OPS REGISTERED NURSE - 64857250
About The Position
Join Team Duval. At DOH-Duval, we work every day to protect, promote, and improve the health of our community. Join a team that values innovation, collaboration, and public service. Our programs are recognized across Florida for their impact and effectiveness, and we are looking for dedicated professionals who want to make a real difference. If you are passionate about creating healthier communities, your future starts here. This is a Registered Nurse position who serves in the Comprehensive, Basic, and Full-Service School Nursing Programs providing public health nursing services within the Duval County Public School System under the supervision of a Registered Nurse Supervisor and/or Registered Nurse Consultant. The responsibilities will include analysis of the total health care of students with chronic illnesses/disorders and/or communicable diseases and provides care and treatment of students in a school clinic. Provides training programs to staff, school personnel and students and assists in orientation programs.
Requirements
- Actively seeks opportunities to help people.
- Being aware of others’ reactions and understanding why they react the way they do.
- Listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriate.
- Talking to others to effectively convey information.
- Communicating effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience.
- Ability to interview clients and obtain medical history.
- Enters, transcribes, records, stores, or maintains information.
- Managing one’s own time and the time of others. Weighing the relative cost and benefits of a potential action.
- Identifying the nature of problems.
- Adjusting actions in relation to others’ actions.
- Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.
- Using the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.
- Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer satisfaction evaluation techniques.
- Knowledge of medical terminology/techniques
- Computer skills in Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint and similar
- Valid Florida Registered Nurse license
- One year of nursing experience
- Valid Driver’s License
- Willing to physically come into the office daily and perform field work
Nice To Haves
- Prior nursing experience in pediatrics or school health
Responsibilities
- Provide assessment of health needs of students through screening procedures, analysis of records, and assessment of students referred by school personnel.
- Initiates nursing care plans on all students identified with a chronic disease or disorder. Provides direct care to identified students through assessment, referrals, health counseling, and follow-up.
- Assess the home environment through home visits for the purpose of promoting understanding of a health problem or behavior if needed.
- Encourages immunization compliance of all students.
- Assists school staff in meeting the requirements according to Florida School Health Act.
- Gathers records and reports statistical data relating to health concerns and nursing services.
- Provides assistance to the Adolescent Mobile Health Van within the Full-Service Schools, Basic and Comprehensive School Nursing Program.
- Assists in administrating the School Health Services Program as mandated by the School Health Service Act, 381.0056, F.S.
- Responsible for instruction and training of school personnel, Health Support Technicians and students concerning health matters. Assists in planning programs to achieve these goals.
- Assists in the orientation and training of new team members.
- Supports and educates the Department of Health goals and objectives.
- Participates in goal orientated focus groups to improve School Health Services.
- Attends all required or assigned staff meetings, in-services or training programs.
- Provides consultation and educational health information regarding health issues.
- Provides and or assists with classroom health education programs as invited or arranged.
- Travel in order to perform duties as described. Attend and participate with in-service education programs for the purpose of keeping abreast of current health knowledge. Performs other related work duties as required. Employees are expected to complete timesheets, EARs/DARs, and all mandatory training both accurately and within the required timeframe.
Benefits
- State of Florida 401(a) FICA Alternative Plan (mandatory)
- Participation in state group insurance (upon meeting eligibility requirements. Consult with People First and/or the serving HR office)
- Workers’ Compensation (mandatory, if needed)
- Reemployment Assistance (Unemployment Compensation) (mandatory, if needed)
- Deferred Compensation (voluntary)
- Employee Assistance Program (voluntary)
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Mid Level
