Job Details
Position Type:
Classified - Professional
Date Posted:
5/29/2024
Location:
Student Services
Date Available:
08/2024
Closing Date:
UNTIL FILLED
HOURS: 7:30 - 4:30 PM/ 8 HOURS PER DAY/ 187 DAYS
TITLE: School Nurse
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) and is a licensed registered nurse in the State of Kentucky
- Has three years of nursing experience
- Possesses a valid driver's license
- Has demonstrated the ability or potential to work effectively with students, parents, and staff
REPORTS TO: Executive Director Student Services/ Director of Health Services
JOB GOAL: Collaborate with all stakeholders to intervene with actual and potential student health problems and provide case management services support. To promote school-wide health and safety initiatives and build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy and learning.
PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provides care to students and staff who need emergency care due to injury or who present with an acute illness
- Within the nurse's scope of practice and state laws, trains and delegates to unlicensed school
personnel medication administration and/or the delivery of health services as ordered by a licensed health care provider. Delegation to others involves initial assessment, training, competency validation, supervision
- Assist faculty and staff in monitoring chronic medical conditions
- Coordinate care and student emergency action plans related to diabetes, seizures, asthma, allergies and use of emergency medications i.e. Epi-Pen, Glucagon and Diastat
- Obtain parental consent for health services
- Develop an Individual Health Plan (IHP) for children with chronic disease
- Serve on advisory committees/consultation for health accommodations necessary to support student individual education care plans, (i.e. 504 & IEP).
- Assist with the development of school emergency response plan for emergencies and disasters and the training of staff to respond appropriately within applicable state laws
- Address potential health problems that are barriers to learning or symptoms of underlying medical conditions by coordinating and assisting with mandated screenings, i.e., vision, hearing and scoliosis
- Initiate referrals according to state and school policies
- Provide staff educational in-services (but not limited to), i.e. CPR/First Aid/AED training and OSHA bloodborne pathogen and infection control updates
- Monitor immunizations and report communicable diseases as required by law
- Review immunization records for compliance to state laws and school policies
- Assist in evaluation of school emotional environment to decrease potential bullying and violence and/or an environment that is not conducive to optimal mental health and learning
- Provide health education information directly to individual students, groups of students, or classes and provide guidance and consultation about health education curriculum;
- Promote health awareness activities such fairs for staff and families and consult with other school staff , i.e. food service personnel, physical education teachers, FRYSC, regarding healthy lifestyles and staff wellness programs
- Serve as a member of the coordinated school health team that promotes the health and well-being of school members through collaborative efforts
- Provide case management information to families through telephone calls, written communication and home visits as needed
- Serve as a representative of the school community and communicate with community health providers, and community health agencies/partnerships, to promote the health of the community
- Maintain professional growth through participation in educational endeavors necessary for current licenser and participation and membership in professional organizations at local, state, and national levels
- When necessary, make home visits to identify needs and assist parents in utilizing existing resources for providing care of the students
- Perform other duties consistent with the position assigned as requested by the supervisor
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:
- Salary-Professional III Salary Schedule
- 8 hours per day
- 40 hours per week
- 187 days
- 9 months
- Board approved 02-26-1992
- Revised 10/9/2014, 6/10/2021