Substitute School Nurse - PRN

Franklin County Schools; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Franklin County Schools in Durham, NC seeks a qualified school nurse to manage student health, assess needs, and develop individualized health plans. The role involves coordinating care, screenings, and health education to support student well-being.

You will provide emergency care, maintain health records, and collaborate with faculty to promote safety and wellness across the school community.

Responsibilities

• Collect information about the health and developmental status of the student.
• Use data collected about the health and developmental status of the student to determine a nursing diagnosis.
• Develop a nursing care plan (IHP) with specific goals and intervention delineating school nursing actions unique to a student's needs.
• Intervene as guided by the nursing plan to implement nursing actions that promote, maintain, or restore health, prevent illness, and effect rehabilitation.
• Assess student responses to nursing actions in order to revise the database, nursing diagnosis, and nursing care plan and to determine progress made toward goal achievement.
• Oversee screening and assesses health status which includes follow-up in regard to: a. Hearing b. Vision c. Head lice
• Serve as a resource person to school personnel, students, and families, through interpretation of health data and assists them to achieve optimal levels of wellness through health education.
• Provide emergency and first aid when on site.
• Act as the system first-responder in emergency situations at the school site and at bus accidents before an ambulance arrives.
• Assist in control of communicable diseases.
• Monitor schools' compliance with State Health Regulations: a. Immunization records b. Entrance physicals
• Perform medical skills: a. Gastrostomy tube feedings b. Tracheotomy Suctioning c. Catheterization d. Others, as needed
• Monitor and helps to maintain school records. a. Medication records b. Procedure records
• Prioritize and schedule work in appropriate manner and follows through to completion.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Schools/designee.

Job description

• Collect information about the health and developmental status of the student in a systemic manner.
• Use data collected about the health and developmental status of the student to determine a nursing diagnosis.
• Develop a nursing care plan (IHP) with specific goals and intervention delineating school nursing actions unique to a student's needs.
• Intervene as guided by the nursing plan to implement nursing actions that promote, maintain, or restore health, prevent illness, and effect rehabilitation.
• Assess student responses to nursing actions in order to revise the database, nursing diagnosis, and nursing care plan and to determine progress made toward goal achievement.
• Oversee screening and assesses health status which includes follow-up in regard to: a. Hearing b. Vision c. Head lice
• Serve as a resource person to school personnel, students, and families, through interpretation of health data and assists them to achieve optimal levels of wellness through health education.
• Provide emergency and first aid when on site.
• Act as the system first-responder in emergency situations at the school site and at bus accidents before an ambulance arrives.
• Assist in control of communicable diseases.
• Monitor schools' compliance with State Health Regulations: a. Immunization records b. Entrance physicals
• Perform medical skills: a. Gastrostomy tube feedings b. Tracheotomy Suctioning c. Catheterization d. Others, as needed
• Monitor and helps to maintain school records. a. Medication records b. Procedure records
• Prioritize and schedule work in appropriate manner and follows through to completion.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Schools/designee.