LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE (LPN) I

Orange County Public Schools • MAITLAND, FL

3d

About The Position

Under direction, 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. Performs related work as directed.

The role includes administering medications and treatments, supporting students with diabetes, conducting health screenings, maintaining records and supplies, and keeping the school clinic safe and sanitary. The employee also maintains student medical records, communicates relevant information to evaluation teams, and keeps current with job-related technology and training.

Minimum qualifications include 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. The work involves regular, sometimes sustained, moderately physically demanding tasks and potential exposure to adverse conditions, including disease or pathogenic substances. Reasonable accommodations are available 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 to maintain continued employment.
• Ability to evaluate and assess data and information using established criteria and exercise discretion in identifying alternatives.
• Ability to assist people with specialized therapeutic or physical care plans and procedures.
• Ability to operate and control special-needs and therapeutic equipment and devices.
• Ability to use reference, descriptive, and advisory information.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic, including calculating decimals and percentages.
• Ability to interpret written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule-based instructions and exercise independent judgment.
• Ability to use judgment and decisiveness when evaluating information against sensory or subjective criteria.
• Ability to perform moderately physically demanding work, including climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, crawling, and lifting, carrying, pushing, or pulling objects weighing 20–50 pounds.
• Visual perception and discrimination; some tasks require oral communication, sound discrimination, and color discrimination.
• Ability to work 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 treatment orders.
• Prepare and dispense medications to students in accordance with physician orders and established schedules.
• Monitor and assist students diagnosed with diabetes, providing appropriate interventions based on blood glucose levels.
• Conduct vision, hearing, and scoliosis screenings.
• Perform gastrostomy tube feedings and catheterizations according to physician orders; take vital signs and assess students’ conditions when necessary.
• Chart and maintain accurate records, including medication records, incident reports, nursing notes, daily treatments, and interventions.
• Respond to emergency incidents, assess circumstances and conditions, and act according to established procedures and protocols.
• Monitor supplies and medications and reorder as necessary.
• Maintain the school clinic in a safe and sanitary condition, 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 diagnoses as appropriate.
• Digitally record student visits and their purposes, and track clinic visitation and related statistics.
• Confer with evaluation teams about student medical information and request medical histories as appropriate.
• Keep up to date on job-appropriate 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

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed