2017-2018 SCHOOL YEAR
(Posted: 07/01/17)
POSITION: Substitute School Nurse – District Wide
QUALIFICATIONS: Licensed Registered Nurse
Application Submission Procedure – External Candidates
- To ensure full consideration, please complete our online application.
- Applications are accepted only through this process-mailed or emailed application materials will not be considered.
- Upload letter of interest and resume.
- All documents are required-partial or incomplete application materials will not be considered or reviewed; please make sure that all documents are uploaded appropriately.
Application Submission Procedure – Internal Candidates
- To ensure full consideration, please “Sign In” as an employee.
- Click “Staff Website” and then under Quick Links click on “Internal Job Postings,” new applicants will create an internal Profile and click on “Job Listings” and apply for the position.
- If you already have an internal Profile, click on “Job Listings” and apply for position.
DEADLINE: Applications will be screened immediately.
SALARY: $15/hr
JOB DESCRIPTION
JOB TITLE: School Nurse
The school nurse is responsible for carrying out the district's health program, as defined by district policies and the Missouri Department of Health regulations.
REPORTS TO: Principal
EXAMPLE (S) of WORK PERFORMED:
- Applies appropriate nursing theory as the basis for decision making in the school setting.
- Establishes and maintains a comprehensive school health program.
- Collects information about the health and developmental status of the student in a systematic and continuous manner.
- Uses data collected about the health and developmental status of the student to determine a nursing diagnosis.
- Develops nursing care plans with specific goals and interventions, delineating school nursing actions unique to students’ needs.
- Intervenes as guided by the nursing care plan to implement nursing actions that promote, maintain, or restore health, prevent illness and effect rehabilitation.
- Assesses student responses to nursing actions in order to revise the database, nursing diagnosis and nursing care plan and to determine progress made toward goal achievement.
- Collaborates with other professionals in planning to assure quality of health care provided to students.
- Assists student, families and school personnel to achieve optimal levels of wellness through health education.
- Assumes responsibility for continuing education and professional development and contributes to the professional growth of others.
- Participates with others in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating school health and community services that include primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.
- Contributes to nursing and school health through innovations in theory and practice and participation in research.
- Capacity to support other buildings as necessary
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: (*)
(*) When a specific assignment has additional or different ESSENTIAL FUNCTION requirements, the differences will be discussed at the time of assignment.
When a specific assignment has additional or different ESSENTIAL FUNCTION requirements, the differences will be discussed at the time of assignment.
- Professional staff assignment that requires daily attendance to meet students’ needs.
- Requires independent travel to work sites within a building.
- Meets with students and parents outside the instructional day.
- Operates standard medical examination equipment to evaluate student's health.
- Prepares and maintains written reports.
- Discusses individual student health programs with teachers, principals, and parents.
- Provides instruction to other teachers.
- Provides instruction to students.
- Observe students to evaluate health problems.
Physical Demands(Strength)
-Exerts 50 to 100 pounds of force occasionally, and/or
-Exerts 25 to 50 pounds of force frequently, and/or
-Exerts 10 to 20 pounds of force constantly.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, and ABILITIES:
Education Preparation:(Formal and Informal)
- Licensed Registered Nurse
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