Job Information
Capital Health Plan LPN or GPN in Tallahassee, Florida
Job title:LPN or GPN
Location:Centerville* and/or Governors Square*
Area/Department:Nursing
Hours per week:40
F/T or P/T status:Full-time
Work schedule/hours:Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. - 5p.m.
Job Summary:
Gives direct patient care and coordinates delivery of health care within the patient care area. Assists physician with patient treatment as directed.
Minimum Qualifications:
Florida LPN Nursing License or Florida Board of Nursing status as Graduate Practical Nurse. Basic Life Support Certification. Must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Must be able to navigate a software program with a keyboard and mouse.
- Measure and record patients' vital signs, such as height, weight, temperature, blood pressure, pulse, or respiration.
- Administer prescribed medications or start intravenous fluids, noting times and amounts on patients' charts.
- Provide basic patient care or treatments, such as taking temperatures or blood pressures, dressing wounds, treating bedsores, giving enemas or douches, rubbing with alcohol, massaging, or performing catheterizations.
- Answer patients' calls and determine how to assist them.
- Supervise nurses' aides or assistants.
(*Based upon the company's needs, work location may be reassigned at any time.)