PRN: Special Education School Nurse-RN Job Austin area,Texas USA,Nursing

Position: PRN:
Special Education School Nurse-RN

Location: Austin, TX

Job : 456

# of Openings: 1

Job Title: PRN:
Special Education School Nurse (RN)

Job-Type: PRN-As needed

Contract Days: As Needed

Reports to: Assistant Campus Operations Manager

Hourly Rate: $53 per hour

Location: REAL Learning Academy Elementary School

ABOUT WAYSIDE SCHOOLS

Wayside Schools is an open-enrollment, tuition-free Pre-K3-12th grade public charter school network that provides over 2,000 scholars across its four South Austin campuses with a rigorous International Baccalaureate education. Since 2012, Wayside Schools has striven to empower historically underserved scholars, providing them with the instructional experiences, academic skills, intellectual habits, and social and emotional competencies needed to become graduates from four-year colleges and universities, providing them with the access and opportunities they need to narrate their own futures and positively impact and empower the families and communities to which they belong.

JOB

GOAL

The Campus Nurse (RN) will assist the campus with health services in accordance with the scope and practice defined by the Texas Board of Nursing (BON) and Wayside Schools policies and federal/state law/regulations and mandates. The Campus Nurse will provide appropriate and timely direct health services to students and promote preventive health practices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor’s Degree
At least one year of related experience
Valid RN license issued by the Texas Board of Nurses (TBON)
Maintains certification in BLS for Healthcare Providers
Maintains state certifications for vision, hearing, spinal, and acanthosis nigricans screening
Understands and complies with HIPAA and FERPA regulations
CPR certified

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Apply the nursing process when determining the physical and mental health status of students within the scope of practice defined by the BON.

2. Contribute to the education of students with special needs or chronic health conditions by reporting pertinent data to necessary stakeholders and assisting in the identification of problems, formulation of goals/outcomes, and development of student-centered health plans. Focused assessment of student needs. Professional and timely communication of data obtained during the focused assessment. Provides safe, focused nursing care to students with predictable health care needs within the scope and practice defined by the BON.

Professional and timely communication of changes in student response to therapeutic interventions and expected outcomes.

3. Utilize clinical reasoning and follow policies and procedures when providing direct care to students, ensuring standards of nursing practice are always met.

4. Professionally document clinical activity and maintain a daily log of the nurse’s office visits and activities.

5. Utilize professional written, verbal, and nonverbal communication skills when communicating with students, staff, and parents.

6. Assist as part of the student’s education team, within the scope of practice outlined by the BON, by working with campus/district staff, parents, caregivers, medical providers and the student to meet the health, developmental, and educational needs of students.

7. Assist within the scope of practice outlined by the BON, in partnering with community health systems to provide services for students. Be informed of community health resources available to students and families. Continue to be up-to-date with referral and qualification requirements for community health resources.

8. Maintain confidentiality of student health information as dictated by HIPAA policy.

9. Assist with implementing, monitoring, and promoting a safe and healthy environment, within the scope of practice outlined by…