Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) - 3.5 hours
About the role
REDWOOD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT LICENSED VOCATIONAL NURSE RCSD takes pride in our dedicated workforce and strong connection with our students, families, and community. Our highly dedicated and skilled team of professionals provides a safe and supportive, inspirational and rigorous, joyful and inclusive environment for all learners. We are looking to build our workforce with a staff who share this vision and want to instill passion in learning emphasizing student strengths and gifts for all learners: all abilities, all ethnicities and cultural identities, LGBTQ+ youth, and multilingual learners. DESCRIPTION OF POSITION: Under the supervision of the Director of Special Education and the District Nurses, the Licensed Vocational Nurse provides direct clinical care to meet the health needs of students, documents and maintains students’ health information required by federal/state/local agencies, and provides appropriate care for ill, medically fragile, and/or injured students, as required.
Responsibilities
- Performs work under the direction of a school nurse carried out in accordance with provisions of the LVN license
- Administers medication (including necessary injections) to students in accordance with state laws and county policies and procedures
- Works with school nurse in providing support to school staff concerning health needs of individual students (e.g. students with diabetes, seizures, asthma, severe food allergies, etc.)
- Performs treatment to students as a result of illness, injury, seizure, or medical problems occurring at school
- Performs a variety of medically-oriented specialized health care duties, including administering medication orally or through a g-tube, administering g-tube feedings, suctioning trachea and/or student nose and mouth, timing, monitoring and maintaining records of student seizures
- Assists school nurse (e.g. documents medications, weight and height documentation, physical exams) for the purpose of providing hearing and/or vision screening and/or verification of medication
- Responds to emergency situations involving students when injury or health issues are involved