School Nurse
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Job Description
SCHOOL NURSE
POSITION: School Nurse
PRIMARY
LOCATION: MartinsburgHigh School. School Nurses will provide health care support at additional school locations as needed for required health services of students
QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelors Degree in nursing RN license West Virginia School Nurse Certification 2 years nursing experience preferred.
EMPLOYMENT
TERM: 200 Days
ROLE: School nurses strengthen and facilitate the educational process by improving and protecting the health status of children and by identification and assistance in the removal or modification of healthrelated barriers to the learning process for individual children. The major focus of school nursing services is the prevention of illness and disability and the early detection and correction of health problems while maintaining strict confidentiality. The school nurse may provide direct or indirect medical services to students and oversee others trained to do so. The school nurse is responsible for upgrading and maintaining professional skills.
FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES:
1. Promotes and protects the optimal health status of children.
2. Provides health assessments.
a. Obtains a health and developmental history as needed.
b. Screens and evaluates some health issues such as vision.
c. Observes the child for development and health patterns in making nursing
assessment and nursing diagnosis.
d. Identifies deviant health findings and makes appropriate referrals.
3. Develops and implements a health plan as needed.
a. Interprets the health status of pupils to parents and school personnel.
b. Initiates referrals to parents school personnel and community health
resources for intervention remediation and follow through.
c. Provides ongoing health counseling with pupils parents school
personnel and health agencies.
d. Recommends and helps to implement modification of school programs
to meet students health needs.
e. Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students
4. Maintains evaluates and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual
needs of students.
5. Participates as the health team specialist on the child education evaluation team to develop the Individual Education Plan (IEP) as needed.
6. Plans and implements school health management protocols for the child with special health needs including the administration of medication.
7. Participates in home visits to assess the familys needs as related to the childs health.
8. Develops procedures and provides for crisis intervention for acute illness injury and emotional disturbances.
9. Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases through preventive immunization programs early detection surveillance and reporting of contagious diseases.
10. Recommends provisions for a school environment conducive to learning.
11. Provides health education which may include:
a. Teach parenting skills as they relate to child development and health needs
of children
b. Provides direct health education and health counseling to assist students and
families in making decisions on health and lifestyles that affect health
c. Participates in health education directly and indirectly for the improvement of
health by teaching persons to become more assertive health consumers and to
assume greater responsibility for their own health
d. Counsels with students concerning problems such as pregnancy sexually
transmitted diseases mental health issues and substance abuse in order to
facilitate responsible decisionmaking practices
e. Serves as a resource person to the classroom teacher and administrator in
health instruction and as a member of the health curriculum development
committees
12. Coordinates school and community health activities and serves as a liaison person between the home school and community.
13. Acts as a resource person in promoting health careers.
14. Provides health counseling for staff.
15. Provides leadership and/or support for staff wellness programs.
16. Engages in research and evaluation of school health services to act as a change agent for school health problems and school nursing practices.
17. Assists in the formation of health policies goals and objectives for the school district
Employment Type
Full-Time
