26-27 Nurse
About The Position
The Nurse strengthens and facilitates the educational process by improving and protecting the health of students and staff, identifying health-related barriers to learning and teaching, and helping remove or modify those barriers. The position promotes students’ optimal health, provides health assessments and referrals, develops and implements health plans, and maintains and interprets cumulative health records. The Nurse participates as a health specialist on educational evaluation teams developing IEP and 504 plans, provides crisis intervention for acute injury, illness, and emotional disturbances, and supports health instruction and staff wellness. The Nurse coordinates school and community health activities; serves as a liaison among the school, home, and community; contributes to district health policies, goals, and objectives; supervises delegation of nursing tasks; and provides guidance and counseling about health problems. The position also prepares reports for the superintendent and Missouri State Department of Health, manages student exclusion and readmission under applicable infectious-disease and immunization requirements, participates in in-service training, and demonstrates autonomy in decision-making and practice. Salary and work schedule are established by the Board.
Requirements
- Current Missouri nursing license.
- CPR and First Aid certification, including AED.
Responsibilities
- Promote and protect the optimal health status of students.
- Provide health assessments by obtaining health histories, observing students, screening for deficiencies such as hearing, vision, growth, and dental concerns, and making referrals as needed.
- Develop and implement health plans.
- Maintain, evaluate, and interpret cumulative health records.
- Participate as the health specialist on educational evaluation teams developing IEP and 504 plans.
- Develop procedures and provide crisis intervention for acute injury, illness, and emotional disturbances.
- Serve as a resource for classroom teachers and administrators in health instruction and participate on the health curriculum committee.
- Coordinate school and community health activities and serve as a liaison between the school, home, and community.
- Provide leadership and/or support for staff wellness.
- Assist in forming health policies, goals, and objectives for the school district.
- Supervise the delegation of nursing tasks to other staff members.
- Provide guidance and counseling related to health problems.
- Prepare and submit reports for the superintendent and the Missouri State Department of Health.
- Authorize student exclusion and readmission in accordance with Board policy on infectious and contagious diseases and applicable Missouri immunization requirements.
- Participate in in-service training programs.
- Demonstrate autonomy in decision-making and practice.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Education Level
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