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

Town of Fairfield, CT; Fairfield (CT); Presencial; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Town of Fairfield seeks a Public Health Nurse to safeguard the health of students through direct care, education, guidance, and consultation. The nurse will work with the Fairfield Public Nurses Union and collaborate with parents, teachers, and physicians.

The position requires RN licensure with a BSN or equivalent and at least one year of nursing experience in the last five years. Duties include immunizations, health records, and emergency care planning.

Formación

• Must be a registered nurse with licensure in good standing.
• Minimum 1 year of nursing experience within the last 5 years.

Responsabilidades

• Assess health and development status of pupils through screening and evaluation.
• Coordinate referrals and follow up with parents and school staff.
• Counsel pupils and families; develop care plans to support learning.
• Provide preventive health services and immunizations as required.
• Maintain health records and ensure privacy according to policy.
• Administer medications per state regulations and school health policy.
• Assist physicians with in-school health assessments as needed.
• Supervise and train school health aides where present.

Conocimientos

RN license

School nursing

Educación

BSN or higher

Diploma/Associate with 15 credits

Descripción del empleo

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

Qualifications

• 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
• Note: if you have applied in the last 30 days, you need not re-apply

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.

The Town of Fairfield offers a complete benefit package including: paid vacation, holidays and sick; 401(a) retirement plan, medical including health, prescription, dental, life and vision, life insurance, Optional 457 plan.