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Position: Nurse/Instructional Support Assistant
Location: Downingtown, PA
Pay Rate: $28.24 per hour
Schedule: 7.5 hours per day, 5 days per week Monday - Friday; 8:20 AM - 3:50 PM; 180 school days per year following Board-approved calendar
Benefit Eligible: Yes
Effective Date: August 26, 2024

Are you passionate about helping ALL students learn in a collaborative environment? If so, we may have the career for you! Downingtown Area School District is excited to announce an opening for a certified Nurse/Instructional Support Assistant (LPN or RN) for the 2024-2025 school year. 

At DASD, we are committed to sharing values of diversity and inclusion in order to achieve and sustain excellence in education. As a diverse district, we continually seek ways to strengthen our educational environment. We believe that we can best promote excellence by recruiting and retaining a diverse group of staff who bring various backgrounds and perspectives. Our ability to create and maintain a climate of respect is critical to attaining the best teaching and learning environment. If you want to be part of our "Downingtown Proud" team - please apply! Help us with our mission to educate all students to meet the rigorous challenges of a global society.
 
At the Downingtown Area School District we value our employees. We seek to hire new staff who: 

• Communicate openly to build relationships and trust  
• Partner with team members to see the TEAM succeed
• Demonstrate a growth mindset and seek ongoing opportunities for growth
• Embrace and support a safe and inclusive environment
• Eagerly and enthusiastically support student learning
• Strive to be kind and reflective
• Focus on the solution and put people first
• Lead by example!

Job Summary:  Provide individualized nursing and academic assistance to students in grades K-5 within low incidence programs (Multiple Disabilities, Life Skills, and Autistic Support). Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, tube feeding and general classroom support, ensuring students have full access to their education as dictated by their IEP. Nurse/Instructional Support Assistants are integral to creating an inclusive and conducive learning environment for students in the classroom.

Qualifications:To successfully perform this position, a person must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.  The qualification requirements listed below represent minimum levels of educational achievement, training, skills and/or ability necessary.

• LPN or RN, current state license
• Attains and maintains current CPR/First Aid certification
• Experience working with special needs children preferred, but not required
• Must successfully complete and maintain compliance with all federal and state background and criminal recordcheck requirements
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• Candidate must adhere to all local, state, federal, and school code requirements for employment.

 
Duties & Responsibilities: 

1. Nursing duties and responsibilities could include the following:

• Administering tube feedings or feeding assistance
• Implementing seizure protocol and treatments
• Providing tracheostomy care, suctioning
• Providing catherization, when indicated
• Assisting with transferring students in/out of equipment
• Changing diapers and assisting with toileting routines
• Providing first aid and emergency care for accidental injuries and illnesses
• Administering medications/procedures, as prescribed by a doctor
• Implementing physician orders and nursing care plans, as prescribed
• Completing electronic medical charting
• Supporting with health screenings

1. Instructional support assistance duties and responsibilities could include:

• Supporting behavior management plans
• Providing reinforcement and replacement instruction in the classroom
• Assisting with progress monitoring and with data collection
• Performing other duties as assigned