time

Hours/Week:

Job Requirements:

Education: Fulfills educational requirements for licensure as an LPN in NYS. Licensed in NYS as an LPN.

Experience:

Level I: New graduate LPN or prefer 6 months work experience as an LPN in an acute care hospital OR long term care.

Current CPR certification.

The Hospital is committed to equal opportunity for all persons regardless of age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

How this job compares

Set against the 15,798 open Nursing jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.

Pay: This posting$27.75–34.8/hr
New York median$32–39/hr897 hourly ranges
US median$34–44/hr7,013 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $31.28/hr, is 13% below the New York median midpoint ($36/hr) — in the middle half of Nursing hourly ranges in New York.
Openings: Olive Jobs lists 1,482 open Nursing jobs in New York and 15,798 across the US. 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York: RochesterRegional Health137 open
Rochester Regional Health88 open
Kaleida Health62 open
Experience: Nursing postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 3 years (6,723 postings).
Education: 2,107 of the 15,798 open Nursing jobs (13%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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