A prominent healthcare provider has eliminated more than 200 positions across Florida, including a significant reduction in force at its facility in Lake County.
Sanitas Medical Centers, a Keralty Company, issued official Worker Adjustment and Rehabilitation Notification (WARN) letters on June 4 to state and local officials announcing a permanent downsizing that has impacted 211 employees statewide.
Among those terminated were 25 staff members stationed at the South Lake County clinic located at 2604 S. US Highway 27 in Clermont.
According to the corporate filing submitted by Sanitas HR Labor Specialist Juan A. Lopez, the mass layoffs took effect on Tuesday, June 9. The health company cited corporate restructuring and severe budgetary constraints as the driving factors behind the sudden workforce reductions.
Management explicitly stated to state regulators that the job cuts are expected to be permanent and that there are no bumping rights available for the affected employees.
The 25 local terminations make the Clermont clinic one of the single most severely impacted standalone medical offices in the state outside of corporate headquarters. A regional breakdown of the corporate restructure shows that the vast majority of the job cuts were concentrated in South Florida, with 126 positions dissolved in Miami-Dade County and 17 positions cut in Broward County.
In Central Florida, Orange County registered 38 terminations, while neighboring Osceola County saw 12 workers laid off at a clinic in St. Cloud. Additional reductions occurred at locations in Tampa, Tallahassee, Fort Myers, and Jacksonville.
The job losses hit various medical and support classifications across the organization, including family practitioners, community health workers, medical assistants, and numerous regional administrative roles.
The state’s Rapid Response Coordinator has been engaged to provide transition assistance, training resources, and re-employment services to the 25 medical workers displaced by the Clermont clinic’s downsizing.