About this role
General Purpose of the Job
To be available at all times for students involved in the Education Program.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
- Provide first aid and emergency treatment for the students.
- Administer medications and treatments as prescribed.
- Monitor and maintain license for controlled substances for The Children’s Center.
- Monitor safety conditions within programs.
- Maintain infection control standards.
- Maintain medical histories and immunizations for all students.
- Provide staff in-services.
- Provide tuberculin testing.
- Monitor/liaison between private duty nurse and program.
- Participate in medical/education program conferences for students when requested.
- Document and follow-up on all of the above.
- Complete daily notes on students via the computer by entering data in IEP direct and/or Preschool Portal.
- Perform all other duties as may be assigned by the Director of Educational Services/Principal, Clinical Supervisor or designee.
Supervisory Responsibilities
Clinical supervision of LPNs.
Qualifications
Qualifications To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Education and/or Experience
Minimum of two-year College or graduate school from an accredited nursing program and one to six months related experience and/or training is required.
Language Skills
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
Mathematical Skills
Ability to calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, interest, commissions, proportions, percentages, area, circumference, and volume. Ability to apply concepts of basic algebra and geometry. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret graphs.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
Reasoning Ability
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Certificates, Licenses, Registrations
A current NYS license to practice as a registered nurse.
Physical Demands The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. May be required to transfer consumers from his/her wheelchair. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. May be required to intervene in emergency situations, which requires lifting, bending and/or stooping.
Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
May come into contact with human blood or other potentially infectious materials, which may result in possible exposure to blood borne pathogens (Category 1).