School Nurse Substitute
About The Position
This position involves providing school health services across various locations within the school district. The School Nurse Substitute will assess and evaluate students' health status, provide primary and emergency healthcare, administer medication, and offer health-related education and guidance. The role also includes identifying students with special health needs affecting learning, interpreting these needs to school personnel, maintaining electronic health records, assisting with screening programs, confirming student eligibility for sports, and aiding in the prevention and control of communicable diseases. The nurse will participate in modifying school programs for students with disabilities and medical conditions, develop various health care plans, and may serve on the Child Protection Team. Maintaining continuing education requirements is also a part of the role.
Requirements
- Current registration to practice professional nursing in Massachusetts
- CPR with AED certified by AHA or ARC
- Experience and commitment to working in a racially and culturally diverse teaching and learning community.
Responsibilities
- Accepts varying location assignments to support health services throughout school district
- Assesses and evaluates students’ health status
- Provides primary and emergency health care
- Administers medication in accordance with school policy and procedures
- Provides relevant teaching, counseling, and guidance to assist students and parents in assuming responsibility for appropriate health care
- Identifies students with special health care needs which affect learning
- Interprets student health needs to teachers and other school personnel
- Enters medical date into electronic health records on all students
- Assists screening programs for vision, hearing, growth and SBIRT, to include follow-up retests
- Confirms student eligibility for sports
- Assists in the prevention and control of communicable diseases
- Participates in the modification of the school program to meet the needs of children with disabilities and medical conditions
- Develops Individual Health Care Plans, Anaphylaxis Emergency Care Plans, Asthma Health Care Plans, and 504 plans as needed
- May serve on Child Protection Team and acts as an advocate and consultant for children suspected of being abused or neglected
- Maintains continuing education requirements for recertification by BORN
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Mid Level
