School Nurse
- Location
- Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States
- Salary
- Competitive
- Posted
- Dec 06, 2021
- Ref
- 4720
- Job Category
- Support Staff, School Nurse
Additional Locations
Overview
The purpose of this job is to serve in a lead capacity in the promotion of health care and provision of medical assistance to students/staff of county schools.
The candidate hired for this position will serve as School Nurse for Orchard Knob Middle School.
**This position may be filled by any licensed nurse (LPN, RN, BSN+). Pay is calculated based on both level of education and experience working as a nurse, including time as a nurse within HCS and outside HCS. The minimum base pay listed is for a LPN candidate. The maximum hourly rate listed is for a BSN+ candidate with maximum years experience. The hourly pay, based on education and experience, ranges from $21.28-$38.82.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Knowledge/Education/Experience:
High school diploma or GED required. Four year degree with coursework emphasis in Nursing preferred; supplemented by three (3) years previous experience and/or training involving nursing, preferably in a school, pediatric, adolescent, or public health environment; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job. Must possess and maintain licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in Tennessee. Must possess and maintain valid CPR and First Aid certification.
Skills/Qualifications:
Overview
The purpose of this job is to serve in a lead capacity in the promotion of health care and provision of medical assistance to students/staff of county schools.
The candidate hired for this position will serve as School Nurse for Orchard Knob Middle School.
**This position may be filled by any licensed nurse (LPN, RN, BSN+). Pay is calculated based on both level of education and experience working as a nurse, including time as a nurse within HCS and outside HCS. The minimum base pay listed is for a LPN candidate. The maximum hourly rate listed is for a BSN+ candidate with maximum years experience. The hourly pay, based on education and experience, ranges from $21.28-$38.82.
Responsibilities
- Acts in a professional, respectful, and welcoming manner at all times.
- Creates a customer-focused climate and provides quality services and support to school and other stakeholders.
- Complies with applicable district, state, and federal codes, laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures.
- Enhances the education process by maximizing the health and well-being of school-aged children and adolescents, with focus on prevention of illness/disability and early detection/correction of health problems.
- Provides direction, guidance, training and assistance to employees; troubleshoots and works to resolve problem situations; responds to employee problems/concerns.
- Dispenses approved and/or prescribed medications appropriately to students. Maintains appropriate medical records regarding all dispensation of medication.
- Develops and implements protocols and procedures for responding to student illness and injuries, including special intervention for occurrences of acute illness, severe injury, emotional disturbance, and communicable diseases: recommends modification of school programs to meet the health needs of the general and special populations; and assists in the continual evaluation of program effectiveness.
- Ensures compliance with established school health guidelines, safety and infection control procedures, and all other applicable laws, rules, regulations, standards, practices, policies and procedures; initiates any actions necessary to correct deviations or violations; follows safety procedures, utilizes safety equipment, and monitors work environment to ensure safety of students, employees, and other individuals.
- Provides routine and emergency medical care to students within the prescribed boundaries of training, certification, and applicable policies and procedures.
- Promotes and protects the optimal health status of students; works with well children and children with acute chronic illnesses, injuries, handicapping conditions, and developmental disabilities. Works with students to promote wellness.
- Observes students for developmental and health patterns during routine assessments and provides an initial diagnosis; identifies adverse health findings; interprets the health status of students to parents and school personnel; initiates referrals to parents, school personnel, and community health resources for intervention, remediation, and follow-through.
- Assists in the control of communicable diseases through audits of immunization records, early detection, surveillance, reporting of contagious diseases to appropriate persons/agencies, and proper disinfection.
- Coordinates referrals to outside health services.
- Participates directly and indirectly in health education for improvement of health by teaching persons to become more assertive health consumers and assume greater responsibility for their own health.
- Provides ongoing health counseling to students, parents, and school personnel; maintains, evaluates, and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students; participates in home visits to assess the family's needs as related to the child's health; provides direct health education and health counseling to assist students and families in making decisions on health and life styles that affect health.
- Provides instruction or recommendations regarding OSHA, CPR, and other health-related needs.
- Monitors inventory of department equipment and supplies; ensures availability of adequate materials to conduct work activities.
- Participates as health team specialist on the Assessment Team and/or IEP-Team for students with health disabilities.
- Supervises clinical observations/experience for nursing students.
- Communicates with supervisor, employees, other departments, school officials, school faculty/staff, students, parents, physicians, pharmacists, other medical/nursing professionals, social service agency personnel, health department personnel, community organizations, vendors, the public, state/federal agencies, outside organizations, and other individuals as needed to coordinate work activities, review status of work, exchange information, or resolve problems.
- Maintains current license as a RN after employment. Note: Failure to maintain the required District and State credentials may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment with HCDE.
- Communicates through the proper channels to keep supervisor and other appropriate personnel informed of impending problems or events of unusual nature.
- Follows established procedures for ensuring assigned areas are safe.
- Works collaboratively with school staff, students, parents, and other stakeholders.
- Attends work and arrives to work on time.
- Maintains confidentiality.
- Adheres to the Teacher Code of Ethics as defined by Tennessee Law.
- Operates a computer and other school office equipment to enter, retrieve, review or modify data.
- Operates a variety of equipment and instruments associated with school health work activities.
- May operate a motor vehicle to travel to various schools.
- Performs general/clerical tasks, which may include answering telephone calls, typing documents, making copies, sending/receiving faxes, filing documentation, or processing incoming/outgoing mail.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Knowledge/Education/Experience:
High school diploma or GED required. Four year degree with coursework emphasis in Nursing preferred; supplemented by three (3) years previous experience and/or training involving nursing, preferably in a school, pediatric, adolescent, or public health environment; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job. Must possess and maintain licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in Tennessee. Must possess and maintain valid CPR and First Aid certification.
Skills/Qualifications:
- Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills to deal effectively with students, educators, employees, community members, parents, and other stakeholders.
- Must possess and maintain a valid Tennessee driver's license.
- Ability to utilize a computer and other technology in order to enter and retrieve data.
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