LPN Specialist OR Medical Assistant Specialist - OB GYN - Full Time
Lakeland, Florida
Provide basic medical and nursing care. 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
- OB GYN · Clinic LPN SPECIALIST OR MEDICAL ASSISTANT SPECIALIST - OB GYN - FULL TIME
- License
- LPN license Graduate of an accredited school of Practical Nursing and hold an active Florida state license.Active Florida state license
- Term
- Permanent LPN SPECIALIST OR MEDICAL ASSISTANT SPECIALIST - OB GYN - FULL TIMEFull time
Do you qualify?
- License
- Active Florida state license Graduate of an accredited school of Practical Nursing and hold an active Florida state license. Check your license
- Certification
- CPR certification Additional Eligibility Qualifications: CPR certification.
- Certification
- Medical Assistant Certification within 90 days of employment Medical Assistant Certification must be obtained within 90 days of employment.
- Education
- Graduate of an accredited school of Practical Nursing
- Education
- High school diploma or GED Required Education and Experience: High school diploma or GED.
- Education
- Completion of an accredited Medical Assistant program or 1 year of 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.
- Experience
- OB/GYN experience One (1) year prior experience in OB/GYN required, two (2) years experience preferred.
Pay isn’t listed.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- Summons and prepares patient for office visit Summons and prepares patient for office visit.
- Day to day
- Applies principles of fetal growth and development in daily practice Applies principles of fetal growth and development in his/her daily practice
- Day to day
- Set up rooms and trays for scheduled procedures Set up rooms and trays for scheduled procedures.
- Day to day
- Assist provider with clinic procedures Assist provider with clinic procedures.
- Day to day
- Administer medications and/or vaccines as needed Administer medications and/or vaccines as needed.
- Day to day
- Telephone triage to identify and evaluate patient needs Identifies and evaluates the patient needs by way of telephone triage.
- Day to day
- Recognize and respond to OB/GYN emergencies Recognizes and responds appropriately to OB/GYN emergencies.
- Day to day
- Document in patient medical record per Nursing policy and procedures Adheres to Nursing policy and procedures when documenting information in the patient’s medical record
- Day to day
- Active member of care team including care coordination duties Is an active member of the care team and may include additional duties related to care coordination.
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…
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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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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
- Summons and prepares patient for office visit.
- Applies principles of fetal growth and development in his/her daily practice
- Set up rooms and trays for scheduled procedures.
- Assist provider with clinic procedures.
- Administer medications and/or vaccines as needed.
- Identifies and evaluates the patient needs by way of telephone triage.
- Recognizes and responds appropriately to OB/GYN emergencies.
- Adheres to Nursing policy and procedures when documenting information in the patient’s medical record
- Is an active member of the care team and may include additional duties related to care coordination.
Requirements
LPN Specialist requirements are
Required Education and Experience
Graduate of an accredited school of Practical Nursing and hold an active Florida state license. One (1) year prior experience in OB/GYN required, two (2) years experience preferred.
Additional Eligibility
Qualifications
CPR certification.
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