LPN II - East 5 Acute Medicine Unit - NEW UNIT!!! (part and full-time opportunities)

Highland Hospital

Rochester, New York

The Licensed Practical Nurse in Acute Care (LPN) provides patient care under the direction of a Registered Nurse.

Posted Oct 12

Unit and setting: East 5 Acute Medicine Unit · Hospital LPN II - East 5 Acute Medicine Unit - NEW UNIT!!! (part and full-time opportunities)
License: LPN license Licensed in NYS as an LPNLPN licence in New York State
Term: Permanent (part and full-time opportunities)Part-time or full-time

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License: LPN licence in New York State Licensed in NYS as an LPN Check your license
Certification: current CPR certification Current CPR certification.
Experience: 1 year LPN experience in an acute care hospital, or 2 years in long term care Level II: At least 1 year experience as an LPN in an acute care hospital or 2 years in long term care is required.
Also asks: meets educational requirements for NYS LPN licensure Fulfills educational requirements for licensure as an LPN in New York State.
Also asks: annual training on preceptor enrichment and gerontology course Completes required annual training on preceptor enrichment, gerontology course and earns continuing education credits.

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Benefits

Continuing education credits

The role and schedule

Precepting: You would precept other nurses Provides preceptorship of new hire PCT or new hire Level I or II LPN orientees upon completion of the Ancillary Preceptor Course.
Day to day: patient care under the direction of an RN The Licensed Practical Nurse in Acute Care (LPN) provides patient care under the direction of a Registered Nurse.
Day to day: direct patient care in collaboration with the health care team The LPN provides direct patient care in collaboration with other health care team members and completes other tasks to support patient care.
Unit size: 20-bed Acute Medicine Unit Join Highland Hospital’s newly renovated 20-bed Acute Medicine Unit.
Start: unit opens November 2026 Highland Hospital's New Acute Medicine Unit - Opening November 2026.

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Orientation: Preceptorship program

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A new unit. a new opportunity.

Highland Hospital's New Acute Medicine Unit - Opening November 2026.

Join Highland Hospital’s newly renovated 20-bed Acute Medicine Unit. Bring your nursing skills, your ideas, and your passion for patient care. We're looking for nurses who value collaboration, compassion, accountability, and supporting one another.

Your next opportunity starts here. Come help us establish a culture where great patient care and great teamwork go hand in hand.

Come be part of the Highland Difference.

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 is the source of document used for determining tasks that the LPN may perform. (Refer to Highland Hospital Department of Nursing Policy: addendum NN and the New York State Office of Professions.

Level II

requirements

(In addition to Level I requirements) Provides preceptorship of new hire PCT or new hire Level I or II LPN orientees upon completion of the Ancillary Preceptor Course. Completes required annual training on preceptor enrichment, gerontology course and earns continuing education credits.

Pay range: $28.86 - $35.66

*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

19008BR

City

Rochester

Area of Interest

Nurses

Employment Status

Full-Time

Hours/Week

20-36

Job Requirements

Education

Fulfills educational requirements for licensure as an LPN in New York State. Licensed in NYS as an LPN

Experience

Level II: At least 1 year experience as an LPN in an acute care hospital or 2 years in long term care is required.

Current CPR certification.

LPN II - East 5 Acute Medicine Unit - NEW UNIT!!! (part and full-time opportunities) | Highland Hospital

What's around it?

In Rochester, NY

Rochester, NYFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 3% below the US average

Median rent: $1,081/mo
Household income: $47,213/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Rochester, NY

NeighborhoodsNurses and young professionals targeting Flaum often look first at Brighton, the closest of the suburbs locals call safe, great communities; Pittsford, Perinton, Mendon, and Victor are the same cluster about 20–30 minutes out. In the city, Reddit favorites are South Wedge and Highland Park, with Park Avenue (tree-lined converted-home apartments and dining), Cobbs Hill/Upper Monroe, and Corn Hill (Victorian houses and riverside walks) also named as nice. Downtown’s Central Business District is high-rise and loft rentals with walkable nightlife; Charlotte is lakeside cottages and beach; the 19th Ward is single-family houses with big porches on college-town streets. Fairport, Penfield, Webster, Greece, and Henrietta round out the usual suburb shortlist.

Nurses and young professionals targeting Flaum often look first at Brighton, the closest of the suburbs locals call safe, great communities; Pittsford, Perinton, Mendon, and Victor are the same cluster about 20–30 minutes out. In the city, Reddit favorites are South Wedge and Highland Park, with Park Avenue (tree-lined converted-home apartments and dining), Cobbs Hill/Upper Monroe, and Corn Hill (Victorian houses and riverside walks) also named as nice.

Downtown’s Central Business District is high-rise and loft rentals with walkable nightlife; Charlotte is lakeside cottages and beach; the 19th Ward is single-family houses with big porches on college-town streets. Fairport, Penfield, Webster, Greece, and Henrietta round out the usual suburb shortlist.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: reddit.com Source 3: trulia.com Source 4: rochesterrealestateblog.com Source 5: youtube.com Source 6: facebook.com

Getting aroundMost of Rochester is car-dependent and there is no rail; RTS buses tie neighborhoods to downtown via the Transit Center. Downtown, Park Avenue, Corn Hill, and the South Wedge are the walkable exceptions; elsewhere a car is the default, and downtown street parking is metered so a monthly garage or lot is a common budget line. Outer neighborhoods are usually 10–20 minutes from downtown by car. Brighton is described as closest to Flaum; Pittsford, Perinton, Mendon, and Victor run about 20–30 minutes.

Most of Rochester is car-dependent and there is no rail; RTS buses tie neighborhoods to downtown via the Transit Center. Downtown, Park Avenue, Corn Hill, and the South Wedge are the walkable exceptions; elsewhere a car is the default, and downtown street parking is metered so a monthly garage or lot is a common budget line.

Outer neighborhoods are usually 10–20 minutes from downtown by car. Brighton is described as closest to Flaum; Pittsford, Perinton, Mendon, and Victor run about 20–30 minutes.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: facebook.com Source 3: extraspace.com

OutdoorsThe Genesee River cuts north through the city with riverfront trails; Charlotte on Lake Ontario is the beach-and-cottage neighborhood. Close-in named greenspace includes Highland Park, Cobbs Hill, Durand-Eastman, and Mendon Ponds; Facebook locals also point to Quarry Hill. Easy day-trip nature includes Letchworth State Park, Grimes Glen waterfalls, and Fair Haven Beach. Outdoor life runs all year—kayaking and biking in warm months, skiing and sledding in winter.

The Genesee River cuts north through the city with riverfront trails; Charlotte on Lake Ontario is the beach-and-cottage neighborhood. Close-in named greenspace includes Highland Park, Cobbs Hill, Durand-Eastman, and Mendon Ponds; Facebook locals also point to Quarry Hill.

Easy day-trip nature includes Letchworth State Park, Grimes Glen waterfalls, and Fair Haven Beach. Outdoor life runs all year—kayaking and biking in warm months, skiing and sledding in winter.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: daytrippingroc.com Source 3: brownwoodnews.com Source 4: facebook.com Source 5: extraspace.com

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Living in Rochester

Rochester is a Lake Ontario medical hub—University of Rochester and Rochester Regional Health among the big employers—where a typical three-bedroom listed around $218,000 in mid-2026 and commutes are measured in minutes. The city rings a compact Genesee downtown with Park Avenue dining and converted apartments, South Wedge and Highland Park as local favorites, Corn Hill Victorians, and Charlotte’s beach. Nurses often choose Brighton for the short hop to Flaum, or Pittsford, Fairport, Penfield, Webster, or Victor when schools and quieter streets outweigh a 20–30 minute drive. Plan on a car; only downtown, Park Ave, Corn Hill, and the South Wedge are truly walkable (RTS buses otherwise). The trade is honest: Garbage Plates, Abbott’s custard, the Public Market, Jazz and Fringe festivals, Eastman Museum, Blue Cross Arena hockey, Highland Park and Letchworth days—against about 77 inches of snow, high taxes, no major-league teams, and city crime that steers many families to those suburbs.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: trulia.com Source 2: extraspace.com Source 3: rochesterrealestateblog.com Source 4: facebook.com Source 5: reddit.com Source 6: brownwoodnews.com Source 7: visitrochester.com Source 8: travelingmitch.com Source 9: facebook.com

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A new unit. a new opportunity.

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Pay range: $28.86 - $35.66

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What's around it?

Rochester, NYiFrom Census ACS 2024.

Life in Rochester, NY

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Life in Rochester, NY

Moving for this role?

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Rochester, NYFrom Census ACS 2024.