BWSD School Nurse

Job Description:

Nurse

187 Day Employee

• Holds MS credentials as a registered nurse and holds an unrestricted license
• Certified in CPR.
• Demonstrated success in performing job duties.

School Principal

• Provides preventive health services to facilitate the student's optimal physical, mental, emotional and social growth and development.
• Supports the education process by working to assure the health of the students.
• Provides health assessments.
• Obtains a health history.
• Screens and evaluates findings of deficit in vision, hearing, scoliosis, growth, etc. For students failing the vision testing and/or hearing testing, a follow-up testing is conducted. For students failing the second vision and/or hearing, the nurse will send a letter to the parents recommending that the student be examined by an ophthalmologist and/or audiologist.
• Conducts vision and/or hearing, upon parent or teacher request, on any student who is suspected of having visual or hearing problems or students being referred for gifted screening.
• Conducts vision and hearing screening on students having academic difficulties to determine if a hearing and/or vision loss is the cause of the academic difficulties prior to instructional intervention.
• Observes children for development and health patterns in making nursing assessments.
• Develops and implements student health plans.
• Interprets the health status of students to parents and school personnel.
• Initiates referral to parents, school personnel or community health resources for intervention, remediation and follow through.
• Provides ongoing health counseling with students, parents, school personnel, or health agencies.
• Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students.
• Maintains, evaluates, and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students.
• Plans and implements school health management protocols including action plans for students with chronic health problems.
• Develops procedures and provides for emergency nursing management for injuries/illnesses.
• Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases.
• Serves as a resource person to the school staff members in health instruction.
• Coordinates school and community health activities and serves as a liaison health professional between the home, school and community.
• Provides consultation in the formation of health policies, goals and objectives for the school district.
• Where applicable, participates in the IEP plan development.
• Performs such other duties as may be assigned by the Principal and as mandated by the MS Department of Education.
• Conducts professional development activities related to medical needs of students.
• Plans and implements procedures/policies for assistance with medication administration.
• Collaborates with physical education instructors/coaches to support healthy physical education programs.
• Collaborates with food service employees to support healthy nutrition programs.
• Collaborates with staff to implement activities to promote health and prevention of tobacco, alcohol and substance use/abuse.
• Acts as a resource person in promoting health careers to students.
• Collaborates with guidance staff/administration to promote dropout prevention.
• Identifies health and safety concerns in the school environment, promoting a safe environment.
• Collects and reports clinical data as appropriate for MDE, MSDH, or various grant administrators as appropriate.
• Will coordinate vision and hearing screening for all kindergarten and fourth grades in the school district. For those students failing the vision testing and/or hearing testing, a follow-up testing is conducted. For those students failing the second vision and/or hearing, the nurse will send a letter to the parents recommending that the student be examined by an ophthalmologist and/or audiologist.
• Will conduct vision and/or hearing, upon
  -teacher request, on any student who is suspected of having visual or hearing problems or students being referred for gifted screening.
• Administers medication in accordance with BWSD Board Policy.

Performance in this position shall be evaluated regularly and informally by the school principal.