Substitute Registered Nurse/LPN

Independence School District; Independence (MO); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Independence School District in Missouri is seeking a licensed school nurse (LPN, RN, or BSN) to support student health needs and protect their well-being during the school day.

The role requires leadership, confidentiality, and the ability to multitask, including assisting students with health-related needs and lifting up to 150 pounds when necessary. CPR certification is required.

Qualifications

• Missouri license to practice as an LPN, RN, or BSN.
• CPR certification (instructor certification preferred).
• HBV vaccination series required.
• Three to five years of experience working with children/adolescents preferred.
• Leadership and supervision responsibility.
• Confidentiality of information must be respected.
• Ability to multitask in a school health setting.
• Physical ability to assist students requiring lifting, positioning, transferring, restraining or transporting within the school environment and during events.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and protects the health status of children.
• Provides health assessments in the school setting.

Skills

Missouri license

CPR certification

Leadership & supervision

Confidentiality

Multitasking

Mobility & lifting

Experience with children/adolescents

Education

LPN/RN/BSN license (Missouri)

Tools

CPR certification

Job description

• Currently licensed to practice in Missouri as an LPN, RN, or BSN
• CPR certified (instructor certification preferred)
• Three to five years of experience working with children/adolescents preferred
• Individual who can provide leadership and supervision to staff
• Understands and respects confidentiality of information
• Displays the ability to multi-task
• Is physically capable of assisting student with health care needs that may require lifting, positioning, transferring, restraining or transporting within the school environment and during school events
• Able to comfortably lift twenty (20) to thirty (30) pounds and reposition weight up to one hundred and fifty (150) pounds

Qualifications

• Currently licensed to practice in Missouri as an LPN, RN, or BSN
• CPR certified (instructor certification preferred)
• Hepatitis B Vaccine series
• Three to five years of experience working with children/adolescents preferred
• Individual who can provide leadership and supervision to staff
• Understands and respects confidentiality of information
• Displays the ability to multi-task
• Is physically capable of assisting student with health care needs that may require lifting, positioning, transferring, restraining or transporting within the school environment and during school events
• Able to comfortably lift twenty (20) to thirty (30) pounds and reposition weight up to one hundred and fifty (150) pounds

Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Non-Exempt

Reports To

Director of Health Services

Building Principal

Job Goal

The school nurse strengthens and facilitates the educational process by protecting the health status of children and by identifying and assisting in the removal or modification of health related barriers to the learning process. The major focus of school nursing services is the prevention of illness and disability, health promotion, and the early detection and correction of health problems. The school nurse is prepared and uniquely qualified in preventative health, health assessment, and referral procedures.

Performance Responsibilities

• Functions of the school nurse include but are not limited to:
• Promotes and protects the optimal health status of children
• Provides health assessments