Registered Nurse

1 week ago

Waterboro, United States Regional School Unit 57 Full time
Position Type:
Student Support Services/School Nurse

Date Posted:
10/21/2024

Location:
Massabesic High School
Regional School Unit 57

Title: Registered School Nurse

Vacancy will be posted until a suitable candidate is found.

Qualifications:
  1. Must hold a current license in the State of Maine as a Registered Professional Nurse
  2. Bachelor of Science degree (four year) from an accredited institution
  3. Valid provision or professional state certificate to serve as a school nurse
  4. Completed fingerprinting in accordance with school requirements
  5. Minimum of two years nursing experience in pediatrics, community health or as a school nurse


Reports to: Building administration and superintendent

Job Goal:

1. To provide health services that ensure health and safety of students and staff in RSU 57

Essential Functions:
  • Ability to create and maintain positive relations with students, school personnel, parents and citizens within scope of practice
  • Ability to collaborate with the appropriate stakeholders to maintain high quality of services
  • Demonstrates sound judgment and effective communication skills
  • Respects and protects the confidentiality of students, staff, and families

Performance Responsibilities:
  1. Works as a member of the district health services team within scope of individual's training
  2. Understands and complies with school district policies and procedures, state statutes, and limitations
  3. Provides health assessments, develops and implements health plans for students
  4. Provides care for illness and injury to students in accordance with written protocols
  5. Follows the standard health practices for school settings as listed by the School Health Manual, Maine Department of Education
  6. Develops an Individualized Health Plan (IHP) or Medical 504 for each student that has special health care needs requiring nursing assessment, intervention or supervision. This includes health assessments, completion of each student's health plan, maintenance of appropriate student health plans, interventions including administration of medication and documentation of student health records
  7. Educates staff regarding emergency measures required until medical help is available
  8. Implements the school medication policy and procedure
  9. Promotes control of communicable diseases through preventive immunization programs, early detection, surveillance, and reporting of contagious diseases
  10. Provides health information to assist students and families in making health- related decisions in the school setting
  11. Participates in health aspects of kindergarten pre-registration (if appropriate)
  12. Participates in medical clearances (physicals, allergies, previous medical condition, etc) (if appropriate)
  13. Participates in in-season return process from sports related injuries, including doctor clearances and trainer information (if appropriate)
  14. Serves as a health liaison between school, home and the community
  15. Works effectively with individuals, public and private agencies & other community groups to assure that student health needs are being met
  16. Ensures that the necessary and appropriate medical/health-related resources are available to all persons who are responsible for providing health care before a child is placed in the classroom
  17. May be called upon to serve as a resource person for classroom teachers on health issues or as a resource for the Individualized Education Program (IEP) team. Upon request, the nurse will incorporate the care plan into the IEP
  18. May be responsible for case management of medical 504s as appropriate
  19. Prepares the budget for school health supplies and first aid kits for school settings
  20. Other duties and responsibilities as assigned


Legal and Ethical Duties:
  • Maintains confidentiality related to all aspects of student performance and written or oral records
  • Demonstrates a respect for the legal and human rights of students
  • Meets and follows all laws and regulations at both the state and federal levels
  • Follows health and safety procedures established by the district
  • Arrives and departs punctually, notifying appropriate personnel about absences and coverage
  • Demonstrates loyalty, dependability, integrity, and other ethical standards
  • Follows the chain of command for various administrative procedures for student or program concerns
  • Observes all RSU 57 policies and related school procedures

Terms of Employment: Salary, work year and working conditions to be established by the RSU 57 School Board.

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the School Board's policy on evaluation.

Note: The above job description reflects the general requirements necessary to describe the principle functions or responsibilities of the job identified and shall not be interpreted as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the job, either at present or in the future.

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