School Nurse PRN

1 week ago

Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States Hamilton County Department of Education Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and dedicated Registered Nurse to serve as a Lead Health Care Provider for Hamilton County Schools. The successful candidate will be responsible for promoting health care and providing medical assistance to students and staff of county schools.

This is a PRN position, and the hourly rate listed is for a BSN+ candidate with maximum years of experience. The starting hourly pay ranges from $23.17 (LPN) to $28.55 (BSN+).

Responsibilities
  • Acts in a professional, respectful, and welcoming manner at all times.
  • Creates a customer-focused climate and provides quality services and support to school and other stakeholders.
  • Complies with applicable district, state, and federal codes, laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
  • Enhances the education process by maximizing the health and well-being of school-aged children and adolescents.
  • Provides direction, guidance, training, and assistance to employees; troubleshoots and works to resolve problem situations.
  • Dispenses approved and/or prescribed medications appropriately to students.
  • Maintains appropriate medical records regarding all dispensation of medications.
  • Implements protocols and procedures for responding to student illness and injuries.
  • Ensures compliance with established school health guidelines, safety, and infection control procedures.
  • Provides routine and emergency medical care to students within the prescribed boundaries of training, certification, and applicable policies and procedures.
  • Promotes and protects the optimal health status of students.
  • Works with students to promote wellness.
  • Observes students for developmental and health patterns during routine assessments.
  • Identifies adverse health findings and interprets the health status of students to parents and school personnel.
  • Initiates referrals to parents, school personnel, and community health resources for intervention, remediation, and follow-through.
  • Assists in the control of communicable diseases through audits of immunization records, early detection, surveillance, reporting of contagious diseases to appropriate persons/agencies, and proper disinfection.
  • Coordinates referrals to outside health services.
  • Participates directly and indirectly in health education for improvement of health.
  • Provides ongoing health counseling to students, parents, and school personnel.
  • Maintains, evaluates, and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students.
  • Participates in home visits to assess the family's needs as related to the child's health.
  • Provides direct health education and health counseling to assist students and families in making decisions on health and life styles that affect health.
  • Provides instruction or recommendations regarding OSHA, CPR, and other health-related needs.
  • Monitors inventory of department equipment and supplies.
  • Ensures availability of adequate materials to conduct work activities.
  • Participates as health team specialist on the Assessment Team and/or IEP-Team for students with health disabilities.
  • Supervises clinical observations/experience for nursing students.
  • Communicates with supervisor, employees, other departments, school officials, school faculty/staff, students, parents, physicians, pharmacists, other medical/nursing professionals, social service agency personnel, health department personnel, community organizations, vendors, the public, state/federal agencies, outside organizations, and other individuals as needed.
  • Maintains current license as a RN after employment.
Qualifications
  • High school diploma or GED required.
  • Four year degree with coursework emphasis in Nursing preferred; supplemented by three (3) years previous experience and/or training involving nursing, preferably in a school, pediatric, adolescent, or public health environment; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job.
  • Must possess and maintain licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN) in Tennessee.
  • Must possess and maintain valid CPR and First Aid certification.
Skills/Qualifications
  • Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills to deal effectively with students, educators, employees, community members, parents, and other stakeholders.
  • Must possess and maintain a valid Tennessee nursing license or a compact state license.
  • Ability to utilize a computer and other technology in order to enter and retrieve data.

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