Grove Valley School Nurse; LPN

Job Description

Provide assessment, screening, planning, intervention, evaluation, counseling, management and/or referrals concerning the health and medical care needs of students to minimize absences due to illness, maximize educational opportunities, and create a healthy school climate.

To provide assessment, screening, planning, intervention, evaluation, counseling, management and/or referrals concerning the health and medical care needs of students for the purpose of minimizing absences due to illness, maximizing educational opportunities, and creating a healthy school climate.

• Work collaboratively with health care providers, students, parents, school district staff and community agencies to ensure access and continuity of care for students.
• Assist in the establishment and maintenance of a comprehensive school health program.
• Collect information about the health development status of students for compliance with state immunization regulations and Board of Education policies.
• Conduct school programs of immunization, physical examinations, and sight and hearing testing.
• Perform nursing assessment for students who are ill or injured; apply appropriate theory as basis for providing first aid, nursing care, intervention and referrals for those students.
• Evaluate nursing care provided and change plan of care as necessary.
• Implement Board policy with respect to the exclusion and readmission of students in connection with certain infectious and contagious diseases (e.g., Tuberculosis).
• Maintain accurate records and documentation in accordance with state and federal law, and Board of Education policies.
• Develop individual health care plans (ICHP) when needed with specific goals, nursing diagnoses, and interventions delineating school‑nursing actions unique to students’ needs and for incorporation into the student’s individualized educational plan (IEP).
• Intervene as guided by the nursing care plan to implement nursing actions that promote, maintain or restore health, prevent illness and effect rehabilitation.
• Serve as a member of school teams as designated health care professional (e.g., Crisis Teams, PPT, Section 504).
• Provide guidance, counseling and health education to students, parents and employees as necessary.
• Report to parents, school district personnel, physicians, clinics, and others as needed to meet student health needs.
• Provide instruction and training regarding the Heimlich maneuver, blood‑borne pathogen training, the school district’s emergency plan, and care for students, including those with disabilities.
• Contribute to nursing and school health through innovations in theory; practice and participation in research, including narrative and statistical reports.
• Provide medical assessment to school district employees as requested.
• Provide health education to students as requested.
• Notify the appropriate person or agency of student injury/illness in accordance with Board policy as necessary.
• Confere with parents, students and school district staff and professionals to interpret health and developmental assessments.

Perform other related tasks as assigned by supervisors or other administrators.

• Use medical equipment to provide health care to students/staff, including, but not limited to, blood glucose monitor, stethoscopes, thermometers, sphygmomanometers.
• Use personal computers.

• Knowledge of medical terminology, anatomy, symptoms, diagnoses, treatments, first aid, illnesses and injuries, nutrition, and related areas.
• Ability to diagnose and provide care for ill or injured students.
• Ability to convey appropriate medical information to school district staff or medical professionals to ensure proper maintenance in the school setting.
• Ability to perform basic arithmetic operations as needed for the position.
• Ability to understand, apply and use personal computers and software applications (e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, the Internet, Outlook, electronic mail).
• Ability to problem‑solve job‑related issues.
• Ability to work with a diverse group of individuals and students with special needs.
• Ability to follow oral and written…