Health Care Specialist; LPN or RN; District Wide
Listed on 2026-10-08
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Nursing
Healthcare Nursing, LPN/LVN, Pediatric Nurse, Nursing Home
Position
1:1 Health Care Specialist (LPN or RN)
LocationDistrict Wide
Hours7 hours per day. Hours will vary based on student need with start times as early as 7:30 am and end times as late as 4:15 pm. Employees receive a half hour unpaid lunch.
PayStarting Pay: $25.35 per hour (Step
1)
August 26th, 2026
BenefitsSo Wash Co Schools offers a comprehensive benefits program designed to support our employees. Our benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as life insurance, supplemental life insurance, dependent life insurance, and long‑term disability coverage. We also offer voluntary plans such as accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity, and identity protection, along with flexible spending accounts, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and retirement plans.
These benefits reflect our commitment to supporting your health and well‑being.
The primary goal of the Health Care Specialist is to care for student health, injuries, and/or illnesses in an expedient manner. The Health Care Specialist must also demonstrate the ability and desire to work with medically fragile and/or cognitively impaired students and have the ability to perform technical nursing procedures under the direction of a Licensed School Nurse.
Primary Job Functions- Administer first aid, emergency, and episodic care accordingly to their 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 as the LSN plans services for students with special needs (i.e., technical nursing procedures, homebound services, transportation, or excessive absence follow‑up).
- Assist with Special Ed evaluations.
- Develop Individual Health Plans (IHP) 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 the emergency card, pupil health records, physicals, and medical documentation.
- Maintain data logs according to Lead Nurses request.
- Compile logs into a year‑end report (May of 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, and early childhood under 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 according to State mandates.
- Administer medications, simple & complex, 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 the 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 cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification.
- Current First Aid certification.
- Ability to work within the scope and practice of the position.
- Skills/experience in Windows-based computer software.
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