Position: School Nurse

Serving Manchester City Schools

POSITION SUMMARY

To promote health and safety in the school environment and provide health services to students, faculty and staff and to assist with the teaching of sound health practices.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Currently hold an active RN license in Tennessee.

QUALIFICATIONS

Demonstrate the ability to:

• Work cooperatively with district administrators, principals, and teachers,

• Maintain confidentiality of information associated with position,

• Communicate effectively in both oral and written format,

• Type at acceptable speed and accuracy levels,

• Stay current in trends and best practices,

• Develop and implement effective staff development activities,

• Reason and make good judgments,

• Present information effectively in verbal and written format,

• Perform the essential functions and requirements of the job, and

• Meet satisfactory health standards.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Review student health histories and develop individual health plans for students with special health needs.

• Write critical care plans for students who may experience a need for emergency care while at school.

• Conduct screening programs including, but not limited to, the following areas: vision, hearing, scoliosis, blood pressure and body mass index.

• Make referrals as needed after review of screening results.

• Counsel students, families and school personnel on risks to health.

• Coordinate health promotion activities that raise awareness and encourage healthy lifestyles.

• Administer medication and/or provide treatments as needed to sustain school attendance for students.

• When applicable, participate in the development of the Individual Education Plan (IEP) for students with health-related problems.

• Provide special nursing services to include: blood glucose monitoring, suctioning, nebulizer treatments, blood pressure monitoring and other procedures necessary to ensure the health needs of students.

• Provide training to staff members to include: cpr, first aid, management of choking, use of automated external defibrillator and exposure control to bloodborne pathogens.

• Promote and assist in the control of communicable disease.

• Provide emergency care in case of sudden illness and administer first aid in case of injury to students or staff.

• Provide training and supervision in proper medication administration. May teach volunteer staff in the emergency administration of epinephrine, glucagon and diastat as prescribed by a physician.

• Monitor immunization records and entrance physicals.

• Act as a resource person to school staff regarding health education and health education materials.

• Coordinate with the Coordinated School Health Coordinator the Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) training in the District.

• Assist the Coordinated School Health Coordinator in tracking the overall utilization and maintenance of AED’s in the District.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs other work duties or responsibilities as assigned by the principal or director of schools.

PHYSICAL ABILITIES

This position requires lifting of objects not to exceed 25 pounds without assistance and the wearing of a safety support belt and frequent lifting and/or carrying objects that weigh 10 pounds or more. Other physical abilities that may be required are:

• Lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling.

• Climbing and/or balancing.

• Stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling.

• Reaching, handling, and/or feeling.

• Talking and/or hearing.

• Seeing.

THE ABOVE STATEMENTS ARE INTENDED TO DESCRIBE THE GENERAL NATURE AND LEVEL OF WORK TO BE PERFORMED BY PERSON(S) ASSIGNED TO THIS POSITION. THEY ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE A COMPLETE LIST OF RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES AND SKILLS REQUIRED OF PERSON(S) SO ASSIGNED.