Archway School Nurse
About The Position
The School Nurse provides nursing services to children with special needs during the regular ten-month school year and a special extended school-year program during the summer. The nurse establishes and maintains a comprehensive school health program and participates in developing nursing program goals, plans, and decisions in consultation with school administration and the school physician. The role supervises classroom nursing staff and supports student assessment and delivery of direct nursing care. The School Nurse also assists the principal with health, safety, physical education, family life, and substance-abuse curriculum development, including classroom instruction. The nurse provides appropriate services that help students participate in educational activities, collaborates with health and education professionals to evaluate and manage students’ physical, social, learning, and emotional needs, and participates in home visits and intake interviews to support effective management of health concerns.
Requirements
- New Jersey licensed registered nurse.
- CPR Instruction Certification.
- Bachelor’s degree.
- 1–3 years of pediatric nursing experience.
Nice To Haves
- New Jersey certified school nurse.
Responsibilities
- Supervise nursing procedures in classrooms as prescribed by students’ family physicians, specialists, or the Archway school physician.
- Identify individual students’ medical needs by observing, monitoring, and assessing their responses to treatment and nursing care.
- Work cooperatively with parents and teachers in planning and counseling to ensure continuity of nursing care.
- Collect required medical data through state-mandated health screenings, health appraisals, and physician evaluations.
- Participate, when appropriate, in developing IEP goals and objectives for student nursing care plans.
- Participate in designing medical strategies and nursing techniques when needed.
- Maintain contact with parents, physicians, sending school districts, and child study teams regarding students’ medical needs, physicals, treatment needs, and medical appointment follow-up.
- Monitor medication administration.
- Maintain accurate, complete, and organized health record files.
- Assist the school physician or school psychiatrist as needed.
- Order and maintain medical equipment and supplies for health services, classrooms, and bus transportation.
- Participate in developing and implementing a Health, Safety, and Family Life Curriculum and provide classroom instruction as campus needs and logistics warrant.
- Arrange in-service training for teaching staff and nursing paraprofessionals on identifying students’ physical and medical needs.
- Coordinate nursing care with therapeutic, recreational, and educational activities.
- Participate in Archway child study team meetings and collaborate with child study team professionals to determine effective program implementation.
- Interview prospective students and families and record pertinent health status information as part of intake.
- Attend scheduled staff meetings and participate in scheduled extracurricular events and special projects.
- Initiate or participate in peer review and nursing staff evaluation.
- Inform the School Medical Coordinator of nursing concerns and needs.
- Attend annual Primary Restraint Technique (PRT) training.
- Perform miscellaneous duties as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
