LPN - NYU Langone Dialysis Center - Mineola, Evenings

NYU Langone Health • Mineola, NY

1d • Onsite

About The Position

NYU Langone Hospital—Long Island is hiring a Licensed Practical Nurse for its dialysis center in Mineola. The LPN plans, delivers, and evaluates safe, therapeutic, age-appropriate patient care within the scope of practice. The role places patients and their families at the center of care, collaborates with a multidisciplinary health team to promote wellness and optimize outcomes, and performs clinical and clerical duties. The LPN follows hospital policies and applicable federal, state, and local regulations, and observes HIPAA guidelines.

The position includes providing and documenting direct patient care, assessing patient status and progress toward health goals, implementing or modifying care interventions in collaboration with the RN and other team members, and responding to clinical concerns. The LPN documents patient and family teaching and responses to interventions, supports family-centered care, communicates through established channels, and participates in risk management and quality-of-care processes. Additional responsibilities include supporting a clean and safe care environment, responding to emergencies, maintaining emergency equipment, and handling insurance authorizations, referrals, and medication orders as needed.

The role is based at NYU Langone Dialysis Center in Mineola and is identified as an evening position. The salary range is $76,552.53–$88,418.23 annually; actual salary depends on factors including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The listed range excludes bonuses, incentive or differential pay, and other compensation or benefits. NYU Langone offers a comprehensive benefits and wellness package, including financial security benefits, paid time off, employee resource groups, and a holistic wellness program. The employer is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusion.

Requirements

• High school diploma or equivalent technical diploma.
• Graduate of an accredited school of licensed practical nursing.
• Required LPN license.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization.

Nice To Haves

• 0–1 year of nursing experience in a hospital, ambulatory, private-practice, or home-health-care setting is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care using hospital policies and procedures, patient care guidelines, and physician orders.
• Plan, implement, and evaluate safe, therapeutic, age-appropriate patient care within the LPN scope of practice.
• Evaluate patients’ clinical status and progress toward health goals, attempt to resolve clinical issues at the point of care, and escalate concerns when appropriate.
• Take action to optimize patient outcomes and initiate interventions to address variances from the plan of care.
• Collaborate with the RN and multidisciplinary health team to identify patient needs and modify care plans as needed.
• Document multidisciplinary coordination, patient and family teaching and learning needs, patient responses to interventions, and progress toward health goals.
• Incorporate standards of practice, clinical pathways, age-specific guidelines, and patient care guidelines into plans of care.
• Recognize the family as defined by the patient and apply family-centered care principles.
• Identify patient satisfaction or dissatisfaction, use conflict-resolution skills when appropriate, and escalate issues as required.
• Verify and document advance care directives and, when indicated, patient and family rights and responsibilities.
• Maintain communication through intra-shift and inter-shift reporting and use appropriate communication and telephone etiquette.
• Participate in identifying, investigating, and resolving actual or potential risk-management, quality-of-care, and ethical issues; follow established communication and escalation hierarchies.
• Maintain a clean, safe, and therapeutic environment, including the security of patient belongings.
• Respond to emergencies as appropriate, ensure emergency equipment is present and operational, and participate in implementing the HEICS plan as required.
• Obtain medication prior authorizations and referrals for ordered tests according to insurance requirements.
• Maintain exam-room supplies and cleanliness.
• Process medication orders and refills through the Workflow system; verify medication and dosage using available resources and document verbal physician approval as instructed.
• Perform other duties as assigned and duties related to the specialty.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits and wellness package.
• Financial security benefits.
• Generous time-off program.
• Employee resource groups for peer support.
• Holistic employee wellness program focused on physical, mental, nutritional, sleep, social, financial, and preventive-care well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED