School Nurse: Empower Student Health & Learning

Springfield Empowerment Zone Partnership; Springfield (MA); In loco; USD 66.000 - 80.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

Springfield Public Schools seeks a School Nurse (RN) to provide direct and indirect nursing care to students, promote wellbeing, academic success, and lifelong achievement. The nurse collaborates with teachers, families and health services to develop individual health plans, administer medications with consent, conduct screenings, maintain health records, and respond to emergencies on campus.

Massachusetts RN license, CPR, and DOE certification eligibility are required; BSN preferred.

Competenze

• Must have a current valid MA RN license.
• Experience in child health or school nursing preferred.
• CPR certification required.

Mansioni

• Assess and evaluates students’ health pertinent family history and home factors, counsel students, parents and school personnel about health problems and issues.
• Maintain health records, conduct required research, and evaluate school health programs.
• Coordinate health resources of school, home, community and allied health agencies/hospitals by making necessary arrangements, maintaining records, notifying and counseling students, parents/guardians and health personnel.
• Develop an individual health care plan as needed and coordinate with the other providers and school personnel.
• Provides emergency care for all students and staff on school premises in the event of injury or sudden illness.
• Administer prescribed and approved medications to students with parent/guardian and physician consent.
• Perform mandated screenings in vision, hearing, scoliosis, and height and weight as deemed appropriate by state and city departments of public health
• Documents pertinent information in student records in accordance with Standards of Practice and safeguards documentation utilizing HIPPA and FERPA regulations
• Conducts home visits to initiate or follow up on the health care needs of students
• Prepare regular written reports for supervisor, MDPH and other relevant agencies.
• Notify appropriate individuals, ie parents, staff, physicians of immediate and potential health related concerns.
• Participates in school health related activities as deemed appropriate for school nurse by principal/supervisor
• Provide information about health and disease prevention in cooperation with health education programs within Springfield Public Schools
• Initiates, promotes, maintains and implements programs for the recognition, prevention and control of disease, including giving immunizations.
• Sport Physical clearance coverage as needed.

Conoscenze

CPR Certification

Strong communication

Student counseling

Formazione

Massachusetts RN license

BSN preferred

DOE certification eligibility (Educator: Nurse, All Levels)

Descrizione del lavoro

Springfield Public Schools seeks a School Nurse (RN) to provide direct and indirect nursing care to students, promote wellbeing, academic success, and lifelong achievement. The nurse collaborates with teachers, families and health services to develop individual health plans, administer medications with consent, conduct screenings, maintain health records, and respond to emergencies on campus.

Massachusetts RN license, CPR, and DOE certification eligibility are required; BSN preferred.