School Nurse
2 weeks ago
Student Support Services/School Nurse
Date Posted:
4/26/2024
Location:
Prairie Oak Elementary School
Berwyn North School District 98 is located in Berwyn, Illinois. The district has three elementary schools and one middle school and serves more than 2,500 students in grades Pre-K through 8th. Our district is committed to mutual respect and cultural diversity. We foster strong partnerships among students, school staff, families, and the community and empower students to solve problems, make decisions and apply technology so they can reach their full personal, academic and civic potential. We offer a Dual Language Program to ensure students are fluent in two languages, a STEAM Program, and 1-to-1 technology to prepare students for the future.
Job Title: School Nurse
Classification: 10-Month Position
Accountability: Reports to the District Head School Nurse
Primary Function: The school nurse employs primary prevention by providing health education that promotes physical and mental health and informs healthcare decisions, prevents disease, and enhances school performance. Addressing such topics as healthy lifestyles, risk-reducing behaviors, developmental needs, activities of daily living, and preventive self-care, and the nurse uses teaching methods that are appropriate to the student's developmental level, learning needs, readiness, and ability to learn. Screenings, referrals, and follow-ups are secondary prevention strategies that school nurses utilize to detect and treat health-related issues in their early stages (NASN, 2016a). Nurses provide additional prevention by addressing diagnosed health conditions and concerns.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Confidentiality
- Maintains knowledge of laws, regulations, and best practices in health education
- Ensures compliance with physicals, immunizations, and state health requirements
- Participates in professional development and networking conferences and events
- Provides guidance and resources to all district administrators concerning student health and wellness
- Responsible for listening to parent, student, and employee concerns related to health and wellness
- Provides emergency service and first aid for injured or ill student's grades (K-8) in a school setting
- Responsible for updating and maintaining student health records
- Conduct student health screenings as required, needed, and/or requested
- Completes accident reports
- Participates in student's Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) by conducting parent interviews to complete health assessments for initial, annual and three year re-evaluations
Physical Demands:
- Sitting for long periods of time; some extensive walking; light lifting; working on the computer for extended periods of time
Other:
- Comply with district policies, as well as state and federal laws and regulations including special education laws
- Demonstrate professional, ethical, and responsible behavior; serve as a role model for students and other staff
- Maintain confidentiality in all aspects of the job
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Knowledge of child development
- Knowledge of the characteristics of healthy children
- Knowledge of physical and immunization requirements for students in the State of Illinois
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Self-starter/Self-motivated
- Works well independently and on a team
- Culturally competent
- Must meet deadlines
- Good customer service
- Must foster and maintain positive and effective working relationships
- Interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form
- BLS/CPR certified
- IDPH vision and hearing certified
Preferred Qualifications:
- Certification as a School Nurse
- Fluent in Spanish
Education/Certification:
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing and/or Education
- Minimum of three years experience as a Nurse (RN), preferably in a school setting
- Demonstrate working knowledge of current technology and related software applications
Disclaimer:
This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements, or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.
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