SUBSTITUTE SCHOOL NURSE

Purpose Statement

The substitute school nurse role is essential for the health and safety of students and staff. Primary responsibilities include assessing the health needs of students; working collaboratively with parent and/health care providers; complying with the laws relating to student health, including parental and guardian consent and confidentiality; providing appropriate care for ill, medically fragile and/or injured students; providing health information and serving as a resource to teachers, staff, and administrators; and identifying health problems for referral for proper treatment.

This job reports to Principal

Functions

• Evaluates the health needs of students.
• Refers students requiring additional medical attention for the purpose of providing required follow-up treatment and
• Responds to emergency medical situations (e.g. severe falls, prescription reactions, bleeding, ) for the purpose of ensuring appropriate immediate medical attention and related follow-up action.

Essential Functions

• Performs within  the  scope  of  the  nursing  practice  act  for  the purpose of ensuring compliance with legal and medical professional standards and
• Assesses and provides for the critical needs of the students.
• Administers a variety of medical procedures consistent with authorized certification and medical profession standards for the School Nurse (e.g. first aid, medication and specialized medical treatments, oral suctioning, catheterization, ) for the purpose of providing appropriate care for students.
• Collaborates with parents, students, health care providers, and/or public agencies for the purpose of promoting and/or securing student health services; providing information and complying with legal
• Maintains student’s confidential files and records (e.g. health care plans, agency referrals, accident reports, ) for the purpose of providing information required by legal requirements and professional standards.

• Monitors students referred for illness and/or injury for the purpose of attending to their immediate health care concerns and initiating follow-up
• Reports health and safety issues to assigned administrator and appropriate agencies (e.g. fights, suspected child or substance abuse, contagious diseases, ) for the purpose of maintaining students’ personal safety, a positive learning environment and complying with regulatory requirements and established guidelines.

Responsibility

Responsibilities include: working under limited supervision following standardized practices and/or methods. Utilization of resources from other work units may be required to perform the job's functions. There is a continual opportunity to significantly impact the organization’s services.

Conditions/Acknowledgements

This job description is intended to provide an overview of the requirements of the position.  As such, it is not necessarily all inclusive, and the job may require other essential and/or non-essential functions, tasks, duties, or responsibilities not listed herein.  The District reserves the sole right to add, modify, or exclude any essential or non-essential requirement at any time with or without notice.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential requirements.

Continuing Educ. / Training

Annual Training and Inservice

Bilingual preferred but not required

Clearances

Criminal Justice

Fingerprint/Background Clearance

Sexual Misconduct Background Check

Certificates & Licenses

Valid RN or LPN License

BSN preferred but not required

Current CPR/First Aid/AED certification