School Nurse - Wis
School Nurse - Wis
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Job Description
- Provide nursing services to each school within the district as needed for the purposes of: conducting vision and hearing assessments providing site based services filling nurse absences.
- Coordinate and communicate with central office to devise and maintain a work schedule
- Maintain up-to-date health records.
- Assume responsibility for informing faculty and staff of those students with special health problems i.e. diabetes cardiac seizures etc.
- Interprets the health status of a pupil to him/her the parents and school personnel without breaching confidentiality.
- Observes students on a regular basis to determine health needs.
- Authorize the exclusion and/or re-admission of a student with contagious or infectious diseases.
- Administer first aid in accordance with established first aid procedures.
- Assist principal in establishing sanitary conditions within the school.
- Serve as a health consultant and resource person for the classroom teacher conducting health-related classes when requested.
- Advise on modification of the educational program to meet health needs of the individual student through the Chapter 766 process.
- Assume authority in the absence of a physician for the care of a student or staff member who has suffered injury or emergency illness.
- Attend committee meetings and conferences regarding health service and health curriculum.
- Participate in in-service training programs
- Prepare and submit reports as required.
- Make formal referrals to specialists when appropriate and conduct follow-up of the referrals.
- Work with community agencies when necessary.
- Assist in the formation of health policies goals and objectives of the school department.
- Will be trained to provide vision and hearing screening with the proper use of equipment.
- Complete social history for students who are referred for special education evaluation or re-evaluation
- Perform any other duties as assigned by the Superintendent of Schools or his/her designee.
Employment Type
Full-Time
