What are the responsibilities and job description for the LPN -Pulmonary position at St Marys Healthcare?
** Graduate Practical Nurses welcome to apply!!! St. Mary’s Healthcare has been providing high-quality, compassionate healthcare to the people of Montgomery and Fulton counties since 1903. At St. Mary’s Hospital, the Rao Outpatient Pavilion and other locations, the local, independent healthcare organization offers the comprehensive, critical services its community needs and deserves. St. Mary’s Healthcare has also been named a 2025 Times Union Top Workplace—the first acute care hospital in the Capital Region to earn the distinction since the Times Union launched the recognition program 14 years ago.
Job Requisition: LPNGE001539
Employment Type: Full-Time
Shift: Days
Hours Per Week: 40-hour week
Location: Pulmonary Health Center
Hiring Range: Starting at $25.50 hourly
The actual compensation for this position will be determined based on experience and other factors permitted by law.
Responsibilities:
- Reviews schedule and prepares charts for the next day’s appointments.
- Rooms patients to include taking/recording of vital signs, height and weight, reviews medications and documents any known allergies.
- Prepares and administers injections and lab draws. Performs phlebotomy. Applies dressing and bandages.
- Delivers individualized patient care consistent with established standards of care, policies and procedures, and other regulatory standards.
- Assists with procedures under the direction of provider.
- Completes all patient call backs (same day, provider, etc..) prior to the end of the workday and complete daily, weekly, monthly assignment check sheets as assigned.
- Maintains complete, accurate, concise documentation of patient status in the office and via telephone (including date time and signature), nursing interventions and patient responses and outcomes.
- Follows instructions accurately, organizes multiple tasks, and establishes day to day priorities.
- Regularly checks necessary supplies, instruments, and equipment. Orders supplies to ensure appropriate stocking levels are maintained
Education, Training & Experience:
- Graduate of a nursing education program registered by NYSED as license qualifying for LPN.
- Minimum one (1) year experience in a physician practice setting preferred.
Required Credential(s):
- Practical/Vocational Nurse credentialed from New York State obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date.
- BLS Provider obtained within three (3) Months (90 days) of hire date or job transfer date
Required Skills and Attributes:
- Ability to organize and establish day-to-day priorities while using critical thinking skills in all aspects of the job.
- Must be able to multitask while remaining professional, focused, composed and positive.
- Excellent customer service skills
- Displays integrity, friendliness, and compassion.
- Must be able to establish an appropriate and effective rapport with others.
- Demonstrates flexibility
- Takes initiative
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment
- Embrace new opportunities to grow both personally and professionally.
- Effective critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
- Proficient with various Microsoft Office products (Word and Excel).
- Strong organizational skills.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
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Ability to take and follow direction in a positive and appropriate manner.
Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
Must be able to demonstrate effective and appropriate written and oral communication skills.
- Must be able to speak, read, write and follow instructions in English
Salary : $26