Substitute Nurse

Dodge City Unified School District 443; Dodge City (KS); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

A school district in Kansas is seeking a dedicated School Nurse to provide health promotion and maintenance for students. The role requires a Kansas State Board of Nursing Licensure and involves managing health-related barriers to learning, conducting assessments, and collaborating with various professionals to ensure student wellness. Ideal candidates will have a solid understanding of public health nursing and relevant regulations to enhance health services within the school environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to perform assessments, planning, and intervention for students.
• Knowledge of promoting health and preventing illness in a school setting.
• Skills in collaborating with educational and health professionals.
• Understanding of health care delivery systems and the concepts of primary health care
• Kansas State Board of Nursing Licensure as a Registered Nurse

Responsibilities

• Provide health promotion and maintenance for students.
• Manage health-related barriers to learning.
• Coordinate care in compliance with district policies and procedures.
• Reduce health-related absenteeism in schools.
• Identify health care needs and resources for students.
• Identifies the health care needs of students and availability of health services/resources
• Plans and implements services to meet those health care needs
• Assesses and evaluates the effectiveness of services and health care plans
• Collaborates with a wide variety of school system and professional disciplines to enhance the educational process and promote an optimal level of wellness for students, families and staff
• Functions in accordance with the Kansas Nurse Practice Act, Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses, and the school district’s policies and procedures

Skills

Pediatric/adolescent or public health nursing

Knowledge of nursing laws and regulations

Cultural sensitivity

Understanding of healthcare delivery systems

Education

Kansas State Board of Nursing Licensure as a Registered Nurse

Job description

Position Type: School Nurse/ Substitute Nurse

Date Posted: 6/23/2022

Location: Dodge City Public Schools - All District

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• An understanding of pediatric/adolescent or public health nursing
• Knowledge of applicable laws, regulations and standards pertaining to school nursing practice (K.S.A. 60-15-101 and 60-15-104)
• Ethnic and cultural sensitivity and competence
• Understanding of health care delivery systems and the concepts of primary health care

Kansas State Board of Nursing Licensure as a Registered Nurse

• Assumes responsibility for appropriate assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, management, and referral activities for students in the school district
• The school nurse provides for the promotion and maintenance of health as well as the prevention of illness and injuries, facilitating the removal of health‑related barriers to learning and promoting an optimal level of wellness for students and staff
• Responsible for direct and indirect care given to students in compliance with school district policies, professional standards of practice, physician’s orders, and the Individual Health Plan
• Maximizes the quantity of in‑class time by reducing the incidence of health‑related absenteeism
• Eliminates or minimizes health problems which impair learning
• Identifies the health care needs of students and availability of health services/resources
• Plans and implements services to meet those health care needs
• Assesses and evaluates the effectiveness of services and health care plans
• Collaborates with a wide variety of school system and professional disciplines to enhance the educational process and promote an optimal level of wellness for students, families and staff
• Functions in accordance with the Kansas Nurse Practice Act, Code of Ethics for Registered Nurses, and the school district’s policies and procedures