Licensed School Nurse

This role is assigned to Bellaire Education Center, Metro Heights Academy, and 916 Mahtomedi Academy. This position is a 1.0 FTE position (184 days), starting salary is based on education and years of experience. This position is fully benefit eligible, please click here to review the full contract and benefits offered. The expected start date is August 2025.

Nature of Work

Incumbents are responsible for providing health care for illness and injury, emotional support and preventing communicable diseases to ensure safe and healthy environments for the students. Responsibilities may include: conducting health assessments; performing first aid; coordinating with doctors, internal departments and external agencies to provide referrals and health care; preparing, maintaining and reviewing medical records; and providing recommendations and trainings to students, families, teachers and other staff.

Typical Class Responsibilities

• Provides medical care to students including emergency first aid and treatment for illnesses and injuries using the nursing process of assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation to direct care; administers medications in accordance with doctors' orders; may delegate and monitor specific nursing tasks to promote the health of students.
• Completes student health/physical assessments to identify health needs and services that may be required; assists in the identification of students with chronic or significant health needs and creates individualized health plans and/or emergency care plans for students as applicable.
• Monitors health office activities; prepares and maintains accurate and detailed records of services rendered and case histories of treatment; disseminates information to appropriate staff; completes and supervises third party reimbursement documentation; ensures compliance with applicable protocols and legal and regulatory requirements.
• Promotes the health and well-being of the school community through ongoing monitoring of educationally relevant medical findings; conducts ongoing disease surveillance to monitor communicable diseases; collaborates with students, families, educators, staff and public health agencies to promote optimal health practices.
• Performs other duties of a similar nature or level.

Training and Experience Requirements

Bachelor's degree in nursing or health field; 3 years of related experience; and CPR/First Aid certified.

Licensing Requirements

Registered Nurse (RN) and licensed or able to obtain a license from the Minnesota Professional Educator Licensing and Standards Board (PELSB) as a School Nurse (Pre-K - 12).

Knowledge Requirements

• Nursing principles, procedures, and techniques;
• Medical treatment protocols including first aid and emergency care;
• Medical terminology;
• Medication administration;
• Student health/physical assessments;
• Health promotion and safety;
• Customer service principles;
• Recordkeeping principles;
• Computers and related software applications.

Skill Requirements

• Taking vital signs;
• Administering medical treatments;
• Changing and dressing wounds;
• Administering medication safely;
• Performing medical testing;
• Performing student health/physical assessments;
• Maintaining confidentiality;
• Providing customer service;
• Using a computer and related software applications;
• Communication, interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with subordinates, coworkers, supervisor, the general public, etc. sufficient to exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

Physical Requirements

Positions in this class typically require: climbing, balancing, stooping, reaching, standing, walking, fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, and seeing.

Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for Sedentary Work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for Light Work.

Special Education Profile

Special Education programs and services in Northeast Metro 916 are central to the Intermediate District's mission and fully integrated in its structure and decision-making processes. Programs provide special education and related service support to students from early childhood through age 21 with emotional/behavioral disorders, autism spectrum disorders, developmental and cognitive disabilities, deaf and hard of hearing disabilities, and learning disabilities.

Our highly structured, safe learning environments share these characteristics

• Classrooms of 4-10 students supported by 1-4 trained education assistants.
• Behavior management support, on-site mental health professionals, due process and curriculum support staff.
• In-house collaborative teams include: audiologists, behavior specialists, deaf/blind specialists and interveners, autism specialists, developmental adaptive physical education teachers, education assistants, health specialists, occupational therapists and assistants, physical/other health disabilities teachers, physical therapists and assistants, school psychologists, school nurses, school social workers, speech/language pathologists, and sign language interpreters.

Commitment to Equity

At Northeast Metro 916, equity means that everyone has access to what they need in order to learn, grow and thrive.

Northeast Metro 916 will not discriminate against individuals based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital status, parental status, status with regard to public assistance, disability, age or sexual orientation.