Job Description

Nemours is seeking a Licensed Practical Nurse (Primary Care, The Villages), FULL-TIME, to join our Primary Care team in The Villages, Florida.

Nemours primary care practices provide a kid-friendly, family-centered pediatric primary care experience for families in Central Florida. With 19 primary care and three urgent care practices conveniently located throughout the region, we provide quality, professional pediatric services with special attention on preventive care and whole-child wellness.

This position is responsible for: The LPN acts as a liaison between the patient and physician/provider. The LPN assists physicians, other nurses, and additional medical care team members in the delivery of care to pediatric patients.

1. Performs complete and accurate patient assessment or reassessment.
2. Screens patients for appropriate information and instructs them in the collection of specimens.
3. Provides education to the patient and/or parent/guardian in a manner that the recipient understands in order to contribute to positive patient care outcomes and patient satisfaction.
4. Coordinates clinic flow:
5. Greets patients and families and prepares them for provider examination.
6. Confirms patient ID using two identifier (name and DOB) and rooms patients
7. Obtain vital signs
8. Obtain and prepare laboratory specimens
9. Performance of in-office laboratory test and entering results in patient chart
10. Performance of laboratory controls and ensures within range. Trouble shoots any out-of-range control.
11. Administer immunizations according to guidelines
12. Administer prescribed medications including oral, injectable, and inhaled according to guidelines.
13. Reviews and prepares charts for clinic visits.
14. Perform spirometry
15. Trouble shoot equipment
16. Actively participates in team huddles
17. Exhibits 200% accountability
18. Maintains and reviews medical record, and other patient information, and ensures appropriate documentation is available for provider review
19. Check laboratory results, posttests and exam results are in chart as required
20. Follow up on cultures, labs, outside testing ordered and discharge summaries (hospital/ER/UC)
21. Enter and complete telephone encounters per protocol
22. Ensure inbasket pools are completed timely
23. Monitors voicemail
24. Previews patient charts and assist with identifying gaps in care
25. Prepares equipment and rooms and assists physician/provider during treatments, examinations, procedures and testing of patients.
26. Maintains clinical supplies and organizes exam rooms.
27. Keeps exam rooms clean and stocked of all needed supplies
28. Ensures medications and immunizations are safely stored in an appropriate area as designated by law and departmental policy and that medication and immunization expiration dates are evaluated on a monthly schedule.
29. Ensures provider’s orders are carried out
30. Arrange patient diagnostic testing at outside facilities including completion of prior authorization
31. Schedule referrals for appointments, home care, radiology, and other requests
32. Call pharmacies prescription orders/refills
33. Work Healthy Planet reports and Care Gaps
34. Responds to phone calls and gives advice as dictated, according to established guidelines
35. Works with schedulers to schedule patients according to orders
36. Answers or returns calls in a courteous and timely manner and documents calls according to established guidelines

Job Requirements

• Specialized (1 year of training beyond high school) required.
• Minimum of one (1) year experience required.
• Valid State of Florida LPN License required.
• AHA BLS Certification required upon hire.

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized pediatric health system serving more than 1.7 million patient encounters each year. We deliver care across six states through two freestanding children’s hospitals — Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida — along with a network of more than 80 primary, urgent, and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospital partnerships.

Backed by the Nemours Foundation and Alfred I. duPont Trust, our $1.7B nonprofit system is dedicated to improving children's health through clinical care, research, education, advocacy, and prevention. Our Whole Child Health approach focuses equally on prevention and treatment, partnering with communities to help every child thrive.

Inclusion and belonging guide our strategy and growth. We are committed to culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and fostering an environment where every associate, patient, and family feels supported and valued.

Learn more at Nemours.org.