Licensed Practical Nurse

Callen-Lorde

New York, New York

You'll assist primary care providers, including physicians and mid-level providers, in delivering patient care.

Posted Oct 2

Shift and hours: Three 8am-5pm opening shifts and two 12pm-9pm evening shifts per week This full-time position requires three opening shifts (8am-5pm) and two evening shifts (12pm-9pm) per week5 shifts a week
Unit and setting: Clinic transforming lives in LGBTQ+ communitiesLGBTQ+ communities
License: LPN licenseNew York State LPN License
Term: Permanent This full-time position requires three opening shifts (8am-5pm) and two evening shifts (12pm-9pm) per weekFull time

Do you qualify?

License: New York State LPN License Check your license
Certification: Current CPR certification
Also asks: Strong computer competency Strong Computer Competency

Preferred

Experience: Two years in an out-patient clinical setting Two years experience in an out-patient clinical setting preferred
Experience: Experience serving Callen-Lorde's target populations Experience serving Callen-Lorde's target populations preferred
Also asks: Bilingual Spanish/English Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred
Also asks: Commitment to the mission of Callen-Lorde
Also asks: Ability to work effectively with diverse populations
Also asks: Commitment to community-based primary care
Also asks: Ability to work within a team-based structure

What it pays

Tuition assistance: Tuition Assistance
Pay reviews: Salary set by your experience Salary will be based on experience and will be accompanied by a comprehensive benefits package

Benefits

BenefitsLow-cost medical plan for you, spouse/partner and familyan exceptional low cost medical plan option for you, your spouse/domestic partner and/or your family
BenefitsDental insurancedental insurance
BenefitsVision insurancevision insurance
BenefitsNo-cost life insuranceno cost life insurance
BenefitsShort- and long-term disability insuranceshort- and long-term disability insurance
BenefitsFlexible Spending AccountFlexible Spending Account

More benefits (13)

BenefitsTuition assistanceTuition Assistance
BenefitsCommuter benefitscommuter benefits
BenefitsGenerous paid time off plana generous paid time off plan
Benefits403B retirement savings plana 403B retirement savings plan
Commuter assistance
Disability insurance
Health insurance
Tuition reimbursement
Paid time off
403(b)
Life insurance
Medical Insurance
403(b) Retirement Plan

The role and schedule

Day to day: triage procedures and patient assessments Assist with triage procedures and patient assessments.
Day to day: clinical support in various healthcare settings Provide clinical support in various healthcare settings.
Care model: integrated team to join our integrated team
Hours stated: three opening shifts (8am-5pm) and two evening shifts (12pm-9pm) per week, along with a rotating Saturday shift from 9am to 3pm once per month
Weekends: rotating Saturday, 9am to 3pm, once a month along with a rotating Saturday shift from 9am to 3pm once per month.

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About Us

Callen-Lorde is the global leader in LGBTQ+ healthcare. Since the days of Stonewall, we have been transforming lives in LGBTQ+ communities through excellent comprehensive care, provided free of judgment and regardless of ability to pay. In addition, we are continuously pioneering research, advocacy and education to drive positive change around the world, because we believe healthcare is a human right.

Our Mission

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center provides sensitive, quality health care and related services targeted to New York’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities — in all their diversity — regardless of ability to pay. To further this mission, Callen-Lorde promotes health education and wellness, and advocates for LGBTQ+ health issues.

About the Role

Callen-Lorde is seeking a dedicated Licensed Practical Nurse to join our integrated team. As an LPN you will play a crucial role in assisting primary care providers, including physicians and mid-level providers, in delivering top-notch patient care. Your responsibilities will include providing general nursing care, assisting with triage, offering patient services, and providing clinical support.

Key Responsibilities

As a Licensed Practical Nurse, your responsibilities will include

Assist primary care providers in delivering patient care services. Provide general nursing care under the supervision of healthcare professionals. Assist with triage procedures and patient assessments. Offer patient services with empathy and professionalism. Provide clinical support in various healthcare settings. Always ensure confidentiality of patient information. Collaborate effectively with other members of the Nursing team.

Work Schedule

This full-time position requires three opening shifts (8am-5pm) and two evening shifts (12pm-9pm) per week, along with a rotating Saturday shift from 9am to 3pm once per month.

Benefits

Salary will be based on experience and will be accompanied by a comprehensive benefits package including an exceptional low cost medical plan option for you, your spouse/domestic partner and/or your family, dental insurance, vision insurance, no cost life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, Flexible Spending Account, Tuition Assistance, commuter benefits, a generous paid time off plan, and a 403B retirement savings plan.

New York State LPN License
Current CPR certification
Strong Computer Competency
Two years experience in an out-patient clinical setting preferred
Experience serving Callen-Lorde's target populations preferred

Desired Characteristics, Skills

Commitment to the mission of Callen-Lorde
Ability to work effectively with diverse populations
Commitment to community-based primary care
Ability to work within a team-based structure
Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred

What's around it?

In New York, NY

New York, NYFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 13% above the US average

Median rent: $1,821/mo
Household income: $80,483/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in New York, NY

NeighborhoodsNurses and other young professionals commonly rent in Upper Manhattan—Washington Heights, Inwood, and Hamilton Heights—plus Astoria in Queens and Brooklyn’s Sunset Park, Flatbush, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and Bed-Stuy, where listed average rents run about $2,150–$3,000 versus a much higher Manhattan core. Washington Heights and Inwood sit on the Hudson with Dominican heritage, Art Deco stock, and roughly 30-minute trains to Midtown; Hamilton Heights’ A/D express from 125th Street reaches Columbus Circle in about 20 minutes. Astoria offers a livelier, still-cheaper street scene with East River access; Bay Ridge and Bayside feel more suburban; Sunset Park mixes 8th Avenue Chinatown and 5th Avenue Latin American life. If city rents still bite, Jersey City (PATH), Newark, Yonkers, Great Neck, Stamford, Bronxville, and Rye are the named 28–60 minute backups, with Hudson Valley Putnam/Dutchess towns under about 90 minutes to Grand Central.

Nurses and other young professionals commonly rent in Upper Manhattan—Washington Heights, Inwood, and Hamilton Heights—plus Astoria in Queens and Brooklyn’s Sunset Park, Flatbush, Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and Bed-Stuy, where listed average rents run about $2,150–$3,000 versus a much higher Manhattan core. Washington Heights and Inwood sit on the Hudson with Dominican heritage, Art Deco stock, and roughly 30-minute trains to Midtown; Hamilton Heights’ A/D express from 125th Street reaches Columbus Circle in about 20 minutes.

Astoria offers a livelier, still-cheaper street scene with East River access; Bay Ridge and Bayside feel more suburban; Sunset Park mixes 8th Avenue Chinatown and 5th Avenue Latin American life. If city rents still bite, Jersey City (PATH), Newark, Yonkers, Great Neck, Stamford, Bronxville, and Rye are the named 28–60 minute backups, with Hudson Valley Putnam/Dutchess towns under about 90 minutes to Grand Central.

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Getting aroundHospital-bound trips inside the city mostly run on the subway: the A/D express from 125th Street to Columbus Circle is about 20 minutes, Harlem’s 116th Street station is 20–25 minutes to Midtown West and about 35 minutes to Union Square, and Inwood is roughly 30 minutes to Rockefeller Center and Times Square. PATH and NJ Transit from Jersey City take 20–60 minutes depending on neighborhood and whether you feed Hoboken or Secaucus; Newark Penn, Broad Street, and Liberty stations average 20–30 minutes by rail (driving 40–45 minutes off-peak, 1–1.5+ hours in rush). Metro-North from Bronxville is about 28 minutes to Grand Central; Rye, Harrison, Larchmont, and Mamaroneck 30–40 minutes; Stamford and Norwalk about an hour; LIRR from Bayside under 30 minutes. Driving is slower and, as of January 5, 2025, congestion-priced; the Seastreak Ferry from Atlantic Highlands/Highlands reaches lower Manhattan in about 30 minutes ($720 for a 40-trip book). Locals treat the subway as the default and a car as optional inside the five boroughs.

Hospital-bound trips inside the city mostly run on the subway: the A/D express from 125th Street to Columbus Circle is about 20 minutes, Harlem’s 116th Street station is 20–25 minutes to Midtown West and about 35 minutes to Union Square, and Inwood is roughly 30 minutes to Rockefeller Center and Times Square. PATH and NJ Transit from Jersey City take 20–60 minutes depending on neighborhood and whether you feed Hoboken or Secaucus; Newark Penn, Broad Street, and Liberty stations average 20–30 minutes by rail (driving 40–45 minutes off-peak, 1–1.5+ hours in rush).

Metro-North from Bronxville is about 28 minutes to Grand Central; Rye, Harrison, Larchmont, and Mamaroneck 30–40 minutes; Stamford and Norwalk about an hour; LIRR from Bayside under 30 minutes. Driving is slower and, as of January 5, 2025, congestion-priced; the Seastreak Ferry from Atlantic Highlands/Highlands reaches lower Manhattan in about 30 minutes ($720 for a 40-trip book).

Locals treat the subway as the default and a car as optional inside the five boroughs.

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As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: apartments.com Source 2: collegehunkshaulingjunk.com Source 3: 6sqft.com Source 4: youtube.com Source 5: apartments.com

OutdoorsCentral Park’s 843 acres—zoo, carousel, Bethesda Fountain, reservoir, Wollman Rink pickleball and ice skating, sledding on Pilgrim Hill and Cedar Hill after six-plus inches of snow—function as the city’s default backyard. Prospect Park (summer concerts and festivals, zoo, rink, carousel) sits just north of Flatbush; Brooklyn Bridge Park, Riverside Park, Washington Square Park, the High Line, Little Island, and Governors Island are named local favorites. Riverbank State Park (28 acres atop a treatment plant) gives Hamilton Heights Hudson views; Inwood holds one of the city’s last natural forests; Sunset Park overlooks the Statue of Liberty and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Further out: Branch Brook Park in Newark, Calf Pasture Beach and the Sheffield Island Ferry in Norwalk, and Sandy Hook National Recreation Area near Red Bank. The Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden are standard day trips; summer thunderstorms make an umbrella standard kit.

Central Park’s 843 acres—zoo, carousel, Bethesda Fountain, reservoir, Wollman Rink pickleball and ice skating, sledding on Pilgrim Hill and Cedar Hill after six-plus inches of snow—function as the city’s default backyard. Prospect Park (summer concerts and festivals, zoo, rink, carousel) sits just north of Flatbush; Brooklyn Bridge Park, Riverside Park, Washington Square Park, the High Line, Little Island, and Governors Island are named local favorites.

Riverbank State Park (28 acres atop a treatment plant) gives Hamilton Heights Hudson views; Inwood holds one of the city’s last natural forests; Sunset Park overlooks the Statue of Liberty and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. Further out: Branch Brook Park in Newark, Calf Pasture Beach and the Sheffield Island Ferry in Norwalk, and Sandy Hook National Recreation Area near Red Bank.

The Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden are standard day trips; summer thunderstorms make an umbrella standard kit.

Sources

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New York is the rare U.S. city where a nurse can leave a 12-hour shift and still find bagels, Veselka’s 24-hour pierogi, or a Broadway understudy—density is the point. The tradeoff is cost and space: citywide rents run about $3,930 to over $5,000, so newcomers cluster in Washington Heights, Inwood, Hamilton Heights, Astoria, Sunset Park, Flatbush, or Bay Ridge, where $2,150–$3,000 buys pre-war walk-ups, Dominican and Caribbean streets, and 20–30 minute A/D, LIRR, or PATH rides toward Midtown hospitals. Skip the car inside the boroughs (congestion pricing started 2025); Jersey City, Newark, Bronxville, and Rye are 28–60 minute rail or Seastreak ferry backups. Central Park’s 843 acres, Prospect Park, the High Line, and Riverbank State Park are the backyard. Expect four sharp seasons, summer storms, tiny apartments, block-by-block safety, and a first-year neighborhood hop. Food, 24/7 transit, and 1,700 parks keep people; rent and noise push them out.

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New York, NYFrom Census ACS 2024.