Nurse - Substitute
Nurse - Substitute
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Job Description
GENERAL DEFINITION AND CONDITIONS OF WORK
To assist in providing and maintaining a school health clinic and program that promotes optimum health for each student while they are under the schools jurisdiction.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/TYPICAL TASKS
The minimum performance expectations include but are not limited to the following functions/tasks:
- Assist with setting and maintaining standards of emergency care to minimize the effects of accidents and illness in the school.
- Respond to calls for emergencies in assigned school to evaluate the illness or injury.
- Administer first aid wherever necessary.
- Provide physical inspection for all referred students to include as needed teeth blood pressure temperature throats vision and posture.
- Assist with preschool registration.
- Inform parents of preschoolers of health regulations for entry into school.
- In case of emergency transport students to a doctors office or hospital emergency room when the rescue squad is not needed.
- Make referrals for home visits to the Home School Coordinator to investigate school health concerns and do a followup visit with the Registered Nurse or Home School Coordinator as appropriate.
- Secure copies of medical records and birth certificates for cumulative folders and keep current.
- Send notes mail letters and make phone calls to parents regarding health concerns or illness.
- Refer students with physical or emotional illness to the health department mental health agency school counselor or school psychologist.
- Keep a list of all students health problems with direction from parents or a family physician on action to be taken in case of emergencies (i.e. students with known physical illness such as diabetes epilepsy severe allergies to bee stings etc.
- Serve as a resource speaker or teamteach in a classroom to present certain health units to educate students in becoming knowledgeable health consumers.
- Followup with parents of children who have a prolonged absence due to illness. (Home School Coordinator or attendance clerk will be making referrals.
- Maintain standards of emergency care to minimize the effects of accidents and illness in school.
- Coordinate other agencies health related referrals and services.
- Assist Principals with evaluation and identification of communicable diseases and coordination of services to the students.
- Delivery of medications to students as required by Board policy.
- After approval report the students health status and reaction at school to medication(s) or those factors in the school that might affect their condition to the students physician.
- Provide screening(s) to all students as required by Board policy.
- Assist in the development and periodic revision of first aid policies and policies for caring for ill students.
- Other related duties as assigned by the Principal and/or Director of
Special Education.
KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES
Persons employed as a primary School Nurse in Culpeper County Public School shall:
- Present acceptable recommendations from persons preferable former employers who can attest that the applicant possess the personal characteristics and competence necessary for satisfactory performance of assigned duties.
- Have the ability to exhibit skills in the proper use of English language.
- Have the ability to participate in professional development activities to meet the needs of the school systems health program.
- Maintain good working relationships with all employees and the public.
- Communicate openly and effectively with students parents community patrons staff and administration as a positive representative of Culpeper County School system.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
All applicants are required by the state of Virginia to have at a minimum an L.P.N. license.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS/REQUIREMENTS
This is sedentary work requiring stooping kneeling crouching reaching pulling routine lifting up to 20 pounds grasping and repetitive motions; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or computer data operation of machines and determining the accuracy and thoroughness of work.
Employment Type
Temp
