School Nurse Position

1 month ago

St Louis, Missouri, United States East St. Louis Public Schools Full time
Job Summary

The East St. Louis Public Schools is seeking a highly skilled and dedicated School Nurse to join our team. As a School Nurse, you will play a vital role in managing the health services program for the assessment, evaluation, maintenance, and improvement of the health of students and staff. You will work closely with parents, teachers, and other professionals to promote the prevention of illness and disability, as well as early detection and correction of health problems.

Responsibilities
  • Administer primary health care and First Aid to provide appropriate care for ill, medically fragile, and injured children.
  • Assess and evaluate pupils' health and developmental status to identify physical disorders and other factors affecting the learning process.
  • Collaborate with parents, students, health care providers, and/or other agencies to promote needed treatment, secure information, and comply with legal requirements.
  • Conduct programs and activities to ensure compliance with government-mandated requirements.
  • Design health maintenance plans to address students' health needs and implement health care directions from parents and/or physicians.
  • Direct department functions to prioritize project deadlines and ensure optimal utilization of personnel.
  • Interpret the health and developmental assessment for parents, teachers, administrators, and other professionals directly concerned with the student.
  • Maintain communication with parents and all involved community practitioners and agencies to promote needed treatment and secure reports of findings pertinent to educational planning.
  • Maintain health care plans, medical emergency cards, and immunization records of all site students to ensure compliance with state law.
  • Monitor all student medications administered at school as a physician prescribes to ensure compliance with state law.
  • Prepare a wide variety of written materials to document activities, providing written references and conveying information in compliance with state law.
  • Provide information on coverage for children of low-to moderate-income working families to promote district students' participation in affordable, comprehensive health coverage programs.
  • Refer students and their parents or guardians who require further medical attention, provide appropriate community resources for necessary services, and assure continuity of health services and care.
  • Report cases of suspected child abuse to ensure compliance with all related law requirements and provide annual training on CPS reporting procedures and bloodborne pathogens to all staff.
  • Report students with reportable contagious diseases to local public health authorities to minimize infection and comply with legal requirements.
  • Respond to medical emergencies to address immediate safety concerns.
  • Serve as the medical liaison for special education students to ensure compliance with state mandate.
  • Train and supervise staff in performing specialized physical health care procedures to ensure that procedures requiring medically related training comply with state law.
Requirements
  • Illinois Professional Educator License Required
  • High School diploma or equivalent;
  • Any combination equivalent to an associate's degree, sixty (60) semester hours
  • One year of experience working with children
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Required to perform algebra and geometry; read technical information, compose a variety of documents, and/or facilitate group discussions;
  • And analyze situations to define issues and draw conclusions.
  • Specific knowledge required to perform the functions of the job satisfactorily includes school nursing services and procedures, and principles and practice of community health nursing;
  • Total education program including an understanding of current practices and trends relating to school health and factors influencing the learning process;
  • Flexibility is required to work with others in a wide variety of circumstances; work with data utilizing defined but different processes; and operate equipment using a variety of standardized methods.
  • Ability is also required to work with a significant diversity of individuals and groups, work with data of widely varied types and/or purposes;
  • Utilize a variety of job-related equipment.
  • In working with others, independent problem solving is required to analyze issues and create action plans.
  • Problem-solving with data requires an analysis based on organizational objectives, and problem-solving with equipment is moderate.
  • Specific abilities required to perform the functions of the job satisfactorily include interpreting the school health program and its services to the community, conducting health appraisals and screenings;
  • Responding effectively to emergency medical situations and establishing and maintaining cooperative professional working relationships.
  • Communicate clearly and effectively.
Skills
  • Required to perform multiple, highly complex, technical tasks with a need to upgrade skills to meet changing job conditions occasionally.
  • Specific skills required to perform the functions of the job satisfactorily include training and supervising personnel performing specialized physical health care procedures, preparing and maintaining comprehensive student health records
  • Preparing and presenting comprehensive health reports, including state-mandated report
Working Conditions

The School Nurse will work in an office environment, walking, standing, squatting, hearing, and speaking to exchange information and make presentations; seeing to monitor various activities; reading documents, viewing computer monitor, kneeling, bending at the waist, sitting for extended periods; reaching overhead, above shoulders, and horizontally, or bending at the waist to retrieve and store files; lifting semi-heavy objects; driving a vehicle to conduct work

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