School Nurse

School Nurse

Employer: CALHOUN CITY SCHOOLS

Pay Type: Salary, LPN:
Non-Exempt, RN:
Exempt

Retirement: TRS

Contract Work Year: 10 Months

Division / Department: CCS School Sites

Evaluation Instrument: Non-GaLEADS

Pay

Schedule:

CCS Salary Schedule

Reports to: School Principal, Director of Student Services

Minimum Qualifications: State nursing license required. Registered Nurse (RN) preferred. Clinical experience in the field of nursing required. Emergency assessment and emergency room work experience preferred.

Goal: The goal of this position is to promote optimal emotional, physical, and environmental health for students, parents, and staff.

• Maintains a pattern of prompt and regular attendance.
• Ensures primary workstation and responsibilities are covered at all times during the working day.
• Demonstrates knowledge and proficiency in the use of the computer applications as applicable to job responsibilities.
• Acts in a professional manner and maintains a professional attitude towards the public and colleagues; adheres to cultural diversity guidelines, and exhibits the fundamentals of good public/customer service.
• Complies with school, system, state, and federal regulations and policies, including PSC Code of Ethics and nursing code of ethics as related to job requirements.
• Maintains confidentiality of sensitive information and material; adheres to the chain of command.
• Maintains a professional appearance as appropriate for job responsibilities.
• Maintains and improves knowledge and skills to promote proficiency in the operations of an organized, modern, updated, and efficient office.
• Participates in workshops, classes, or staff development activities and applies what is learned to the job; and accepts new challenges in a professional manner.
• Shows initiative and assumes responsibility for all aspects of job responsibilities; performs routine duties and tasks with little or no supervision.
• Exhibits time on task and a flexible, cooperative, progressive, and hardworking attitude and style.
• Enhances the climate of the building and morale of colleagues.
• Provides school health services including physical examinations, hearning, vision, dental, and nutritional screenings as needed.
• Assumes responsibility for the selection and referral of students in need of medical and/or dental care.
• Reports to parents, school personnel, physicians, clinics, and other agencies on school medical matters.
• Maintains updated cumulative health records of all students in accordance with public health guidelines and state law.
• Attends system-level nurse and student services meetings.
• Assumes authority, in the absence of a physician, for the care of a student, staff member, or visitor who has suffered injury or emergency illness.
• Participates with school staff in developing and implementing the total school health program.
• Advises modifications of the educational program and setting to meet health needs of individual students when necessary during IEP, SST, and/or IEP meetings.
• Advises teachers and staff on health matters, particularly regarding screening for student health defects.
• Assists school personnel in establishing sanitary conditions in schools.
• Maintains security of medications and medical supplies.
• Provides training to school staff, parents, and students regarding health risks and/or needs of students.
• Provides an annual update on universal precautions, epi-pen, AED use, seizures, and diabetes.
• Maintains state licensure for LPN or RN.
• Constant and consistent ability to supervise students is required.
• Ability to be regularly, predictably, and reliably at work.

Job descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position’s role as part of the overall organization. Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform, and they do not limit the right of the employee (supervisor to assign additional tasks or otherwise to modify duties to be performed - even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job.

Every employee has a duty to perform assigned tasks. It should also be noted that the order of duties/responsibilities as listed in the job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties in any order of importance relative to each other. Employee is physically capable of lifting 50 pounds.

In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training, experience, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.

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