School Nurse

About the Job

• Provide healthcare to students and staff
• Perform health screenings
• Coordinate referrals to private healthcare providers
• Developing plans for student care based on assessment, interventions, and identification of outcomes, and the evaluation of care
• Screen patients for hearing and eyesight issues
• Evaluate patients who complain of specific ailments
• Call parents to suggest they pick up patients who might be uncomfortable or who might have developed a contagious illness
• Educate students on handwashing, germs, and other health care and safety issues
• Examine and authenticate vaccination records
• Monitor and dispense prescription medications based on instructions from parents
• Contact parents and teachers with any medical emergency
• Develop and manage school health and wellness program
• Maintain files on each student’s health and medical history