LPN - Basic Education SPED

LPN Position

This position's responsibilities are to provide a wide variety of support to the school nurse by providing nursing care as outlined in health care plans, maintaining student health records, assessing the health needs of students to provide first aid or referrals, and assisting in nursing procedures. The LPN provides nursing care under the direction and supervision of a registered nurse. Other responsibilities include maintaining computer records and lists, securing required health records from parents, maintaining health room supplies and providing a variety of clerical support to the school office.

Essential functions include:

• Providing nursing care as delegated by school nurse and as outlined in individual health care plans.
• Maintaining student health records; creating new records; updating health information; ensuring that health records are maintained in a confidential manner.
• Attending to student health needs; assessing injuries or illness to determine appropriate action; providing basic first aid; referring students to health care professionals as needed.
• Gathering, assessing and recording immunization information; gathering health data for a variety of state reports such as scoliosis, immunization, vision, and hearing.
• Compiling health records, cards and lists; providing reports as requested. Maintaining health room log. Completing accident reports and distributing them appropriately.
• Recording health screening results for each student. Organizing health screenings. Assisting school nurse with screenings, may train volunteers to assist with screenings.
• Administering medication to students as directed by physician, according to district policy procedures and procedures and under the supervision of a registered nurse. Maintaining appropriate records.
• Maintaining inventory of health room supplies; preparing supply orders; receiving, verifying and stocking supplies.
• Monitoring student behavior in the health room; correcting behavior as necessary; monitoring individual health room use to prevent abuses.
• Reporting situations such as pregnancy, substance abuse or physical abuse to appropriate school staff for follow-up. Maintaining confidentiality of student personal problems.
• Attending scheduled health clerk meetings/inservice.

Other functions may include providing information to parents about health issues, providing a variety of clerical support to the school office, processing student enrollments and withdrawals, serving on various district committees and/or departmental work teams, and performing related duties consistent with the scope and intent of the position.

Reporting relationships include reporting to assigned program administrator and receiving lead guidance from school nurse.

Mental demands include experiencing frequent interruptions; required to deal with a wide range of student behaviors and academic abilities, which may include distraught or difficult students; may be required to deal with distraught or difficult parents. May be required to shift task and priority. Frequently required to deal with situations that could put them in position of liability.

Physical demands include record keeping requiring substantial visual concentration; exposed to visual display terminals; potentially exposed to ordinary infectious diseases carried by students; occasionally required to attend to students' personal hygiene; required to take precautions to avoid exposure to student bodily fluids, disinfectants and medications. May be required to move ill or injured students.

Minimum qualifications include education and experience necessary to carry out the assignment, including experience maintaining accurate records. LPN license required. Previous experience in health care strongly preferred.

Required knowledge, skills and abilities include demonstrated record keeping skills, ability to communicate effectively, orally and in writing, familiarity with medical terminology and basic medical procedures, keyboarding skill, ability to deal with students in a warm and confident manner, ability to work effectively as a team member and collaborate in providing services to student, problem-solving and decision-making skills, ability to organize activities and work independently, ability to follow and give instructions, ability to learn and apply a variety of health techniques and procedures, ability to be fair and consistent when working with students, ability to screen and treat minor student illnesses and injuries, ability to evaluate the need for and secure medical attention by trained personnel, ability to administer medication as directed, ability to handle crises effectively, ability to maintain strict confidentiality, ability to supervise and correct student behavior, and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, students and parents.

Licenses/special requirements include fingerprinting and background check to determine that there have been no convictions involving physical…