School Nurse Part-Time
Independence School District · Independence, MO · 2 mo ago
HealthcarePart-time
Qualifications
- Registered Professional Nurse, licensed in Missouri
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degree from an accredited college or university preferred
- CPR certified (instructor certification preferred)
- Hepatitis B Vaccine series
- Three to five years of experience working with children/adolescents preferred
- Individual who can provide leadership and supervision to staff
- Understands and respects confidentiality of information
- Displays the ability to multi-task
- Physically capable of assisting student with health care needs that may require lifting, positioning, transferring, or transporting within the school environment and during school events
- Able to comfortably lift and reposition weight
Requirements
- Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Non-exempt
- Reports To Director of Health Services
- Reports To Building Principal
Skills
- Prevents illness and disability
- Health promotion
- Early detection and correction of health problems
- Preventative health
- Health assessment
- Referral procedures
- Control of communicable diseases
- Medication administration
- Maintains confidentiality under HIPAA and FERPA guidelines
- Health education
- Data/reports maintenance
- Screens students according to screening guidelines
- Follows referral/case management protocols
- Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases
- Provides health counseling for staff and support employee wellness programs
- Supports and follows district policies, procedures, and guidelines
- Participates in educational health programs/presentations/screenings
- Escorts and assists students as necessary
- Alerts teachers/staff to special needs of individual students
- Collaborates with FSL's and counselors to identify and solve problems
- Collaborates with Nutrition Services for special nutritional needs of students
Benefits
- Salary and work year established annually by the Board of Education
Pay
- Salary and work year established annually by the Board of Education
Schedule
- Nine (9) month position