School Nurse 2024-2025
School Nurse 2024-2025
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Job Description
Job Title: School Nurse Wage/Hour Status: Exempt
Reports to: Director of Nursing and Campus Principal(s) Pay Grade: Teacher Steps
Dept. /School: Nursing Services Days: 187
Supervises: School Health Aide or LVN as assigned
Primary Purpose: The registered professional school nurses primary purpose is to strengthen the educational process through the improvement of the health status and learning of students.
Qualifications:
Education/Certification:
- Registered Nurse with academic preparation at the associate or baccalaureate level BSN preferred.
- Current Texas license issued by the Board of Nurse Examiners.
- Current certification in CPR/AED.
- Maintain certification as a State Screener in Vision Hearing Spinal and Risk Assessment of Type 2 Diabetes in Children.
Special Knowledge Skills:
- Nursing care of the schoolage child.
- Working knowledge and skills of Microsoft Office.
- Demonstrate flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world.
- Demonstrate a willingness to remain current with current evidencebased nursing practices.
Experience:
- Two years of supervised nurse practice preferably in pediatrics community or public health prior to entry into school nursing.
Major Responsibilities and Duties:
- Establish and maintain a comprehensive school health program on assigned school campus(es).
- Provide assessment and nursing care for all ill and injured students.
- Develop and implement nursing care plans (Individual Health Plan) with specific nursing interventions and outcomes.
- Utilize a district knowledge base for decision making in nursing practice.
- Use a systematic approach to problem solving in nursing practice.
- Contribute to the education of the student with special health needs by assessing the student planning and providing appropriate nursing care and evaluating the identified outcomes of care.
- Use effective written verbal and nonverbal communication skills.
- Collaborate with other school professionals parents and caregivers to meet the health developmental and educational needs of students.
- Collaborate with members of the community in the delivery of health and social services and utilize knowledge of community health systems and resources to function as a school community liaison.
- Assist students families and the school community to achieve optimal levels of wellness through appropriately designed and delivered health education.
- Contribute to school health through innovations in nursing practice and participation in research or researchrelated activities.
- Identify the nursing role promote quality of care pursue continued professional development and demonstrate professional conduct.
- Comply with state district and school regulations and policies for school district professional staff personnel.
- Attend and participate in department campus and district professional development staff meetings ARDs parent conferences and committees as assigned.
- Assume other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Director of Nursing and Health Services.
Supervisory Responsibilities: Supervise monitor and evaluate LVN or nurse assistant(s) as assigned.
Working Conditions:
Mental Demands/Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
- Maintain emotional control under stress.
- Ability to lift 150 lbs. with assistance if needed.
- Occasional prolonged or irregular hours.
- Occasional travel to other schools in the district.
- Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is .
The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required. I have read understand and attest to the above description and funding relating to my daily activities.
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Employment Type
Full-Time
