School RN

Waveny LifeCare Network•Wilton, CT

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The School RN will adhere to the Standards of School Nursing Practice as established by the National Association of School Nurses (NASN). This role represents the Agency in a professional manner, utilizing a distinct clinical knowledge base for decision-making in nursing practice. The primary goal is to promote and maintain optimal levels of student health. The position requires effective communication skills, the ability to assess and evaluate student health status, and to collaborate in identifying students with special needs. The RN will develop and implement individualized health care plans, provide emergency care and crisis intervention, and offer health education and counseling to students, parents, and school personnel. The role also involves participating in school teams as a health resource, implementing health screenings, and maintaining cumulative health records, including immunization records. Adherence to mandatory documentation and reporting, HIPAA requirements, and administration of prescribed medications are essential. The RN will implement communicable disease control measures, act as a resource on health issues, and provide comprehensive nursing assessments and interventions for student and staff health. Active participation in community education and maintaining statistics on health trends are also expected. The role includes attending agency staff meetings, participating in departmental committees, and responsible delegation and supervision of School Health Office personnel, including annual evaluations of Health Assistants. For staff providing care to the pre-school population, responsibilities include health supervision/community education, teaching staff proper techniques and precautions, serving as a nurse consultant to preschools/day care centers, fulfilling State mandated health requirements, screening ill children, providing continuing health education, conferencing with directors, providing required immunizations to staff, and providing CPR and First Aid certification.

Requirements

Registered Professional Nurse licensed in the State of Connecticut
Minimum of 2 years current nursing experience in Pediatrics, School Health or Emergency Department required.
Current certification in CPR/AED
Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task are required
Strong child/young adult assessment skills and knowledge of developmental milestones

Nice To Haves

Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing or related field, preferred
Computer literacy preferred

Responsibilities

Adheres to Standards of School Nursing Practice as established by the National Association of School Nurses (NASN)
Represents the Agency in a professional manner
Utilizes a distinct clinical knowledge base for decision making in nursing practice
Promotes and maintains optimal levels of student health
Uses effective written, verbal and non-verbal communication skills
Assesses and evaluates the student's health status by obtaining data through interview, screening procedures, observation, physical assessment and a review of records before formulating a nursing diagnosis
Collaborates in the identification of students with special needs
Develops and implements individualized health care plans for students in need
Provides emergency care as needed/develops procedures and provides for crisis intervention for acute illness, injury and emotional disturbances
Provides health education for students, parents, and school personnel
Counsels students, parents, and school personnel, as needed
Participates in school teams as the health resource, when indicated.
Implements health screening in accordance with State regulations and Board of Education policies
Maintains cumulative health records on all students, including immunization records with data entry into SNAP or other designated system
Adheres to mandatory documentation and reports as required by State regulations
Shares information with other Agency personnel and other members of the health care team while maintaining all HIPAA requirements
Administers and records prescribed medications in accordance with Connecticut General Statutes 10-212a
Implements the control of communicable disease within the school environment and seeks appropriate guidance from the School District Team Leader, School Medical Advisor, and the Director of Health as appropriate
Acts as a resource on health issues and health curriculum
Provides comprehensive nursing assessments and interventions for student & staff health
Actively participates in community education via presentation of in-service programs, lecture series, etc.
Maintains appropriate statistics identifying health trends and problems - reporting the same to the School District Team Leader and Building Principal when appropriate
Attends Agency staff meetings and participates in appropriate departmental committees
Responsible for the appropriate delegation and supervision of responsibilities of VNHFC School Health Office personnel
Conducts annual evaluation of Health Assistant, when applicable
Provides health supervision/community education (for pre-school population)
Teaches staff proper techniques and precautions (for pre-school population)
Serves as nurse consultant to contracting preschools/day care centers (for pre-school population)
Fulfill all State mandated health requirements for preschool, inclusive of review of health records, immunization, site check, etc. (for pre-school population)
Screen all ill children during on-site visit (for pre-school population)
Provide continuing health education to children, staff, and parents (for pre-school population)
Conference with Preschool/Day Care Director regarding pertinent issues and update on new State and Federal Government regulations (for pre-school population)
Provide required immunization to staff (for pre-school population)
Provide CPR and First Aid certification to preschool and day care staff on annual basis (for pre-school population)
Implement educational programs appropriate for day care and preschool population (for pre-school population)