LPN Specialist OR MA Specialist - Full Time
Lakeland, Florida
Provide basic medical and nursing care. Ensure the comfort of patients, discuss health care with patients, and report status of patients to registered nurses and providers. This one is per diem, so you pick up the shifts you want. Watson Clinic runs at clinic pace, on scheduled patients.
- Pay
- Not posted
- Unit and setting
- Clinic
- License
- LPN license Must possess active Florida license as a Licensed Practical Nurse oractive Florida Licensed Practical Nurse license
- Term
- Permanent LPN SPECIALIST OR MA SPECIALIST - FULL TIMEFull time
Do you qualify?
- License
- active Florida Licensed Practical Nurse license Must possess active Florida license as a Licensed Practical Nurse or Check your license
- Certification
- Medical Assistant Certification Medical Assistant Certification must be obtained within 90 days of employment.
- Education
- high school diploma or GED High school diploma or GED.
- Experience
- 1 year Medical Assistant work experience within the last 2 years Completion of an accredited Medical Assistant program or 1 year of Medical Assistant work experience within the last 2 years.
- Also asks
- graduate of an accredited school of Practical Nursing Must be a graduate of an accredited school of Practical Nursing.
- Also asks
- completion of an accredited Medical Assistant program
Preferred
- Experience
- Gyn-Oncology experience Gyn-Oncology experience preferred.
- Also asks
- LPN experience or training in a medical health care facility Experience or training in a medical health care facility as a Licensed Practical Nurse.
Pay isn’t listed.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- telephone triage: identifies and evaluates patient needs Identifies and evaluates patient needs by way of telephone triage.
- Day to day
- administers medication including injections Administers medication including injections; documents medication given or prescribed by ordering physician as required.
- Day to day
- patient and family education Identifies patient and family education needs and provides instruction.
- Day to day
- responds to emergency situations Recognizes and responds to emergency situations as appropriate.
- Day to day
- documents patient records under Clinical Services policies Adheres to the Clinical Services policies and procedures when documenting information patient’s medical records
- Day to day
- facilitates patient flow Facilitates the flow of patients to maintain the integrity of the physician’s office.
- Day to day
- assists the physician with medical office procedures Assists the physician with medical office procedures.
- Day to day
- assists with hospital procedures and/or surgeries Assists with hospital procedures and/or surgeries and coordinates scheduling surgical procedures.
- Day to day
- coordinates scheduling of surgical procedures
The workplace
You would be walking into Watson Clinic in Lakeland, a private multispecialty group founded in 1941 that now runs roughly a dozen offices and serves Polk County and Central Florida. The day-to-day for LPN and MA float roles sits in…
Worth asking
- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
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- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
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Your fit
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Description: THE IDEAL CANDIDATE NEED TO BE AN LPN OR A MEDICAL ASSISTANT
Summary/Objective: Provide basic medical and nursing care. Ensure the comfort of patients, discuss health care with patients, and report status of patients to registered nurses and providers.
Essential Functions
Identifies and evaluates patient needs by way of telephone triage. Administers medication including injections; documents medication given or prescribed by ordering physician as required. Identifies patient and family education needs and provides instruction.
Recognizes and responds to emergency situations as appropriate. Adheres to the Clinical Services policies and procedures when documenting information patient’s medical records Facilitates the flow of patients to maintain the integrity of the physician’s office. Assists the physician with medical office procedures.
Maintain the integrity of the office. Assists with the flow of patients to maintain the integrity of the physician office and assists the physician with medical office procedures as needed. Assists with hospital procedures and/or surgeries and coordinates scheduling surgical procedures.
Requirements
Requirements
LPN Specialist requirements are
Required Education and Experience
Must be a graduate of an accredited school of Practical Nursing. Must possess active Florida license as a Licensed Practical Nurse or
Preferred Education and Experience
Experience or training in a medical health care facility as a Licensed Practical Nurse. Gyn-Oncology experience preferred.
Medical Assistant Specialist Requirements are
Required Education and Experience
High school diploma or GED. Completion of an accredited Medical Assistant program or 1 year of Medical Assistant work experience within the last 2 years. Medical Assistant Certification must be obtained within 90 days of employment. Current BLS certification or to be completed within first 90 days of employment.
What's around it?
Lakeland, FLFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 3% below the US average
- Median rent
- $1,395/mo
- Household income
- $64,185/yr, all local households, not nurse pay