School Nurse
Job title: School Nurse
Report to: Head of School
Shift type: Part time
Contract Term: 4 months
Location: The Islamic School of Irving
Purpose
The School Nurse helps students attain an optimum level of physical, social, and emotional health. In order to coordinate a comprehensive student health program, the School Nurse must work closely with the other staff and school administration.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university is preferred.
- One year experience as a nurse.
- Medical Assistant Certification, Registered Nurse preferred.
- Must be self-motivated and able to respond quickly and effectively to changing priorities.
- Solid written, oral and presentation skills. Must be a proficient MS Office user.
- Basic knowledge of math and documentation processes.
- Professional telephone etiquette.
- Must be eligible to work in the United States.
- Successful candidate must be able to pass a background check and drug test.
Essential Functions
- Help students attain an optimum level of physical, social, and emotional health.
- Establish and maintain a comprehensive health program for students, parents, and employees of the school.
- Ensure that all activities conform to school guidelines.
- Communicate effectively with all members of the school district and community.
- Work effectively with community organizations.
- React to change productively and handle other tasks as assigned.
- Appropriately operate all equipment as required.
- Support the value of an education.
- Support the philosophy and vision of school.
Physical Requirements/Environmental Conditions
- Requires prolonged sitting or standing.
- Occasionally requires physical exertion to manually move, lift, carry, pull, or push heavy objects or materials.
- Occasional stooping, bending, and reaching.
- Must work indoors and outdoors year-round.
- Must work in noisy and crowded environments.
General Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain a comprehensive health program for students, parents, and employees of the district.
- Conduct student health appraisals, including:
- Medical examinations.
- Vision screenings.
- Hearing screenings.
- Weighing and measuring.
- Follow-up of problems noted.
- Consultation with teachers and parents regarding health problems.
- Coordinate a program of communicable disease control based on Texas immunization laws, to include:
- Maintaining immunization records for each student.
- Communicating with parents regarding immunization requirements.
- Coordinate a comprehensive program of caring for students who are injured or who become ill at school.
- Provide faculty and staff with first-aid training and supplies.
- Assist in providing emergency care for accidents and sudden illness of students until parents assume responsibility.
- Notify parents and building administrators regarding children who are severely ill or injured.
- Prepare school accident reports.
- Coordinate and supervise a comprehensive program of dental health education.
- Encourage parents to provide their children with annual dental check-ups.
- Supply each child with a dental card in May for the ensuing year.
- Request assistance for dentally indigent children.
- Coordinate and supervise a comprehensive program of health education 13. Encourage periodic health examinations for all children.
- Confer with parents andschool concerning the health of children.
- Assist in planning the health curriculum and instructional materials.
- Assist in the prevention and control of communicable diseases.
- Assist in referral and planning programs for exceptional children.
- Counsel with teachers, students, and parents concerning children's individual health problems.
- Maintain a cumulative health folder for each student, recording all data pertinent to the child's health.
- Submit accurate and timely reports as required by various health agencies.
- Immediately report to the Head of school/principal any safety hazards or unsanitary conditions observed in the school environment.
- Order and maintain all supplies for the health service program.
- Assist with enrollment procedures.
- See that school policies are observed during all activities.
- Keep abreast of new information, innovative ideas and techniques.
- Obtain advance approval of the Head of School for all activities and expenditures.
- Adhere to schoolhealth and safety policies, including all precautions of the Bloodborne Pathogens Exposure Control Plan.
- Other duties as assigned by the Head of School.