School Nurse

School Nurse

Location: Districtwide

Start Date: ASAP

Work Schedule: 7.5 hours day/Monday-Friday

Salary: $31.00/hour

Benefits: Blue Cross Blue Shield Booklet

Position: Registered Nurse (Elementary or Secondary)

Reports To: Building Principal and/or Health Service Administrator

Qualifications: Registered Professional Nursing License

Supervision: Reports directly to the building Principal and Health Services Administrator. Cooperates with all certified and non-certified personnel, students, and parents.

Basic Function: Under the direction of the Principal and/or Health Services Administrator, strengthens and facilitates the educational process by modifying or removing health-related barriers to learning in individual students and by promoting an optimal level of wellness for students and staff; serves as the direct link between physicians, families, and community agencies to assure access to continuity of health care for students; provides relevant instruction, counseling, and guidance to students, parents, staff, and others concerning health-related issues.

Performance Responsibilities:

I. Planning and Organization:

• Conducts school programs of immunization and sight and hearing testing.
• Develops a nursing care plan with specific goals and interventions unique to students' needs.
• Establishes and maintains a comprehensive school health program.

II. Consultation:

• Administer first aid in accordance with established first aid procedures.
• Administer medications and treatments as prescribed by a licensed physician or dentist.
• Makes referrals for their diagnosis, treatment and remediation and provides follow-up for each referral.
• Collect and analyze current health-related data and make recommendations based upon that data.
• Makes referrals to appropriate school and community services for students and families and follows up accordingly.

III. Coordination:

• Observes students on a regular basis to detect health needs.
• Maintains up-to-date cumulative records on all students.
• Uses current technology to efficiently accomplish work responsibilities.
• Prepares and submits health reports as required by the State and District.
• Establishes a communicable disease prevention and control program.
• Authorizes exclusion and readmission of students in connections with infectious and contagious diseases.
• Maintains an organized, functional, and current nursing center.
• Assist students, families, and school personnel to achieve optimal levels of wellness through health education.
• Contributes to nursing and school health through innovations in theory and practice and participation in research.
• Coordinates school health activities with Boone County Health Department or other health service agencies when appropriate.
• Provides crisis intervention for students and/or staff in the advent of sudden illness or injury.

IV. Professional Responsibilities:

• Maintains confidentiality and explains the scope of confidentiality to students.
• Uses proper procedures to assure that access to student records conforms to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act.
• Demonstrates understanding of own professional limitations.
• Assumes responsibility for continuing education and professional development, belonging to professional organizations, and attending workshops, conferences, in-service programs, and other staff development opportunities.
• Collaborates with other professionals in planning to assure quality of health care provided to students.
• Attends and is involved in building and district events.
• Promotes positive professional relationships with colleagues and demonstrates willingness to mentor and/or be mentored.
• Maintains composure and a collaborative attitude when communicating with parents.
• Presents a professional appearance.
• Performs other related tasks as assigned from time to time

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