Description

JOB SUMMARY

Following the Health Services program direction provided by the Certificated School Nurses, LPN/RN Classified Nurses provide professional health care to students and staff to prevent, identify, and/or remediate health problems which may impair learning, social adjustment, or emotional well-being of students.  Classified Nurses may be assigned to an individual student or to a school.

Applicants are encouraged to read the job analysis which is available upon request.  This position reports to the Executive Director of Student Services or designee, and Principal.

Essential Functions:

• Utilizing program direction provided by Certificated RN, implement school's health services program following requirements established by school district’s policies, procedures, and protocols, and by local, state and national regulations and statues.
• May be assigned in a one-on-one capacity to implement the health care plan for an individual student with special health needs.
• May oversee daily operations of the assigned buildings’ health room including management of inventory and ensuring completion of all health-related documentation for school site.
• Provide professional nursing care, including emergency first aid treatment for student illness and injury occurring in school or while the student is under the jurisdiction of the school.
• Accurately administer medication, maintain documentation and care records, monitor effectiveness of medication and provide feedback to certificated nurses.
• Assist Certificated Nurses in the development, implementation, evaluation and documentation of health care plans to ensure appropriate care to students identified.
• Provide health related data for a variety of multi-disciplinary teams at the building level to assess student health status, interpret medical records, make recommendations, and develop the health care components for students with identified health needs. May participate as the health team specialist as needed.
• Assist in coordinating and completing state mandated vision and hearing screening as required and in accordance with the Washington State Codes including re-screenings and referrals as indicated.
• Provide general health education and provide health counseling and guidance to students, school staff and parents.
• Orient building staff regarding individual student health needs.
• Promote and assist in the control of communicable diseases following the Infectious Disease Control and Immunization Guidelines.
• Work in cooperation with certificated and classified staff to promote a medically effective, friendly and caring atmosphere for students, staff and parents.
• Collaborate with Certificated Nurses and other Classified Nurses on a variety of topics impacting daily duties.
• May communicate with Licensed Health Providers, Parents, and others in the district or community as directed.
• Monitor school environment for safety and health concerns and alert administration of concerns identified.
• Maintain knowledge of current laws and regulations pertaining to nursing, health care, and school/public health.
• Fulfill the standard of care needed for each student within the scope of duties approved by the Mead School District and Nursing License while following
• District policies, procedures and state and federal law.
• Perform other nursing duties as assigned according to job description and/or licensure.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS:

Education/Training:

• Graduate of an accredited nursing program
• Current RN or LPN licensure with the appropriate State Board
• Experience in nursing duties with children is preferred
• CPR and advanced First Aid Certification required
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
• Ability to work with students with a wide range of behaviors, emotional disabilities, and medical conditions.
• Must favorably pass the Washington State Patrol/FBI background check.
• Ability to maintain health records and confidentiality of students, parents and staff members.
• Excellent record keeping ability and clerical skills.
• Must have excellent communications skills.
• Must be detail oriented and a team player.
• Ability to respond to and handle emergency situations in a calm, professional, effective manner.
• Experience with equipment found in the school setting preferred.
• Demonstrated skill in appropriate lifting procedures, incurring no injury to students or self.

Physical Demands: 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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

A person working in this position will exert up to 50 pounds of force occasionally while carrying, pushing, and/or pulling to move objects. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unaided and may lift over 50 pounds with the assistance of another person and/or a lift assist. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, sit; some stooping, kneeling, and/or crouching; and significant fine finger dexterity. The job is performed under conditions with exposure to risk of injury and/or ordinary infectious diseases carried by students.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT and Salary:

As outlined by and in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement (CBA) of the Mead Support and Service Professionals and Policies and Procedures of Mead School District. A typical school year consists of 180 days plus 10 holidays, September through June of each school year.  The individual number of days may vary by position as defined within the CBA. 

The salary range for the position is:  Min $27.05- Max: $37.73 (LPN) - Min:$34.94 - Max: $48.74. (RN) Salary placement will be at step 1 on the appropriate scale for the position unless otherwise noted within the contract. CBAs and Salary Schedules can be reviewed from the Human Resources page of the Mead School District website at https://www.mead354.org/about-us/department-directory/human-resources/new-pageMead policies and Procedures can be accessed online at https://www.mead354.org/about-us/board-of-directors/board-policies

 Each employee shall accumulate twelve (12) days of sick leave per year. An employee employed less than a full work year shall be entitled to a proportionate part of the sick leave allowance.  A maximum of three (3) days of annual leave are provided for all employees based on the employee’s scheduled employment hours per day to be used for an absence during work hours, or to be accumulated for the purpose of cash out.

 Employees anticipated to work more than 630 hours per year will be eligible for Benefits through the School Employees Benefits Board (SEBB) Standard benefits include Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, and Long-Term Disability.  Positions anticipated to work 70 hours or more per month for at least 5 months over a 12-month period are eligible for Retirement through the State Department of Retirement Services. 

APPLICATION

MEMBERS of Mead Support and Service Professionals interested in this position need to apply for this position via the application system, Talent Ed Recruit & Hire at www.mead354.org/employment by accessing the internal postings via the Internal link on the upper right-hand corner of the page. You will need to log in using your district email to see internal postings.  Please complete the required information on the internal application, including uploading a letter of interest and current resume to your profile.

 All other applicants interested in this position, must apply for this posting through a link to our online applicant system found on the website at www.mead354.org.  Upload the required documents to your application.  Below is a list of required materials.  If you have questions regarding this process, you may contact Shelli Nemec at the District Administration Building or email shelli.nemec@mead354.org Incomplete applications will not be considered.

                     REQUIRED DOCUMENTS FOR A COMPLETE APPLICATION

• Your Resume.
• Your current Letter of Interest, which speaks specifically to your abilities in the position for which you are applying.
• Three (3) dated and current letters of recommendation (within the last 3 years).
• Current RN or LPN licensure with the appropriate State Board
• Verification of identity and United States work authorization must be completed before employment commences. The successful candidate for this position must be fingerprinted. Employment is contingent upon clearance by the Washington State Patrol and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Mead School District #354 is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against otherwise qualified applicants on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts of America and other designated youth groups. Inquiries regarding compliance procedures may be directed to the District’s Title IX/RCW 28A.640 Officer, Section 504 Coordinator, Josh Westermann, josh.westermann@mead354.org and/or Affirmative Action officer, Keri Hutchins, keri.hutchins@mead354.org , (509) 465-6000 or via mail to 2323 E. Farwell Rd., Mead, WA, 99021.  Persons who may need some accommodation in the hiring process should contact the Human Resources Office at (509) 465-6010.
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