Substitute School Nurse

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES

• Promotes and protects the optimal health status of school-age children
• Provides health assessments
• Obtains a health history
• Provides daily medications and treatments according to prescriber’s orders
• Screens and evaluates findings of deficit in vision, hearing, growth, etc.
• Observes the child for development and health patterns in making nursing assessment
• Identifies abnormal health findings and reports to the appropriate parties
• Develops and implements a student health plan
• Interprets the health status of students to parents and school personnel
• Initiates referral to parents, school personnel or community health resources for intervention, remediation and follow through
• Provides ongoing health counseling with students, parents, school personnel or health agencies
• Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students
• Maintains, evaluates and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students
• Plans and implements school health management protocols
• Participates in home visits when indicated to assess the family needs as related to the child’s health
• Follows procedures and provides for emergency nursing management for injuries/illnesses
• Promotes education and assists in the control of communicable diseases
• Provides direct health education, and health counseling to assist students and families in making decisions on health and lifestyles that affect health
• Serves as a resource person to the school staff members in health instruction
• Captures school and community health activities and serves as a liaison health professional between the home, school and community
• Acts as a resource person in promoting health careers
• Engages in research and evaluation of school health services to act as a change agent for school health programs and school nursing practices
• Provides consultation in the formation of health policies, goals and objectives for the school district
• Where applicable, participates in the IEP plan development

CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS

• Registered Nurse or Licensed Practical Nurse
• Minimum of one (1) year experience in medical/surgical nursing, public health nursing, community health nursing, school health nursing or pediatric nursing preferred