This position is a FLOAT Nurse that will support in all six schools in Grafton. JOB GOAL: The School Nurse will promote and maintain the health and well-being of students in the school setting in order to enable them to take full advantage of available educational opportunities. Coordinate in a unified manner with principal nurse coordinator staff students family physician and community agencies to provide a comprehensive school health program that facilitates the maximum opportunity for individual students to access the RESPONSIBILITIES:Assess the health needs of all children in the school direct health care to students and staff which include: care within the scope of nursing practice to students and staff who have been injured or who present with acute illnesses maintenance and support of chronic health conditions implement scheduled and non-scheduled regiments and by phone email during meetings and face to face in office with principals Nurse Coordinator staff students family physician and community agenciesAbility to interact with students who may be experiencing an emotional outburst that becomes to medical emergencies and needs of students and/or staff throughout the building and school with students and families to recommend follow up with primary care individual Health Care Plans for students with health concerns that include an emergency action plan as field trips to monitor students with health conditions which require nursing supervision in order to of medications and the performance of health care procedures that are within the scope of school nursing practice and are ordered by an appropriately licensed health care delegation of care within applicable laws which involves initial assessment training competency in the completion of mandated health assessment according to the departments agreed upon as a resource for health information to other communicable diseases as required by patterns of illness or injury to determine source of emotional and environmental factors to decrease conditions not conducive to optimal health and learning addressing and referring other such duties as deemed necessary by the Nurse DEMANDS:The nurse must have the ability to lift push pull bend kneel and climb stairs as necessary and be able to stand for long periods of time.
Float School Nurse
