School Nurse

5 months ago


Raeford, United States Hoke County Schools Full time
Qualifications:
  • Possession of a valid TB test and health examination issued by the local county board of health or recognized medical authority
  • Education/formal training/licensure/certification/experience:
    • Registered nurse, currently licensed in North Carolina or a registered nurse working toward baccalaureate degree, and national school nurse certification to be completed within 3 years of hire date.
    • A minimum of one to three years of nursing experience working with young children and adolescents (ages 5 - 18).
  • Current NC driver's license
  • Additional Skills:
    • Effective communicator with a wide range of age groups, ethnic, educational, and socio-economic backgrounds
    • Strong physical assessment skills
    • Fluency in English and Spanish preferred
Supervises:
  • None
Essential Job Functions:
  • Uses of the nursing process to assess, plan and evaluate the health care of individual students as well as groups of students in schools
    • Identifies children with special health care needs and develops health care plans and emergency action plans
    • Monitor's kindergarten health assessment and immunization records and facilitates completion
    • Participates on coordinated school health teams as appropriate
  • Provides nursing care to school-age children, adolescents and school staff in the school system by:
    • Organizing/completing periodic health screenings assuring follow-up, provides care and refers for services
    • Implementing an effective medication administration system
    • Supervising/assisting with prescribed treatments/procedures
    • Providing for emergency care of illness/injury
    • Providing care for children with chronic illness
  • Uses equipment/supplies correctly
  • Assures use of appropriate safety and infection control measures
    • Assures compliance with communicable disease standards
    • Monitors the school environment for health and safety issues
  • Teaches/directs/advises/informs others
    • Develops workshops/training activities for school personnel on health-related topics
    • Provides individual explanation(s) to students, parents, and appropriate staff regarding prevention, illness, treatment, etc.
    • Creates communications and communication processes for the programs
    • Informs family/school staff of community resources
    • Supervises school personnel and volunteers assisting with the school health programs
  • Reports/records data
    • Documents patient data, plan of care, care rendered and response to care for individual students
    • Reports significant data regarding student health status to appropriate individuals
    • Provides program reports in a timely manner
    • Appropriately reports health and safety issues in the school environment
  • Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the supervisor
Physical and Cognitive Requirements

The major physical and cognitive requirements listed below are applicable to the School Nurse job classification within Hoke County Schools. Work in this classification is considered light physical work requiring the exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly

to move objects.

Must be able to:
  • Prepare, read and comprehend a variety of job-related forms, reports, spreadsheets, maps, plans, records, documentation and correspondence in all languages required by the job
  • Understand and conform to all rules of punctuation, grammar, diction and style
  • Speak to individuals or groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence
  • Respond adequately to inquiries or complaints
  • Write using standard convention in all languages required by the job
  • Apply principles of logical or scientific thinking to define problems, collect data,establish facts and draw valid conclusions
  • Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral or diagrammatic form Communicate effectively and efficiently in all languages required by the job using whatever communication device or system is required (telephone, Braille)
  • Use/interpret job related terminology, mathematical formulas and functions effectively and efficiently
  • Deal with people beyond giving and receiving instructions
  • Perform under stress, deal with persons acting under stress and adapt when confronted with emergency situations
  • Be sensitive to cultural differences among individuals and groups of persons
  • Operate a motor vehicle
  • Operate/use a variety of automated office machines and other office equipment
  • Operate/use a variety of printing/graphic arts machines
  • Operate/use a variety of audiovisual/electronic machines and devices
  • Operate/use a variety of communication machines/equipment/devices
  • Operate/use a variety of job specific machines/equipment


DISCLAIMER: This job description is not a comprehensive list of all the duties, responsibilities, and skills that may be required of the employees assigned to this position. This description may be revised by the supervisor, with HR review and approval, at any time.
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