Multi-Disability Nurse
2 weeks ago
Special Education Department
Date Posted:
1/27/2024
Location:
Ramos Elementary School
Multi-Disability Nurse
Starting Salary: $54,743
Qualifications:
- Consistent record of satisfactory work performance, including experience as an RN or LPN in a school or home care setting.
- Valid Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) license from the state of Pennsylvania.
- Current Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), Epi-pen and Narcan certifications.
- Experience in pediatric care with ventilator certification and knowledge of programs and services for children with disabilities. Experience in special education classroom setting is desirable.
- Professionalism in communicating and interacting with children, staff members, school personnel, parents, and community members.
- Satisfactory Criminal History and Child Abuse clearances (Acts 34, 114, and 151).
- Additional or alternatives to the above qualifications as determined to be appropriate.
Summary:
The Multi-Disability School nurse works with student(s) with multiple disabilities, and facilitates the students' educational experience by modifying or removing health-related barriers to learning for the students for whom they provide care during the school day. The MDS nurse is responsible for the appropriate assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation and management of the student's daily needs at school. The MDS nurse consults with the assigned certified school nurse and serves as a link between physicians, families and community based agencies to assure access to and continuity of health care for the students under care during the school day. The MDS nurse must adhere to established and accepted professional standards, including the requirements of Pennsylvania's Nurse Practice Act, all other state and local statutes and regulations applicable to nursing practice; and to ASD policies, administrative regulations and other directives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Assess and provide for critical and basic needs of students with life threatening medical conditions requiring continuous physical assessment, nursing treatments and administration of medication.
- Attend to the physical needs of students, including repositioning and moving students as needed and attending to their personal hygiene needs.
- Provide invasive care within the scope of nursing practice, including catheterization, rectal administration of diazepam, g-tube feedings, tracheostomy and ventilator care.
- Ability to work with specialized medical equipment used by student(s) to determine that equipment is functioning properly.
- Document care administered to student as part of the student care plan.
- Collect and maintain health care as well as educational data for assigned students.
- Facilitates collaboration and communication between interdisciplinary team members to meet student goals.
- Supervise student and report student progress to teacher.
- Provide positive behavior management support, consistent with requirements of individualized education plan (IEP).
- Provide student medical status report to the Certified School Nurse (CSN).
- Assist special education teacher, consistent with goals of IEP, in lesson plan preparation, one-onone small group instruction, classroom management, student observation and assessment and communication with staff.
- Other duties as assigned.
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The Allentown School District is committed to excellence The richness of The Allentown School District's diversity is strengthened by its central role in educating our students for America's future through academic excellence and celebrating the culturally responsive, athletic and artistic range of talent in the schools. ASD students originate from 51 countries and speak 26 languages.
The Allentown School District offers a comprehensive benefits package to those who qualify.
This may include*
o Medical Insurance
o Dental Insurance
o Vision Reimbursement
o Tuition Reimbursement
o Personal and Sick time
o PSERS Retirement Fund
*Eligibility for specific benefits will be outlined in each labor group's specific collective bargaining agreement.
Attachment(s):
- MDS Student Nurse.pdf
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