2026-27 Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Position Summary

The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) provides direct nursing care and health support services to students in the school setting under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) in accordance with the Oklahoma Nurse Practice Act. The LPN supports student health, safety, and access to education by implementing individualized healthcare plans, administering medications and treatments, responding to health emergencies, maintaining health records, and collaborating with school personnel, healthcare providers, and families.

Qualification Requirements

• Current Oklahoma Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license in good standing.
• CPR/AED certification for Healthcare Providers.
• Knowledge of the Oklahoma Nurse Practice Act and school nursing standards.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in accordance with FERPA and district policies.
• Ability to safely perform medication administration and specialized health procedures.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with electronic health records, student information systems, and Microsoft Office applications.

Preferred Experience

• Working in pediatrics, public health, home health, or school nursing.
• Associate degree in nursing or related healthcare field.
• Experience with students requiring specialized healthcare services.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings to develop appropriate individual educational programs (IEP).
• Provide direct nursing care to students under the supervision of a Registered Nurse.
• Give medications, tube feedings, and other skilled nursing duties following physician orders and as scheduled on an Individual Health Plan (IHP).
• Maintain monitoring of students with chronic health conditions and report changes in condition to the supervising RN.
• Provide first aid and nursing assessment for ill or injured students and staff.
• Give treatments such as suctioning following physician orders and as scheduled on an IHP.
• Charts tasks, medications, etc., in a timely manner and using proper forms.
• Collaborate with site RN and District Health Coordinator regarding health-related issues of students.
• Additional duties that may be assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Language And Grammar Skills

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos.
• Ability to compose and write grammatically correct correspondence and memos.

Reasoning Ability

• Solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
• Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, schedule form, or blueprint form.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls;
• Reach with hands and arms;
• Talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Occasionally required to sit.
• Frequently lift and/or move up or more than 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to or more than 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to fume or airborne particles.
• Frequent exposure to high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions.
• Frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts, extreme cold (including outdoors), extreme heat (including direct sunlight), risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• Noise level in the work environment will vary from somewhat loud to extremely loud.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Employee may occasionally be required to supervise a varying number of employees in the overall direction, coordination, and completion of tasks as assigned.