Licensed Practical Nurse-Greenwich Village Clinic Nursing-Mount Sinai Hospital-Full-Time-Days

Job Title:

Licensed Practical Nurse-Greenwich Village Clinic Nursing-Mount Sinai Hospital-Full-Time-Days

Job Summary:

The practice of nursing as a Licensed Practical Nurse is defined as performing tasks &

responsibilities within the scope of supportive & restorative care; medication administration and

specialized tasks under the direction of a Registered Professional Nurse of licensed or otherwise

legally authorized physician or dentist.

• Delivers nursing care in structured & routine situations free of scientific complexity.
• Assistance with activities of daily living.
• Administration of treatments and routine tasks such as suctioning and urinary catheterizations.
• Preparation of patient for surgery, diagnostic tests, treatments, examinations.
• Administration of medications within scope of practice. Collects, labels and processes specimens accurately.
• Identification and set up of intravenous equipment and delivery of solutions for infusion through peripheral access devices .
• Administer blood or blood products, with special training.
• Reports pertinent observations, treatments, medications, incidents & accidents associated with patients, to the Registered Professional Nurse & records same on appropriate documents with the format of charting utilized in the unit.
• Recognizes the unit based model for delivery of nursing care & assumes responsibility for assignments delegated by the Registered Professional Nurse such as: Contributes to nursing care plan in collaboration with other members of nursing staff.
• Reinforces the patient/family teaching process identified by the RN.
• Provides emotional support to patients & their families/significant others.
• Assists with the rehabilitation of patients according to the nursing care plan.
• Provides for the physical comfort & safety of the patient.
• Contributes to patient care conferences.
• Assists in Emergency Resuscitative Procedures by initiating a Team 7000 call, performing resuscitative procedures such as BCLS & carrying out other activities as directed by the team. Documents nursing care delivered on appropriate forms within the medical record.

• Completion of educational program for licensure as a LPN.
• Successful completion of required New York State Department of Health LPN IV Therapy Initial Program for the demonstration of competence in the performance of intravenous therapy/blood administration procedures as part of Centralized Orientation.
• Successful completion of annual unit-based review & update program in procedures associated with intravenous therapy.
• Appropriate experience in a health care setting preferred
• Licensing: LPN.  Issuing Agency: New York State Department of Health
• Basic Life Saver (BLS).  Issuing Agency: AHA

Collective bargaining unit: SEIU 1199-MSH

Compensation Statement

The Mount Sinai Health System (MSHS) provides a salary range to comply with the New York City Law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The salary range for this role is $31.67 - $31.67 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay or other forms of compensation or benefits.

SEIU 1199 at Mount Sinai Hospital, 430 - GV Clinic Nursing - MSH, Mount Sinai Hospital

Strength Through Diversity

The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:  

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.
• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.
• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization.  We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and resp