**Substitute School Nurse**

**Job Summary:**

We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Substitute School Nurse to join our team at Ingleside ISD (TX). As a Substitute School Nurse, you will be responsible for providing high-quality nursing care to students, promoting health and wellness, and ensuring a safe and healthy learning environment.

• Provide direct care to students using professional assessment skills, the nursing process, and established school health protocols.
• Assess student problems, communicate with parents, and ensure appropriate referrals and follow-up as needed.
• Notify parents of accidents or illnesses and secure emergency medical care for students as needed.
• Develop and implement individualized healthcare plans (IHPs) and evaluate outcomes of skilled and direct nursing care and procedures for medically fragile students.
• Serve as a health advocate for students and ensure that medications are administered according to district policy and procedures.
• Establish and implement effective procedures for carrying out mandatory screening programs.
• May make home visits to help with student health problems as necessary.

• Graduate of an accredited professional nursing education program.
• Valid registered nurse license (RN) or (LVN) from the Texas Board of Nursing.
• Current automatic external defibrillator (AED) and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certificates.
• Knowledge of health appraisal to identify student health defects, ability to implement policies and procedures, and knowledge of basic first aid.
• Proficient keyboarding and file maintenance skills, ability to write routine reports and correspondence, and strong organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.

• Exposure to biological hazards, bacteria, and communicable diseases.
• Frequent standing, sitting, kneeling/squatting, bending/stooping, pushing pulling, and twisting.
• Frequent walking, grasping/squeezing, wrist flexion/extension.
• Frequent light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds); may require regular heavy lifting (45 pounds or more) and position of students with physical disabilities.