School Nurse

East Orange Community Charter School; Elm Park Village (NJ); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

East Orange Community Charter School is seeking a qualified School Nurse to enhance the educational process by promoting and maintaining students' health. This role includes performing health assessments, developing health plans, and providing health education.

The ideal candidate must have a valid RN license and/or School Nurse certificate. Additionally, responsibilities will involve coordinating community health activities and serving as a resource for health instruction.

Qualifications

• Valid RN license and/or School Nurse certificate required.
• Experience in school health services is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Promotes optimal health status of school-age children.
• Develops and implements student health plans.
• Provides ongoing health counseling to students and families.

Skills

Health assessments

Emergency nursing management

Health education

Communication skills

Education

Valid RN license and/or School Nurse certificate

Job description

School Nurse

Job Overview

At the East Orange Community Charter School, the School Nurse enhancesthe educational process, assist pupils and staff in attaining and/or maintaining optimum health and in promoting positive health habits and attitudes.

Qualifications

Valid RN license and/or School Nurse certificate required.

Responsibilities

Performance Responsibilities: You will be expected to fulfill the responsibilities of the building’s school nurse as assigned. The usual responsibilities are listed below. This is not an exhaustive list and other responsibilities may be assigned as needed.

• Promotes and protects the optimal health status of school-age children.
• Provides health assessments.
• Obtains a health history.
• Screens and evaluates findings of deficit in vision, hearing, growth, etc.
• Observes the child for development and health patterns in making nursing assessment.
• Identifies abnormal health findings.
• Develops and implements a student health plan.
• Interprets the health status of students to parents and school personnel.
• Initiates referral to parents, school personnel or community health resources for intervention, remediation and follow through.
• Provides ongoing health counseling with students, parents, school personnel or health agencies.
• Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students.
• Maintains, evaluates and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students.
• Plans and implements school health management protocols.
• Participates in home visits when indicated to assess the family needs as related to the child’s health.
• Develops procedures and provides for emergency nursing management for injuries/illnesses.
• Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases.
• Provides health education and anticipatory guidance.
• Provides direct health education, and health counseling to assist students and families in making decisions on health and lifestyles that affect health.
• 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.
• Serves as a resource person to the school staff members in health instruction.
• Coordinates school and community health activities and serves as a liaison health professional between the home, school and community.