School Nurse

Duties And Responsibilities

• Nursing Care: Provides direct professional nursing services, first aid, illness, and emergency care to students including nursing assessments, identifying health problems, making referrals for diagnosis and treatment, recommending educational modifications, providing follow-up and evaluation, and maintaining appropriate documentation.
• Fulfills medication protocol to safely store, administer, document, and monitor the effectiveness of medication given at school.
• Conducts vision and hearing screenings and follows up on identified deficits.
• Maintains accurate medical records to comply with state mandates such as immunizations, physical examinations, dental examinations, vision examinations, and medical conditions.
• Assesses and refers for suspected abuse/neglect as a mandated reporter.

Communication

• Provides staff professional development opportunities on health-related topics as needed.
• Maintains communication with administrators, teachers, other school personnel, and parents/guardians to enhance cooperative action meeting the health and safety needs of students.
• Maintains confidentiality regarding all school and health-related issues.
• Participates as a member of the multidisciplinary team in the identification, evaluation, and placement of students into special education programs.
• Completes the health component of the IEP as indicated.

Organization

• Develops and maintains current health care plans for students requiring special nursing interventions during the school day.
• Maintains a daily log of student health office visits and documents as required in the Infinite Campus.
• Maintains the daily environment of the health office facility and supplies.
• Utilizes required existing technology effectively in the performance of responsibilities.
• Fulfills all requirements for utilizing the student Health Module of Infinite Campus.
• Performs other health or school-related work as required.
• May be assigned district-wide as needed.

Reports To

• Health Services Coordinator
• Principal or designated building administrator