Hospital School Teacher

It's more than a career, it's a calling

MO-SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital

Regular

Job Highlights:

This is a year-round position, Monday-Friday-8:00am-4:30pm-Flexibility as needed"

• Special Education certification in Missouri (prefer Mild/Moderate Cross-Categorical K-12 certification or Severe Developmental Disabilities K-12 certification)
• 3 years’ experience teaching cross category K-12 special education students.

This position works mostly 1:1 with student-patients who have mild to severe intellectual disabilities. This role regularly collaborates with other hospital schoolteachers on staff, parents/guardians, students’ regular teachers and school personnel, as well as the medical team to meet patients’ educational needs.

This position assesses the needs of students and provides appropriate support and interventions (such as implementing existing IEPs or creating individualized curriculum for patients based on assessment). This role also assists regular school and family with the development of IEPs, 504 plans, and homebound education as needed.

• Join Our Team and make a difference every day while enjoying competitive pay, great benefits, and a supportive work environment.

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Job Summary:

Promote the general academic, social and emotional development and well-being of individual pupils and groups in the hospital setting.

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Identifies and coordinates the educational needs of children referred within the hospital including developing and facilitating educational programming and transition planning, participating in multidisciplinary treatment team programming, providing patient academic education and tutoring, providing support and guidance for parents, and consulting with schools.
• Assesses educational needs of patients and families based on patient/family requests, staff and physician referrals, and students’ school functioning.
• This position provides consultation and expertise for inpatient and family consults, MDs, therapists, RNs, schoolteachers and administrators. It serves as a resource for patients, families, and school personnel in developing Individual Education Plans IEPs and 504 Plans.
• Collaborates with public and private educational systems to obtain and communicate educational information and to arrange appropriate educational service and transition plans.
• Completes timely and accurate patient care documentation within compliance standards.
• Works effectively to recruit train and supervise volunteers.
• Authors materials, such as presentations, documents, and handouts for patients, parents, family members, and other hospital staff.
• Collaborates with other schoolteachers on staff.
• Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor's degree in education

EXPERIENCE

• Three years' experience in Teaching

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs.
• Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements.
• Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors.
• Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc.
• Frequent keyboard use/data entry.
• Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping.
• Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs.
• Rare climbing.

REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL LICENSE AND/OR CERTIFICATIONS

Resuscitation Certification Requirement: Basic Life Support Healthcare Provider (BLS HCP) required within 90 day of employment. Other resuscitation certifications may be required dependent on department.

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Employee

9501000010 Inpatient School Teachers

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Benefits:

SSM Health values our exceptional employees by offering a comprehensive benefits package to fit their needs.

• Paid Parental Leave: we offer eligible team members one week of paid parental leave for newborns or newly adopted children (pro-rated based on FTE).

• Flexible Payment Options: our voluntary benefit offered through DailyPay offers eligible hourly team members instant access to their earned, unpaid base pay (fees may apply) before payday.

• Upfront Tuition Coverage: we provide upfront tuition coverage through FlexPath Funded for eligible team members.

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