Exceptional Children - Child Lpn

EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN - CHILD SPECIFIC LPN

Craven County Schools ALBERT H. BANGERT ELEMENTARY - New Bern, North Carolina Open in Google Maps

Job : 4465642

Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled

Re-Posted: Jun 22, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

CRAVEN COUNTY SCHOOLS

Exceptional Children's Child Specific LPN

Job Description

Position: EC Child Specific LPN

Reports to: Lead Nurse

Terms of Employment: 10-month, hourly

Pay Grade: 68

FLSA Status: Exempt

This is a professional public health nursing position responsible for planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating school health services. County Schools nurses coordinate the student and school health for a school or schools and provide supportive care, direction to staff and students, consult with physicians, and maintain records and school health processes. Work is performed under regular supervision of the Lead Nurse.

School health in Craven County Schools is a public health function in service to the greater Craven County community.

• A minimum of two (2) years LPN nursing experience dealing with young children and adolescents (ages 5 – 18) and/or public health nursing experience.

Certification and Licensure Requirements (if applicable):

• Required:
  
  Licensed Practical Nurse
  , currently licensed to practice in North Carolina
• National school nurse certification is optional.
  • In accordance with the National Board for the Certification of School Nurses, the nurse sitting for the exam is required to have a minimum of 1000 hours of school nursing experience.
• CPR, AED, First Aid Instructor Certification (or is able and does obtain within a year of employment)

Essential Functions/Knowledge

The EC Child Specific Licensed Practical Nursing position within Craven County Schools is responsible for:

• Tube feedings, tube flushes, and emergency medication administration. (may require training for specific medication)
• Good understanding of seizures - able to recognize seizure activity and be able to respond appropriately.
• Assist staff with DLS (Daily Living Skills) if needed- changing, feeding, toileting
• How to support positive behavior with minimal support
• How to support nonverbal to limited verbal patients. (Having an understanding of technology and or communication devices would be helpful.)
• Visual supervision of “student” and being able to communicate any needs or concerns to teacher and or parent as needed.
• Applicable laws, regulations and standards pertaining to school nursing practice (HIPAA, NC Nurse Practice Act, Standards of School Nursing Practice and the Ten Components of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model)
• School as a non-traditional health care setting
• School as a Public Health care setting
• School Health law
• Special education legislation and services
• Various electronic applications such as Power School, Google Docs, Word, Excel

Skills related to this important role include the ability to:

• Collect data to direct evidence-based practice
• Deal tactfully with others and exercise good judgment in appraising situations
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in practice settings to meet student, school and community needs.
• Elicit needed information and maintain effective working relationships
• Identify health related barriers to learning (i.e., at risk behaviors, financial, cultural, economical, etc.)
• Make independent and timely nursing decisions and accurately triage
• Plan, coordinate and supervise the work of others
• Record accurately services rendered and interpret and explain records, reports, activities, health care plans, accommodations and medical interventions
• Secure the cooperation and respect of students, faculty and staff
• Utilize various electronic and hard copy documentation systems for entering information at the time of service to the student.

Professional Nursing Standards

The school nurse will demonstrate the following professional standards in the execution of their work:

Standards of Care

• Assessment:
  Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the client’s health or situation.
• Nursing Diagnosis:
  Analyzes the assessment data to determine the nursing diagnosis or issues that…