LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (LPN) I - TEMPORARY

Orange County Public Schools • Winter Garden, FL

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About The Position

Under direction, the Licensed Practical Nurse provides medical care and services to students according to physician-prescribed medical care and treatment orders. The position addresses medical emergencies by assessing circumstances and conditions and resolving them according to established procedures and protocols. The employee also performs related work as directed.

The role includes preparing and dispensing medications, monitoring students with diabetes, conducting vision, hearing, and scoliosis screenings, and performing gastrostomy tube feedings and catheterizations according to physician orders. The nurse takes vital signs, assesses student conditions, maintains accurate medical and activity records, and keeps the school clinic and medical supplies clean, sanitary, and appropriately stocked. The position also maintains student medical records, supports evaluation teams with medical information, and digitally tracks clinic visits and related statistics.

The position requires vocational/technical certification as a Licensed Practical Nurse and a valid Florida LPN license. Continued employment is contingent on completing 24 required continuing education credits every two years. Physical demands may include sustained moderately demanding activity and handling objects weighing 20–50 pounds. Work may involve potential exposure to toxic or poisonous agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances. The Orange County School District will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities upon request.

Requirements

• Vocational/technical certification as a Licensed Practical Nurse.
• Valid Florida state license as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).
• Complete 24 required continuing education credits every two years; continued employment is contingent on meeting this requirement.
• Ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and assess information using established criteria and select alternatives based on evaluation.
• Ability to assist people in carrying out specialized therapeutic or physical care plans and procedures.
• Ability to operate, maneuver, or control special-needs and therapeutic equipment and devices.
• Ability to use reference, descriptive, and advisory information.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic and calculate decimals and percentages.
• Ability to interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule-based instructions and exercise independent judgment.
• Ability to use judgment, decisiveness, and creativity when evaluating information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria.
• Ability to perform moderately physically demanding tasks, including climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and potentially lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling objects weighing 20–50 pounds.
• Visual perception and discrimination; some tasks also require oral communication, sound perception and discrimination, and color discrimination.
• Ability to work in conditions with potential exposure to toxic or poisonous agents, violence, disease, or pathogenic substances.

Responsibilities

• Respond to internal and external customers in a timely, accurate, courteous, and empathetic manner, representing OCPS positively.
• Provide medical care and services to students according to physician-prescribed orders.
• Prepare and dispense medications according to physician orders and established schedules.
• Monitor students diagnosed with diabetes and provide appropriate interventions for blood glucose levels.
• Conduct vision, hearing, and scoliosis screenings.
• Perform gastrostomy tube feedings and catheterizations according to physician orders; take vital signs and assess student conditions as needed.
• Maintain accurate records, including medication dispensing, incident reports, nursing notes, daily treatments, and interventions.
• Respond to emergencies, assess circumstances and conditions, and follow established procedures and protocols.
• Monitor supplies and medications and reorder as needed.
• Maintain the safe and sanitary condition of the school clinic, including stocking supplies, cleaning surfaces, and changing exam paper.
• Clean medical supplies according to sanitation procedures.
• Maintain student medical records and retrieve them for review before evaluation appointments; research medical diagnoses as appropriate.
• Digitally record clinic visits and their purposes, and track student counts and statistical data concerning reasons for visits.
• Confer with evaluation teams about student medical information and request medical histories as appropriate.
• Keep current with job-related technology and attend district-supported training as needed.
• Maintain timely and accurate information as part of job responsibilities.
• Perform related duties as directed.

What This Job Offers

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