Candy's Creek Cherokee Elementary School Nurse (for 26-27)
Cleveland City Schools•Cleveland, TN
•Onsite
About The Position
The School Nurse at Candy's Creek Cherokee Elementary School will monitor the medical needs of students, administer medications, and develop health care plans for students with health problems. This role involves developing health care plans for students with chronic health problems and accommodation requirements, as well as administering and coordinating screenings such as vision and hearing. The nurse will also provide support for staff and students in the health and wellness curriculum.
Requirements
- Current, valid LPN or RN certification
- Ability to communicate effectively with students, school personnel and parents
- Ability to maintain a cooperative, harmonious relationship within the school setting which fosters recognition and respect for every individual
- Ability to "catch on" or understand instructions and underlying principles and ability to reason and make judgments
- Ability to understand meanings of words and the ideas associated with them
- Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately
- Ability to understand and interpret information which may be presented in the form of graphs, charts, or tables
Responsibilities
- Ensures compliance with procedures, protocols, and other instructions provided by the District or Supervisor of Coordinated School Health
- Maintains the school-based health clinic and telemedicine
- Administers first aid and care to ill or injured students and staff as stipulated by District policies and procedures
- Documents nursing interventions on computer software
- Provides reports as required by Coordinated School Health
- Maintains up-to-date cumulative health records on all students and records data on PowerSchool
- Identifies students with chronic illnesses, conditions which could result in emergency care and those students who will self-administer and self-monitor medications and/or procedures while at school
- Prepares Individual Health Care Plans on those students with chronic illness or that require self-administration and self-monitoring of medications and/or procedures while at school
- Assumes responsibility for monitoring student immunizations as required by law
- Assumes responsibility for ensuring completion of student and staff injury reports
- Assumes responsibility for completion of faculty/staff workers’ comp documentation
- Performs vision and hearing screening as needed with appropriate follow-up
- Administers medication to students according to District policies and guidelines
- Keeps principal informed of any health-related issues in the school community
- Orders supplies for the clinic through the Coordinated School Health Office
- Attends nursing in-service programs
- Maintains capability of securing EMS support via 911
- Assumes responsibility for professional growth
- Performs any other duties as may be assigned by the principal and/or nursing supervisor
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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