Temporary Health Care Specialist; LPN or RN Summer ESY at East Ridge High School

Temporary Health Care Specialist (LPN or RN) – Summer ESY at East Ridge High School.

• Position type:
  Health Services / Health Care Specialist
• Date posted: 4/1/2026
• Location:
  
  East Ridge High School
• Date available:
  
  07/13/2026

Hours per day
: 3.5 hours per day, 8:45 am–12:15 pm Monday–Thursday only.
Starting pay
: $25.60 per hour (Step 1).

Anticipated start date and end dates
:
July 13, 2026 – July 30, 2026.
Available for application
:
Open until filled.
Calendar Classification
: 9 Month – Class 8.

Testing
:
Internal Office Professional candidates must have passed the qualifying testing prior to bidding. Successful candidates must score in each of the following:
Health Care Assessment, Microsoft Word, Basic Office Skills, and Following Written Instructions.

Notes
:
Can voucher up to 8 hours for prep time to be scheduled with supervisor prior for approval.

Benefits
:
So Wash Co  Schools offers a comprehensive benefits program including medical, dental, vision, life, supplemental life, dependent life, long‑term disability, voluntary plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, identity protection), flexible spending accounts, an Employee Assistance Program, and retirement plans. Visit our benefits page for more information.

The primary goal of the Health Care Specialist is to care for student health, injuries and/or illnesses promptly. The Specialist must work with medically fragile and/or cognitively impaired students and perform technical nursing procedures under the direction of a Licensed School Nurse.

• Administer first aid, emergency, and episodic care according to nursing licensure and knowledge.
• Monitor students and refer to Licensed School Nurse when assessments, evaluations, or nursing interventions may be necessary.

• Assist in planning with the Licensed School Nurse for students with special needs (technical nursing procedures, homebound services, transportation, or excessive absence follow‑up).
• Assist with Special Education evaluations.
• Develop Individual Health Plans under the supervision of the LSN.
• Function as a team member of Health Services so student health is maintained or improved and learning is facilitated. Attend IEP meetings as Health Services, TAT or SST representative.

• Responsible for health records including emergency card, pupil health records, physicals, and medical documentation.
• Maintain data logs per Lead Nurses request.
• Compile logs into a year‑end report (May each year).
• Accurately document all duties performed and any other necessary reasons.
• Maintain confidential health files for students; restrict access to staff with “need to know.”
• Maintain third‑party billing documentation.
• Assist with school screenings such as vision, hearing, early childhood under the supervision of a Licensed School Nurse.
• Comply with procedures for communicable diseases under direction of Licensed School Nurse.
• Reduce the spread of communicable diseases by collecting student immunization data per State mandates.

• Administer medications to students under the direction of a licensed school nurse and school policy (e.g., G‑tube, respiratory suctioning, complex wound dressing, catheterization, and port care).
• Support technical health needs of students as directed and delegated by a Licensed School Nurse.

• By Building Principal or Special Education Director.
• By supervising LSN or Lead Nurses.
• Provide selected Health Care trainings.
• Participate in local time studies.

• Current licensing by the Minnesota Board of Nursing as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) or Registered Nurse (RN).
• Ability to interact positively with all ages of people.
• Current CPR certification.
• Current First Aid certification.
• Ability to work within scope and practice of the position.
• Skills/experience in Windows‑based computer software.
• Prompt, regular and reliable attendance.
• Ability to communicate with students, parents, co‑workers, supervisors, and the community positively and responsively.
• Demonstrated appreciation of diversity in all interactions and job functions.
• No written reprimand or higher within the past 12 months.
• Not on a Performance Improvement Plan.
• Must participate in a standardized interview process conducted by HR and the Department/Building Administration. A score of 70 % is required to pass the interview.

Knowledge of and experience in working with children with special health needs and/or involved in special education.