School Nurse

St. Landry Parish School Board

Job Location:

Opelousas, LA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Goal:

Enhances the educational process by promoting an optimal level of health for students and staff.

Qualifications (minimum education licensure skills and/or experience):

Current Certified Louisiana Registered Nurse and/or a current Certified Louisiana Practical Nurse
Two or more years of experience in the practice of nursing.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Serve as an advocate for the child.
Assess and evaluate the health and developmental status of pupils.
Maintain a comprehensive health history and health appraisal record system.
Interpret the health and developmental assessment to parents.
Refer the pupil and his or her parents or guardian to appropriate community resources.
Maintain communication with parents and all involved community practitioners and agencies.
Assist in the control of communicable diseases through early detection exclusion and reporting.
Check immunization status of each pupil and refer for insufficient level.
Interpret medical and nursing findings appropriate to the students individual education plan
Conduct in-service training and serve as a resource person.
Help adolescents gain insight into such problems as school-age pregnancy sexually transmissible diseases and drug abuse.
Participate in establishing or revising school district health policies.
Set and maintain standards for emergency care.
Serve as liaison between parents school and community in health matters.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Physical Demands:

Lift and carry medical supplies equipment and emergency response kits.
Assist with lifting or moving students with mobility challenges if necessary.
Stand for extended periods during health screenings meetings and other activities.
Bend down to attend to students or assess injuries.

Terms of Employment: 9 month

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Boards policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel (Bulletin 130).

Job Goal: Enhances the educational process by promoting an optimal level of health for students and staff.Qualifications (minimum education licensure skills and/or experience):Current Certified Louisiana Registered Nurse and/or a current Certified Louisiana Practical NurseTwo or more years of experi...