Clinic LPN WellMed at SE Lakeland at UnitedHealth Group

About the position

For those who want to invent the future of health care, here's your opportunity. We're going beyond basic care to health programs integrated across the entire continuum of care. Join us to start Caring. Connecting. Growing together. WellMed provides concierge-level medical care and service for seniors, delivered by physicians and clinic staff that understand and care about the patient's health. WellMed's proactive approach focuses on prevention and the complete coordination of care for patients. WellMed is now part of the Optum division under the greater UnitedHealth Group umbrella. This position is based in WellMed SE Lakeland, FL, with working hours from Monday to Friday, 8 am to 5 pm.

Responsibilities

• Performs all nursing duties within the scope of a Licensed Vocational/Practical Nurse (procedures, injections, medication administration, EKGs, phlebotomy) as determined by the applicable State Board of Nursing.
• Participates in implementing established education plans for patients and their families with common health problems and well-defined health learning needs.
• Coordinates patient care as directed by providers, RNs, and policies, including referrals, transition visits, medications, procedures, and follow-up.
• Documents chief complaint and rooms patients according to policy and procedures, prepares patient for examination.
• Telephonically obtains information on chief complaint and symptoms and accurately relays information to provider.
• Collects data and performs "focused" nursing assessment of patients; assists in the evaluation of a patient's response to treatment and identifies patient's needs; communicates findings to the provider.
• Records patient assessment and care in the medical record in an accurate and timely manner.
• Reviews the patient record, chart, reports (including laboratory and x-ray), and other pertinent information for patients prior to being seen by the provider and reports relevant information to the provider and/or RN.
• Provides a safe environment (OSHA standards) for patients and staff in the clinic.
• Ensures patient confidentiality (HIPAA) at all times and treats patients with courtesy and respect.
• Organizes exam and treatment rooms, stocks and cleans rooms and sterilizes instruments.
• Practices standard infection control precautions.
• Ensures medication management follows policies and procedures; appropriately documents medications & immunizations in patient records.
• Follows laboratory management policies & procedures and CLIA standards; collects lab samples and ensures proper labeling.
• Fulfills medication refill requests following approved protocols.
• If certified in IV therapy; starts peripheral lines, monitors and adjusts flow rates, primes IV lines, changes dressing on IV sites (if needed) and discontinues venous lines.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Current and unrestricted LPN in the state of Florida.
• Current BLS certification.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and medical office procedures.
• Proficient computer skills to work efficiently with electronic medical records.
• Ability to perform medical procedures, give injections and perform phlebotomy.

Nice-to-haves

• IV certification
• 2+ years of experience in a medical setting
• Knowledge of ICD-10 and CPT coding.

Benefits

• $2500 Sign-on Bonus for External Candidates