OPS LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE - 64905522

Your Specific Responsibilities

- Employee will provide basic nursing services as allowed by LPN scope of practice to students under the direct and/or indirect supervision of the Senior Community Health Nursing Supervisor. - Administers first aid, daily medications, and emergency medications to students and/or staff as requested and ordered by a physician. This includes intermittent clean catheterization, gastrostomy tube feeding, and monitoring blood glucose. - Organizes and assists with state-mandated health screenings such as hearing/vision, scoliosis, and body mass index. - Maintains a clean health unit/work area and performs periodic inventory of medical supplies. - Keeps accurate and timely records/documentation of all work performed. - Establishes and maintains good working relationships with all staff members. - Assists the health screening team with implementing/scheduling all health screenings for school district students in state-mandated grade levels. Collects and inputs screening data into HMS as required. Sorts and prepares mailings to parents/guardians of screened students, including notifications and phone contacts. - Attends School Health in-services as scheduled, completes mandated training, submits timesheets and mileage in a timely manner, and submits Daily Reports in a timely manner. - Performs related work as required.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

- Utilization of equipment: Computer (email, attachments), print, fax, and telephone skills, and data entry knowledge. - Ability to keep accurate records; ability to document utilizing electronic records. - Ability to work independently. - Ability to effectively communicate with others through speech and writing. - Ability to work with children and adolescents. - Able to respond to emergency situations (running) and lift up to 10-20 lbs (emergency equipment). - Ability to climb stairs (in the case of 2-story school or elevators are out). - Ability to acquire CPR certification and physically able to perform CPR correctly. - Ability to assist a student into and out of a wheelchair and be able to push and maneuver wheelchair over uneven surfaces for an extended period of time. - Ability to bend to retrieve documents from file cabinet or items under cabinet.

Qualifications

- Minimum: Florida LPN license. Must be able to acquire CPR and First Aid prior to on-boarding. Experience working in a medical setting. Must possess a current, valid Driver’s license. Must have transportation to travel to Brevard Public Schools in Brevard County, FL. Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook. - Preferred: Experience working in a Pediatric medical setting.