About Lakewood Ranch Medical Center (LWRMC):

Lakewood Ranch Medical Center® (LWRMC), located in the heart of the Lakewood Ranch community, has served the people of Lakewood Ranch and surrounding areas since 2004. It is an award-winning, high-quality, acute-care hospital accredited by The Joint Commission and it consistently ranks high in terms of quality, safety and patient satisfaction. The medical staff includes more than 750 physicians and allied health professionals who practice in a wide range of specialties. Through the years, LWRMC has expanded its offerings to the people of Manatee and Sarasota counties by growing services and updating technologies to better serve the surrounding communities. Services include emergency services and freestanding emergency department, general and robotic surgery, maternity care, breast health, cardiology, orthopedic surgery, stroke, sleep medicine, urology and wound care. If you want to join a team of professionals providing the highest quality of care, look no further than Lakewood Ranch Medical Center.

LWRMC offers comprehensive benefits such as:

• Challenging and rewarding work environment
• Competitive Compensation
• Excellent Medical, Dental, Vision, and Prescription Drug Plan
• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401(K) with company match and discounted stock plan
• Career development opportunities within UHS and its Subsidiaries

Job Overview:

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) practices under the direction or supervision of the professional registered nurse. The LPN implements nursing care for assigned patients and assists the RN in the assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation of nursing care.

General Responsibilities:

• Demonstrates competency in basic patient care skills, clerical/courier duties, stocking, transporting, performing EKG’s, phlebotomy, specific patient care duties, and other departmental duties as requested.
• May be floated as needed treating all diversities.
• Actively demonstrates a passion for patient care while demonstrating service recovery if needed; displays service excellence at all times.
• Follows standard of care as defined within scope of Licensed Practical Nurse and reflects the American Nurses Association’s Code of Ethics for Nurses and the Florida Nurse Practice Act.
• Other duties as assigned.

• High school education or GED/equivalent.

• Completion of an approved LPN course with an active Florida LPN license.

• Completion of basic arrhythmia (i.e. approved dysrhythmia course) and successful competency assessment within initial 90 days.

• Completion of 30 hour IV Certification Course –State Board approved - prior to end of orientation.

• Current BLS certification upon hire

• For ER: CPI and NIH within first 90 days.

• LPN experience, preferred.

For more information, please contact Maya Perez, Recruiter, at (941) 782-2142. 

EEO Statement

All UHS subsidiaries are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. UHS subsidiaries are equal opportunity employers and as such, openly support and fully commit to recruitment, selection, placement, promotion and compensation of individuals without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), genetic information, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

We believe that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success.

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