School Nurse 26-27 School Year (FT 10 mo) PENDING Anticipated JANUARY Vacancy

City-of-Fairfield,-Ct; Fairfield (CT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Fairfield is seeking a Public Health Nurse to support student health through direct care, counseling, and education. The nurse evaluates health status, follows up with families, and collaborates with school staff to create care plans that promote learning.

Responsibilities include administering medications, providing first aid, immunizations, and serving as a health consultant to staff. The role also involves supervision of health aides and orientation for new personnel in the school

Qualifications

• RN with BSN or diploma/associate degree and required coursework.
• At least 1 year of nursing experience within the last five years.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates health and development status of pupils according to policies via assessment screening.
• Reports positive findings to parents and coordinates referrals and follow-up.
• Counsels and develops plans with pupils, parents, and school personnel to address health problems.
• Promotes preventive health measures and provides communicable disease control.
• Serves as health consultant to school personnel and participates in planning teams.
• Provides first aid and ensures emergency care provisions for illness or injury.
• Maintains health records and administers medications per policies and physician orders.
• Supervises school health aides and mentors university students as needed.
• Organizes on-site orientation for new staff and coordinates external health services.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Health counseling

Public health nursing

Team collaboration

Education

Registered Nurse with Baccalaureate Degree or Diploma/Associate with 15 credits

Job description

Reporting to the Nurse Supervisor, the Public Health Nurse is to provide optimal physical and emotional health of the school population through direct care, education, guidance, and consultation. This position is affiliated with the Fairfield Public Nurses Union.

• Evaluates the health and development status of pupils according to state, local, and agency policies via assessment screening
• Reports positive findings to parents and coordinates the referral and follow up process
• Counsels, develops and implements plans with pupils, parents and school personnel to eliminate, minimize or cope with health problems that interfere with optimal teaching or learning
• Promotes preventive health measures
• Provides communicable disease control measures, including surveillance, monitoring and notification
• Serves as health consultant to school personnel
• Participates in individual’s school’s planning and placement team
• Participates in classroom teaching or provides in-service programs for classroom teachers in appropriate subject areas
• Provides first aid for accidents and illness
• Protects health and safety of school population by assessing environmental health factors and establishing plans for provision of emergency care for illness and injury
• Maintains up-to-date, accurate health records
• Administers medications according to State regulations, physician’s orders and agency school health policy
• Carries out special procedures, e.g., intermittent catheterization, in accordance with physician’s orders
• Provides immunizations against preventable childhood diseases
• Assists physician with health assessments done in school as needed.
• Participation in program development for specific problems at individual schools
• Arrange for other health services available through school or community as necessary
• On-site orientation of new school nurses to the school health program
• Home visits for school-related problems
• Educating school population to health facilities/systems in the community
• Assist in orientation of new staff to school health program
• Provide situational experience and supervision to university students as needed
• In schools where school health aides are assigned, the nurse is responsible for supervision of the school health aide. Supervision includes orientation, ongoing guidance and performance evaluations
• Performs other related duties as requested

• Registered Nurse with Baccalaureate Degree in nursing or related field or Diploma/Associate Degree with at least 15 academic credits in required areas of study
• Must have one (1) year of nursing experience within the last five (5) years

SCHEDULE

• Monday – Friday, hours dependent upon assignment

AFFILIATION

• Member of Unit #34 of AFT Nurses and Health Professionals Collective Bargaining Unit

THE TOWN OF FAIRFIELD IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

It is the policy of the Town of Fairfield to ensure equal employment opportunity for all employees and to prohibit unlawful discrimination because of race, color, religion, creed, age, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation or physical and mental disability.