- Currently licensed to practice in Missouri as an LPN, RN, or BSN
- CPR certified (instructor certification preferred)
- Three to five years of experience working with children/adolescents preferred
- Individual who can provide leadership and supervision to staff
- Understands and respects confidentiality of information
- Displays the ability to multi-task
- Is physically capable of assisting student with health care needs that may require lifting, positioning, transferring, restraining or transporting within the school environment and during school events
- Able to comfortably lift twenty (20) to thirty (30) pounds and reposition weight up to one hundred and fifty (150) pounds
Qualifications
- Currently licensed to practice in Missouri as an LPN, RN, or BSN
- CPR certified (instructor certification preferred)
- Hepatitis B Vaccine series
- Three to five years of experience working with children/adolescents preferred
- Individual who can provide leadership and supervision to staff
- Understands and respects confidentiality of information
- Displays the ability to multi-task
- Is physically capable of assisting student with health care needs that may require lifting, positioning, transferring, restraining or transporting within the school environment and during school events
- Able to comfortably lift twenty (20) to thirty (30) pounds and reposition weight up to one hundred and fifty (150) pounds
Fair Labor Standards Act Status: Non-Exempt
Reports To
Director of Health Services
Building Principal
Job Goal
The school nurse strengthens and facilitates the educational process by protecting the health status of children and by identifying and assisting in the removal or modification of health related barriers to the learning process. The major focus of school nursing services is the prevention of illness and disability, health promotion, and the early detection and correction of health problems. The school nurse is prepared and uniquely qualified in preventative health, health assessment, and referral procedures.
Performance Responsibilities
- Functions of the school nurse include but are not limited to:
- Promotes and protects the optimal health status of children
- Provides health assessments