LPN Substitutes

Job Title

LPN Substitutes

Henrico, VA, US

HCPS - Student Health Services (Various Locations)

Henrico County Public Schools is one of the six largest county public school divisions in Virginia with a nationally recognized educational program. Henrico County is a suburban community surrounding the city of Richmond, VA. We are 104 miles from the Atlantic Ocean to the east; 94 miles from the scenic Sky Line Drive to the west; 106 miles from Washington, D.C. to the north;

and 75 miles from the North Carolina border to the south.

Henrico County Public Schools, an innovative leader in educational excellence, will actively engage our students in diverse educational, social and civic learning experiences that inspire and empower them to become contributing citizens.

• Functions as a contributing member of the school staff and school health team in all aspects of the school program.
• Demonstrates appropriate use of written and verbal communication.
• Demonstrates knowledge of and practices standard precautions.
• Demonstrates knowledge of child growth and development.
• Serves as a child advocate within the established parameters and guidelines set forth by professional practice and in policy.
• Practices sound judgment in the prioritization and care of student needs.
• Encourages a well‑nourished school population.
• Refers students to primary medical care providers for evaluation with treatment and follow‑up for suspected health problems.
• Reports compliance with state laws including but not limited to immunization, exclusion of students with contagious disease, chronic health conditions, screenings, outbreaks, and others as needed per supervisor request.
• Promotes health and disease prevention to encourage a healthy community.
• Attends scheduled in‑service and training classes to increase knowledge and skills in job responsibilities.
• Attends school community, and professional meetings as requested.
• Maintains professional licenses.

• Effectively manages the health clinic by following standards of nursing practice, procedures, protocols, and other instructions provided by Student Health Services.
• Reviews, tracks, and follows up with immunizations, conditional enrollments, and physicals of all Kindergarten and new students entering school.
• Creates cumulative health folders for new students and maintains organized, accurate, and up‑to‑date records.
• Per protocol, collects, documents, tracks, stores and counts medications, medication forms, treatments, and medical procedures and enters them into the Medication Log.
• Establishes and maintains standards of emergency care to minimize the effects of accidents and illness in the school.
• Reviews, organizes, and tracks all Health History Forms, medical conditions, student clinic visits, follow‑up with medical conditions, creates a Chronic Health Report, documents students without insurance, and creates a tickler file for students with emergency information.
• Provides essential delegated nursing tasks per protocol and within scope of LPN practice: first aid, CPR, emergency care, acute and chronic student health needs, medication administration, specialized health procedures, care for students with special education needs, screenings, health‑related 504 and IEP interventions, and other tasks as directed.
• Observes the health needs of students during clinic visits, screenings, chart reviews, physician referrals and other modes of communication and reports the information to the registered nurse overseeing the school.
• Collaborates with the assigned registered nurse in completing assignments, reporting data, and communicating pertinent school health concerns.
• Communicates pertinent student health information to required staff in an effective verbal and/or written format, per policy.
• Refers students to health, medical, social, educational, and other resources as required within parameters established by policy; includes but is not limited to mandated reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect, immunizations, communicable disease, and others. Treatment provided within the scope of practice per the Virginia Board of Nursing…