A Licensed Practical Nurse or Vocational Nurse provides basic medical care under the direction of registered nurses and other healthcare specialists. The tasks that they are permitted to perform vary by state, but usually include changing bandages, checking blood pressure, or helping feed patients. May work in hospitals, nursing homes, or other healthcare facilities.
1. State of Colorado Board of Nurses license for Licensed Practical Nurse (required). 2. BLS-C certification. 3. Maintain current continuing education for State of Colorado and District for Licensed Practical Nurse. 4. Obtain First Aid/CPR training. 5. Ability to lift 50 pounds. 6. Ability and willingness to take directions. 7. Ability and willingness to meet the needs of students. 8. Excellent references including attendance and punctuality 9. Criminal background check required for hire.
Job Goals:
Responsible for performing medical procedures, administering medicine, working with children with various emotional and physical disabilities and working with medical equipment and devices.
Essential Job Functions:
1. Administer all approved medical procedures and maintain health care plans within the school including treatment such as tracheotomy suctioning, catheterization, gastrostomy tube feeding, blood glucose monitoring, insulin administration and nebulizer treatments. 2. Document all services delivered. 3. Ensure proper storage of medications. 4. Administer medications to students. 5. Provide first aid and maintain health records. 6. Assist in the program assigned for care of students with special needs. 7. Communicate with the supervising nurse about student health needs. 8. Perform other duties as assigned.
Technical Skills, Knowledge & Abilities:
1. Excellent interpersonal relations skills and advanced oral and written communication skills. 2. Advanced leadership skills 3. Advanced math and accounting skills. 4. Customer service and public relations skills. 5. Critical thinking and problem-solving skills. 6. Ability to promote and follow Board of Education policies and building/departmental procedures. 7. Ability to manage multiple priorities. 8. Ability to manage multiple tasks with frequent interruptions. 9. Ability to diffuse and manage volatile and stressful situations. 10. Ability to communicate, interact and work effectively and cooperatively with people from diverse ethnic and educational backgrounds. 11. Ability to recognize the importance of safety in the workplace, follow safety rules, practice safe work habits, utilize appropriate safety equipment and report unsafe conditions to the appropriate administrator.
Materials and Equipment Operating Knowledge:
1. Operating knowledge of and experience with personal computers and peripherals. 2. Operating knowledge of and experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Publisher, Outlook, FrontPage. 3. Operating knowledge of and experience with typical office equipment, such as telephones, copiers, fax machine, E-mail, etc. 4. Operating knowledge of wheelchairs, prosthetic devices, ventilators, G-Tubes/pumps, insulin pumps and orthotic equipment. 5. Not all tools may be listed.
Salary:
Medical Assistants are on the Special Services Provider Salary Schedule. - FFC8 allows new hires to bring in up to 15 years of previous experience in similar school type settings. - Please understand that new hires tend to start out at the lower end of the salary range.
Benefits:
Fountain-Fort Carson School District # 8 provides medical, dental, vision, chiropractic, life, long-term disability, accidental death & dismemberment insurances, and paid time off benefits. There are district and employee contributions to some or most of these benefits.
Employment Period:
191 days per year - 7.5
Hour Work Day Pay:
$53,833.00 - $78,421.00 per year
Benefits:
Dental insurance Employee assistance program Flexible spending account Health insurance Health savings account Life insurance Paid time off Retirement plan Vision insurance
