Job Family: 29-0000 Healthcare Practitioners
Occupational Group: 29-2060 Technologists
and Technicians, Health
OCCUPATION PROFILE
JOB FAMILY:
HEALTHCARE PRACTITIONERS
OCCUPATIONAL GROUP:
TECHNOLOGISTS AND TECHNICIANS, HEALTH
OCCUPATION:
LICENSED PRACTICAL & LICENSED VOC
NURSES
29-2061
BROADBAND LEVELS:
Level 3 – Pay Band 005
DESCRIPTION
Care for well or ill individuals in a variety of settings. May work under the supervision of
a registered nurse.
EXAMPLES OF WORK
Administers specified medication, orally or by subcutaneous or intra-muscular injection,
and documents in patients' charts.
Provides medical treatment and personal care to patients.
Takes and records patients' vital signs.
Dresses wounds, gives enemas, douches, alcohol rubs, and massages.
Applies compresses, ice bags, and hot water bottles.
Observes patients and reports adverse reactions to medication or treatment to medical
personnel in charge.
Bathes, dresses, and assists patients in walking and turning.
Assembles and uses medical equipment.
Collects samples, such as urine and sputum, from patients for testing and performs
routine anthropometric and laboratory tests.
Sterilizes equipment and supplies, using germicides, sterilizer, or autoclave.
Records food and fluid intake and output.
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Job Family: 29-0000 Healthcare Practitioners
Occupational Group: 29-2060 Technologists
and Technicians, Health
Prepares or examines food trays for prescribed diet and feeds patients.
Assists in delivery, care, and feeding of infants.
Cleans rooms, makes beds, and answers patients' calls.
Washes and dresses bodies of deceased persons.
Inventories and requisitions supplies.
Provides basic patient education as trained.
EXAMPLES OF JOB CHARACTERISTICS
Assisting and Caring for Others
Providing assistance or personal care to
others.
Performing General Physical Activities
Performing physical activities that require
moving one's whole body, such as in
climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping,
where the activities often also require
considerable use of the arms and legs, such
as in the physical handling of materials.
Monitoring and reviewing information from
materials, events, or the environment, often to
detect problems or to find out when things are
finished.
Using one's own hands and arms in handling,
installing, forming, positioning, and moving
materials, or in manipulating things, including
the use of keyboards.
Providing information to supervisors, fellow
workers, and subordinates. This information
can be exchanged face-to-face, in writing, or
via telephone/electronic transfer.
Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or
maintaining information in either written form
or electronic/magnetic recording.
Monitor Processes, Material,
Surroundings
Handling and Moving Objects
Communicating With Other Workers
Documenting/Recording Information
Updating and Using Job-Relevant
Knowledge
Keeping up-to-date technically and knowing
one's own jobs' and related jobs' functions.
Identifying Objects, Actions, and
Events
Identifying information received by making
estimates or categorizations, recognizing
differences or similarities, or sensing changes
in circumstances or events.
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Job Family: 29-0000 Healthcare Practitioners
Occupational Group: 29-2060 Technologists
and Technicians, Health
Getting Information Needed to Do the
Job
Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining
information from all relevant sources.
Establishing and Maintaining
Relationships
Developing constructive and cooperative
working relationships with others.
EXAMPLES OF KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Active Listening
Listening to what other people are saying and
asking questions as appropriate
Service Orientation
Actively looking for ways to help people
Information Gathering
Knowing how to find information and
identifying essential information
Reading Comprehension
Understanding written sentences and
paragraphs in work related documents
Problem Identification
Identifying the nature of problems
Speaking
Talking to others to effectively convey
information
Critical Thinking
Using logic and analysis to identify the
strengths and weaknesses of different
approaches
Monitoring
Assessing how well one is doing when
learning or doing something
Social Perceptiveness
Being aware of others' reactions and
understanding why they react the way they do
Judgment and Decision Making
Weighing the relative costs and benefits of a
potential action
Mathematics
Using mathematics to solve problems
Writing
Communicating effectively with others in
writing as indicated by the needs of the
audience
Medicine and Dentistry
Knowledge of the information and techniques
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Job Family: 29-0000 Healthcare Practitioners
Occupational Group: 29-2060 Technologists
and Technicians, Health
needed to diagnose and treat injuries,
diseases, and deformities. This includes
symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug
properties and interactions, and preventive
health-care measures
Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for
providing customer and personal services
including needs assessment techniques,
quality service standards, alternative delivery
systems, and customer satisfaction evaluation
techniques
Biology
Knowledge of plant and animal living tissue,
cells, organisms, and entities, including their
functions, interdependencies, and interactions
with each other and the environment
Psychology
Knowledge of human behavior and
performance, mental processes,
psychological research methods, and the
assessment and treatment of behavioral and
affective disorders
Chemistry
Knowledge of the composition, structure, and
properties of substances and of the chemical
processes and transformations that they
undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and
their interactions, danger signs, production
techniques, and disposal methods
Clerical
Knowledge of administrative and clerical
procedures and systems
LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION OR REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
This occupation requires licensure as a practical nurse in accordance with Chapter 464,
Florida Statutes or eligible to practice nursing in accordance with Florida Administrative
Code 210-8.22 or 8.27.
EFFECTIVE:
History:
03/17/2003
07/01/2002
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