Job Title: Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)
| Reports to: | Supervisor/School Nurse (RN) |
| Job Group: | School-Related Personnel |
| FLSA: | Non-Exempt |
| Job Code: | 4010, 5125 |
| Salary Schedule: | PG07 |
JOB GOAL
Responsible for completing student-specific health procedures and providing specialized services to students requiring complex and continuous nursing care, under the direct supervision of a registered school nurse (RN).
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide health services to students, such as first aid, medication administration, etc.
- Perform delegated independent nursing functions using established procedures, policies, guidelines, and standards as observed by the registered nurse.
- Assist teachers and staff with health-related needs of students and provide health supervision while on school grounds and during school-related activities.
- Provide support in developing/maintaining students’ daily living needs and medical needs, such as toilet needs, lifting, diapering, feeding and personal hygiene, transferring, positioning, and ambulation as necessary.
- Maintain and coordinate medical information between parents/guardians, schools, community agencies, and medical providers, while maintaining confidentiality in all aspects of work.
- Monitor student health during transportation and assist with loading and unloading of students at home and school.
- Implement individual healthcare plans (IHPs), emergency care plans (ECPs), maintain accurate student health records, and create reports as required.
- Monitor students to ensure safety during all activities.
- Encourage self-management for medically complex/special needs students.
- Identify students at risk for health problems and refer to registered school nurse as appropriate.
- Participate successfully in District training program to enhance quality of practical nursing care.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Note: Positions designated as regional LPN support are required to travel to school locations based on identified student health needs.
MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES
- Ability to work with medically complex students, students with special needs, and families/guardians of serviced students
- Ability to perform skilled nursing procedures such as gastrostomy feedings, catheterization, and tracheostomy care
- Ability to safely administer medications to students with special needs
- Operating knowledge of computer programs, including email, word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and web-based technologies and platforms
- Ability to communicate effectively with a variety of audiences, orally and in writing, including electronic media
- Excellent time management skills and ability to organize, prioritize, and manage work assignments in an efficient manner and within established timeframes
- Ability to establish and maintain collaborative working relationships with all stakeholders
- Ability to travel to a variety of locations and work a fluctuating schedule to meet program requirements
EDUCATION, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
- Satisfactory completion of a licensed practical nurse program at an accredited institution
- One year of experience in nursing
- OR
- Any equivalent combination of education and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES & REGISTRATIONS
- Valid registration as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), licensed by Florida Department of Health, Division of Medical Quality Assurance
- Satisfactory completion of American Red Cross First Aid course and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course from an accredited program
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Two years’ experience in nursing
- One year of experience in a school setting or with students with disabilities
- Training in behavioral disorders and appropriate interventions
- Bilingual in Spanish, written and oral fluency
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY
None
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
Heavy Work: Exerting up to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or up to 20 pounds of force constantly to move objects.
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, talk, and hear. The employee occasionally lifts and/or moves up to 100 pounds. Specific vision ability required by this job includes close vision, distance vision, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Indoors and Outdoors: The worker is subject to both environmental conditions. Activities occur inside and outside.
MACHINES, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT
- Health screening and monitoring equipment including, but not limited to, feeding pump, nebulizer, glucometer, catheter, suction/oxygen supplies, and adaptive equipment.
- General office equipment, including personal computers, fax machines, copiers, telephones, etc.
- Must provide own transportation to drive a vehicle to various locations.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
Salary and benefits shall be paid consistent with the District’s approved compensation plan. Length of the work year and hours of employment shall be established by the District.
Performance of the job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the School Board’s policy on evaluation of personnel.
Nothing in this job description restricts management’s right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Pasco County Schools will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities to allow them to perform the essential functions of the job when such individuals request an accommodation.
