$5,000 bonus*

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  $500 immediate signing bonus

$1,000 after 30 continuous days of employment

$1,000 after 90 continuous days of employment

$1,000 after 180 continuous days of employment

$1,500 after 1-year anniversary (next pay period after anniversary)

Job Details

Bethel School District is seeking appropriately licensed candidates to join a dynamic District Health team of registered nurses, health assistants, and administrators. Candidates must have the skills and abilities to foster trusting, professional and collaborative relationships with students, staff, and families. This position is 40 hours/week and follows a 220 - day calendar (August - June), some of the days may be flexed to support Summer School and Extended School Year programs.

We are actively recruiting the best candidates for teaching positions, especially those from non-traditional backgrounds. Bilingual and/or bicultural candidates are strongly encouraged to apply and will receive preferential consideration.

About Bethel

With approximately 5,500 students in 11 schools, Bethel School District is committed to excellence in every aspect of its operation. Bethel School District is located in northwest Eugene in Oregon’s picturesque Willamette Valley. Approximately two hours south of Portland, Eugene is home to the University of Oregon and enjoys a mild climate, wonderful recreation opportunities, and a friendly atmosphere.

The Bethel community is centered around its schools and has demonstrated a high degree of trust in the school district. A $99.3 million bond measure was approved in November 2020 with a 66% Yes vote. It is the largest bond in District History. This follows a $49.5 million bond in 2012 that was approved with a 73% Yes vote. Bethel School District employees are proud of being part of what is affectionately known as the Bethel Family.

Bethel believes in supporting the whole child and offers

• Counseling, Music, and PE Specialists in every school
• Free breakfast for all students, K - 12
• Middle School Robotics, Culinary and Digital Design programs
• Robust Career and Technical Education and college courses at Willamette HS
• Farm-to-school experiences for students through the Bethel Farm
• Trauma-informed and Restorative Practices implemented K -12
• Sources of Strength supported throughout the District

Bethel Schools are committed to creating safe, caring, mutually respectful environments where all students are honored and valued for their diverse cultural backgrounds, and strengths and abilities in every instructional practice and school activity to support academic achievement and student success.

About the position of Licensed Practical Nurse

Individuals in this position will perform specialized support services as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) under the supervision of a Registered Nurse. The position assists in carrying out assigned nursing tasks and activities, promotes student safety and well-being, reinforces classroom programs, and maintains documentation records in a timely, accurate, thorough, and clear manner. The LPN may be assigned to provide health services to one or more schools, and the assignments can change, depending on emerging student health needs.

Successful Candidates will:

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  Possess strong knowledge and perform services in accordance to District policies and procedures; state and federal laws; and within the scope and practice of a Licensed Practical Nurse as outlined in Oregon Nurse Practice Act and Oregon Administrative Rules

• Maintain competency in all position responsibilities according to established priority of need and according to standards of nursing practice
• Have belief that student health and wellness are foundational for learning
• Possess a commitment to creating welcoming and inclusive environments, and removing barriers to student learning
• Comply with all safety and work rules, policies and procedures; and fosters safe, healthy and engaging environments

• Firmly believe that all students and staff can learn and improve
• Maintain unconditional positive regard for all students, staff, families and colleagues
• Fully support and implement Social Emotional Learning, encouraging students to build self-awareness, self-management and relationship skills
• Demonstrate the belief that students’ behavior serves a function and that students’ culture, experiences, and skills must be taken into account in planning supports
• Exhibit strong interpersonal and collaborative skills
• Connect well with students, families and the school community – be open to learning about others, especially those who may be different from you
• Maintain collaborative and collegial relationships with building and district staff (be a team player)
• Participate eagerly in opportunities to learn, show a strong willingness to grow and maintain an interest in improving
• Recognize students’ different needs, abilities, and interests and be flexible to adjust instruction to meet those needs, abilities, and interests
• Understand and attend to the impacts of implicit bias in healthcare and education
• Communicate effectively and professionally, verbally and in writing, with staff, families, colleagues, students and the community
• Facilitate use of data to inform decisions that ensure the health and well-being of students, so they may access their education
• Recognize students’ different needs, abilities and interests and be flexible to adjust supports to meet those needs, abilities and interests
• Lead and support special programs or interventions that are effectively and positively integrated into a student’s school day
• Maintain a high standard of ethics in all professional relationships, actions and decisions
• Possess skills and abilities to effectively guide and support staff regarding current health and safety protocols

Essential Functions include, but are not limited to the following:

• Under the direction of a Registered Nurse, implements nursing care according to established priority of needs and according to standards of nursing practice;
• Confers with Registered Nurse, to plan and oversee day-to-day routines with diabetic and other children with health concerns, including administering insulin to young children;
• Assists with health related programs, like vision/dental/audiometic/health screenings/sexual health, weekly fluoride rinses in classrooms, containing the spread of communicable conditions like head lice, scabies, impetigo; administer immunizations as special clinics. This may involve calling parents/guardians;
• Provides basic emergency medical and first aid care at the school site when not involved in the care of an individual student; assists nurse(s) with further care for students as needed; administers epinephrine and glucagon per protocol; administers medicine per protocol with written parent/guardian permission;
• Works with a health assistants to maintain and update manual and computerized files and records of student health information, including immunization records, and updates on health concerns.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Follows through on assigned student health plans and maintains effective working relationships with the Registered Nurses, School Office Coordinators, Health Assistants and Teachers;
• Conducts specialized assessments under the supervision of the Registered Nurse, recognizes urgent problems, and refers to Registered Nurse;
• Maintains good basic problem solving with effective verbal and written communication skills;
• Understands and executes verbal and written instructions, policies and procedures;
• Promotes and preserves students' autonomy, dignity and rights in a non-judgmental, non-discriminatory manner that recognizes student diversity;
• Protects confidential student information, and uses judgment in sharing this information in a manner that is consistent with current law;
• Exhibits knowledge of job limitations and accepts supervision;
• Able to work calmly in stressful situations;
• Self-directed, able to work with minimal direct supervision and prioritizes workload to ensure efficient and high quality support is provided to staff and students.
• Knowledge of student information systems and basic database operations.
• Able to operate a multiple computerized systems including report generation procedures
• Able to operate standard office equipment
• Able to initiate or implement efficient procedures
• Able to work with the public in a pleasant, tactful, and courteous manner
• Able to maintain an appropriate and legal level of confidentiality regarding students, staff, and other individuals
• Able to maintain regular, predictable and prompt attendance

Minimum Qualifications

• High School Diploma or G.E.D.;
• Current and valid Oregon License to practice as a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN);
• At least Six (6) months experience working in a hospital, community or home health clinical setting with patients/clients who exhibit chronic or technology-supported health concerns;
• Valid state issued driver's license and insured vehicle available for use on the job;
• Current First Aid/CPR/AED card, epinephrine and glucagon certificates, or ability to obtain certificates in at least thirty (30) days of start date.
• Culturally proficient educational philosophy and practices
• Be prepared for a work environment that may occasionally require long work days, evenings, or weekend duties
• Be fully vaccinated to meet the COVID-19 vaccine mandate or have an approved exception.

Highly desirable qualifications:

• Bilingual or multilingual abilities, preferably Spanish/English
• Experience working in richly diverse school communities and environments
• Experience working in a K-12 public school system
• Community health or public health experience preferred

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 regularly required to talk or hear. The employee is frequently required to walk; use hands for fine manipulation, handle or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee is frequently required to stand and stoop, kneel, crouch and crawl. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception and peripheral vision.

Salary and Benefits

• Follows a 220-day work calendar (August – June), with some flexed days
• Exempt professional status
• Salary is dependent on education and experience
• PERS: District picks up 6% PERS contribution
• Benefits: Generous benefits package, full family, composite insurance through PacificSource, mileage reimbursement, and cell phone stipend

For information regarding this position, please contact Sherine Forrest, District Nurse at sherine.forrest@bethel.k12.or.us.

To apply, please follow the link to TalentEd Recruit and Hire.

CLOSING DATE: Open until filled.

Bethel School District 52 complies with provisions of the various civil rights laws, such as the Fair Employment Practices Act,

Title IX regulations, and Section 504 of PL93.112 in employment and educational programs and activities.

POSITIONS AVAILABLE PLEASE POST IMMEDIATELY

4640 Barger Drive, Eugene, OR 97402 l Phone: (541) 689-3280 l Fax: (541) 689-0719 l www.bethel.k12.or.us