School Nurse

About the role

This is professional nursing work in providing health services at a school clinic. An employee in this class is responsible for providing for the health needs of students during school hours.

Responsibilities

• Performs state mandated screenings and prepares reports
• Provides direct nursing service for routine and emergency situations and prepares and maintains medical records
• Applies considerable judgment and interpretation in unusual or nonstandard situations
• Prepares parent referrals of students to physicians, social services, hospitals, and other health services
• Confers with and advises school administrators regarding student health issues, including student medical concerns, parent medical concerns, health emergency procedures, and special education needs
• Prepares and evaluates health care plans for students, as needed
• Delivers health/medical training to bus drivers, food service staff, faculty, administrators, and other school staff
• Participates in Medicaid billing process
• Participates as a member of the IEP team and 504 committee
• Collaborates with parents, medical providers, and LCPS staff to manage health issues safely and appropriately at school

Qualifications

Education: Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Experience: One year of experience as a registered nurse

Licensure: Licensure as a Registered Nurse

Knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Knowledge of nursing and health care practices as applied to children and youth
• Ability to provide effective nursing and related health services for students
• Ability to keep abreast of medical practices in the field
• Ability to deal effectively with students requiring health assistance
• Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing
• Ability to work cooperatively with others

Physical requirements

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly talking, expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word
• The employee must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly
• The employee must possess normal cognitive abilities including the ability to learn, recall and apply certain practices and policies
• Frequently sitting and/or remaining in a stationary position for long periods of time
• Exerting up to 25 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects

Pay and schedule

Salary range: $68,801 – $86,959

Schedule: 10 months, 195 days, 7.5 hours per day

Reports to: Principal

FLSA status: Exempt

Remote work: Not eligible