Registered Nurse

Title: 1:1 Registered Nurse

Reports To:

Administration

Supervises:
Students

Department:
District

Classification:
Certified

Work Year:
Determined on an as needed basis

Contract Dates:
School Year

FLSA Status:
Non-Exempt

Evaluation:
Per GEA Contract

• Current Illinois Registered Nurse license
• Current CPR/AED or Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association
• Prior professional experience providing tracheostomy care required
• Demonstrated competency in tracheostomy assessment, suctioning, routine tracheostomy care, emergency tracheostomy replacement, oxygen administration, and recognition of respiratory distress
• Pediatric nursing experience, particularly with medically fragile students or students with disabilities, strongly preferred
• Baccalaureate degree preferred
• Competency in current medical technology and respiratory equipment
• Computer literacy and ability to maintain accurate electronic documentation
• Effective communication and collaboration skills
• Fluency in English and Spanish preferred

The registered nurse will provide continuous 1:1 nursing care for a student with a tracheostomy during the school day. The nurse will work under the administrative supervision of the principal and district administration while independently applying professional nursing judgment within the nurse's legal scope of practice.

The assignment may include transportation to and from school, field trips, mobility trips, community-based instruction, and other school-sponsored activities. Gavin School District will provide or arrange student-specific orientation and ensure that required competencies are verified before the nurse independently assumes the assignment.

The criteria indicated below are intended to describe various types of work that may be performed. The exclusion of specific responsibilities does not prohibit them if the work is similar, related, or a logical task of the position.

• Provide continuous nursing monitoring and support according to the student's healthcare-provider orders, Individualized Healthcare Plan, Emergency Care Plan, and IEP or Section 504 Plan.
• Assess the student's respiratory status, including work of breathing, airway patency, secretion amount and characteristics, skin color, breath sounds, oxygen saturation when ordered, and response to activity.
• Perform tracheostomy suctioning, routine tracheostomy and stoma care, oxygen administration, medication administration, enteral feedings, and other prescribed nursing procedures.
• Monitor the tracheostomy tube, ties, humidification system, suction equipment, oxygen equipment, and other medical devices.
• Maintain immediate access to the student's emergency tracheostomy bag, replacement tracheostomy tubes, suction equipment, manual resuscitation bag, oxygen, and other required supplies.
• Respond immediately to respiratory distress, mucus plugging, airway obstruction, accidental decannulation, aspiration, bleeding, equipment malfunction, oxygen desaturation, or other medical emergencies.
• Perform emergency tracheostomy replacement, CPR, and other emergency interventions according to verified competency, healthcare-provider orders, and the student's Emergency Care Plan.
• Accompany and monitor the student during classroom instruction, meals, therapies, toileting, transitions, emergency drills, transportation, field trips, mobility trips, and other school activities as assigned.
• Promote the student's safety, dignity, independence, communication, and participation in the educational program.
• Document nursing assessments, treatments, interventions, student responses, and communication accurately and promptly.

• Provide direct…