Anticipated Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) at Marion City School District

MARION CITY SCHOOLS

Marion, Ohio

October 20, 2025

ANNOUNCEMENT OF VACANCY

 Opening for 2025-2026 School Year

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Health Consultant       Building: TBD

The position as a Licensed Practical Nurse for the Marion City School District is now open. Please note the job description is attached.  This position is paid as per salary schedule for Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Health Consultant. Normal working hours are as according to the assigned school schedule.       

How to Apply: Internal/External

If you are interested in being considered for this position and feel you are qualified, you must apply online at www.marioncityschools.org prior to 4:00 p.m. on Monday, October 27th, 2025. If you have any questions please contact Kathy Butler via email [email protected]

The Board/Administration has the sole discretion to determine qualifications of all candidates based upon posted qualifications, which will include, but are not limited to the following:

1. Ability to competently do the job      5. Job skills and knowledge
2. Attendance                                     6. Work ethic
3. People skills                                    7. Can the person do the essential functions 
4. Experience                                          required of the job?

The above qualification criteria may be determined via personnel file (if available), past evaluations (if available), administration/supervisor input, reference checks, testing (if required for position), interview process, and any other methods deemed appropriate by the employer.

MARION CITY SCHOOLS IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

It is the policy of the Marion City Schools Board of Education that the best-qualified applicant shall be selected for each position without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, political affiliation, disabling or military status.  No person shall be denied employment solely because of any impairment, which is unrelated to the ability to participate in activities involved in the position, or program for which application has been made.

LPN Group I

1377.5 Hours (190 Days @7.25 Hrs.) Salary Schedule Effective July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026

JOB DESCRIPTION

TITLE:                           Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) Health Consultant

RESPONSIBLE TO:        Student Affairs Supervisor

DEPARTMENT:              Licensed Practical Nurse

CLASSIFICATION:        Licensed Practical Nurse

QUALIFICATIONS:       Current Ohio License, license, or other legal credential required.

Degree(s) required in the area of major study. Prior job experience is beneficial. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable. The ability to travel between buildings. The ability to communicate ideas and directives clearly and effectively both orally and in writing.

LENGTH OF CONTRACT:   Nine-month contract – 190 days at 7.25 hours per day – 1377.5 hours per year.

GENERAL DUTIES:            Promote an atmosphere for health learning by encouraging a state of physical and emotional wellness for all students.  Participate and provide the fullest possible educational opportunity for all students by minimizing absence due to illness and creating a climate of health and well-being in the district’s schools.

SPECIFIC DUTIES:                          

• Conducts school health service to promote and protect the optimal health status for children, including immunizations, and tests for hearing and vision. Procedure assignments i.e. catheterization, tube feeds, and diabetic care.
• Maintains up-to-date cumulative health records on all students and completes required records and documentation
• Contacts homes of children referred by principal.
• Assists school personnel in establishing sanitary conditions in schools.
• Review emergency forms and prepare vital statistics.
• Initiate referrals to parents, school personnel and community health resources for intervention, remediation and follow through.
• Provide on-going health counseling with pupils, parents, school personnel and health agencies.
• Utilize existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students.
• Maintain, evaluate, and interpret cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students.
• Participate as the health team specialist on the child education evaluation team to develop the Individual Education Plan (IEP).
• Implement school health management protocols for the child with special health needs, including the administration of medication.
• Provide for crisis intervention for acute illness, injury and emotional disturbances.
• Promote and assist in the control of communicable diseases through preventative immunization programs, early detection, surveillance, and reporting and follow-up of contagious diseases.
• Recommend provisions for a school environment conducive to learning.
• Provide support for staff wellness programs
• Assume responsibility for maintaining first aid supplies in clinics as needed.

EXPECTATIONS:

• Demonstrate support for the district’s Vision, Mission and Beliefs.
• Demonstrate commitment to continuous improvement by engaging in regular professional development activities.
• Ensure that decisions are based on data.
• Demonstrate flexibility and openness to innovation in the performance of job related duties.
• Serve as a role model in how to conduct oneself as a citizen and as a responsible, intelligent human being.
• Adhere to and enforce all board policies.
• The employee shall remain free from any alcohol or abuse of a non-prescribed controlled substance in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the District.
• Performs such other duties as may be assigned by the Director of Student Service, Student Affairs Supervisor and Principal.

ADDITIONAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

• Occasional exposure to blood, bodily fluids, and tissue.

OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure the safety of students
• Ability to work effectively with others
• Exhibit professional behavior, emotional stability and sound judgement
• Establish and maintain cooperative relationships
• Interacts in a positive manner with staff, students and parents
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Promote good public relations by personal appearance, attitude and conversation
• Adhere to all standards established by the Ohio of Education for Licensed Educators
• Maintain good attendance and punctuality
• Ability to work in a team environment Refer suspected cases of child abuse immediately to the appropriate child protective services/law enforcement agency as mandated by state law and Board of Education policy

NOTE: 

The above lists are not ranked in order of importance.

CONDUCT:

Each staff member shall remain free of any alcohol or non-prescribed controlled substance and abuse of any prescribed controlled substance in the workplace throughout his/her employment in the District.

Each staff member shall serve as a role model for students in how to conduct themselves as citizens and as responsible, intelligent human beings. Each staff member has a legal responsibility to help instill in students the belief in and practice of ethical principles and democratic values.

EVALUATION:           

Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with the provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.

*This job description identifies primary responsibilities and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and activities. This job description is subject to change in response to student demographics, staffing factors, funding variables, modified operating procedures, program/curriculum changes as directed by the Superintendent of Marion City Schools.