Private Duty Nurse (LVN)

  • Full-time
  • Start Date: Immediate opening
  • Department: Regional Support and Leadership

Company Description

Founded in Houston in 1994, KIPP has become a national leader in partnering  with families and communities, to create joyful, academically excellent schools that prepare students with the skills and confidence to pursue the paths they choose — college, career, and beyond — so they can lead fulfilling lives and build a more just world.

In 2018, KIPP schools in Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, and San Antonio joined forces to become KIPP Texas Public Schools, a nonprofit public charter school network, accelerating student academic outcomes and impacting more students across Texas. As a unified, statewide organization, KIPP Texas can more effectively leverage the talent, resources, instructional expertise, financial strength, and advocacy in the public charter school movement, in order to have an even larger impact with educationally underserved communities across the state.

In the 2020-2021 school year, KIPP Texas Public Schools will educate more than 31,100 students in 59 schools, placing the district among the top 50 largest in the state. KIPP Texas will continue to prove what is possible for its students, communities, and state, with a goal of growing to educate 100,000 students and achieving a 75% college graduation rate for alumni.

The mission and vision of KIPP Texas is grounded in five Core Values as its cultural North Star:

As a Team & Family, we:

Champion Equity
Chase Excellence
Persist with Purpose
Bring Joy
Rise Together

KIPP Texas is part of the national KIPP network of 255 college-preparatory public charter schools educating early childhood, elementary, middle, and high school students. KIPP schools are part of the free public school system and enrollment is open to all students. Nationwide, KIPP students complete four-year college at a rate of 36 percent, comparable to the national average for all students and approximately three times higher than the average of students from low-income families.

Job Description

The Opportunity

KIPP Texas Public Schools San Antonio is seeking a Private Duty Nurse to assist with one-on-one student care. We have a position for a full-time nurse to work with a student that is medically fragile. We may ask you to provide various types of medical assistance. Common care tasks include administering medications, helping with feeding or hygiene tasks, monitoring patient vitals, and assisting and recording seizure activity. You will also assess the physical and emotional needs of the patient, documenting significant medical changes and communicating with other health care providers as needed. Applicants must have their LVN license. 

Key Responsibilities

  • Provide one-on-one medical assistance to your assigned student

  • Assess the physical and emotional need of the student

  • Administer medications

  • Monitor patient vitals

  • Assist seizure documentation

  • Complete student care documentation and other paperwork

  • Be a team player

Qualifications

Skills and Qualifications

  • LVN

  • CPR Certification

  • Seizure patient care experience

  • Interpersonal and critical thinking skills

Additional Information

Compensation and Benefits:

In addition to a competitive salary scale, a part of KIPP Texas’ competitive benefits options, KIPP offers all employees an $0 HMO plan for the employee only. In addition to our $0 plan, KIPP provides a $600 employer contribution towards a Health Savings Account and a variety of other supplemental benefits such as Dental, Vision, Short and Long-Term Disability, Pet Insurance, Life, etc.

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