ELEVATE​/ACE; Accelerating Campus Excellence) School Nurse

School Nurse

Reports to:

Director II Health Services and/or Specialist Nurse

Pay Grade: 204
Duty Days: 212
FLSA Status:
Exempt

Fort Worth ISDs ELEVATE and Accelerating Campus Excellence (ACE) schools are driving rapid change where it matters most. We place top-tier teachers and leaders in campuses ready for transformation; schools that are rising from historically low performance to become thriving centers of learning.

ELEVATE and ACE educators extend learning time, deliver high-impact instruction, and receive intensive support to accelerate student success. With opportunities for all, excellence, and urgency at the core, ELEVATE and ACE schools offer a bold opportunity to make a lasting difference.

Provides for the promotion and maintenance of health as well as the prevention of illness and injuries. Facilitates the removal of health-related barriers to learning and promoting an optimal level of wellness for students and staff.

• Develops and implements Individualized Healthcare Plans (IHPs); evaluates outcomes of skilled and direct nursing care and procedures for students, including those who are medically fragile, to ensure safe integration of the student into the school environment.
• Provides direct care using professional assessment skills, the nursing process, IHPs, and established school health protocols; provides health counseling and instruction to individual students.
• Assesses student problems, communicates with parents regarding individual students, and ensures appropriate referrals and follow up as needed; serves as a liaison between school personnel, the family, healthcare professionals, and the community.
• Notifies parents of accidents or illnesses
• Secures and/or provides emergency medical care for students, staff, or visitors as needed.
• Serves as a health advocate for students and a health resource for staff
• Ensures that medications and specialized health care procedures (e.g., catheterizations, tracheostomy care, diabetic care, and g-button feeding when ordered by the students health care provider according to District policy and procedures) are administered to students according to District policy and procedures.
• Establishes and implements effective procedures for carrying out mandatory screening programs.
• Follows State, Local, and District guidelines and procedures for mitigating communicable diseases.
• Offers home visits to help with student health problems as necessary.
• Educates faculty and staff as needed on health-related topics.
• Provides health education to individuals and groups including contributing to campus communications to parents and the local community regarding health issues.
• Collaborates closely with campus principal and other staff to ensure a healthy school environment; works to meet the health needs of the general school population and those students with identified health conditions.
• Participates in Admission, Review, and Dismissal Committee (ARD), Section 504, and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) meetings of students with identified health needs and develops IHPs
• Works with District personnel regarding implementation of Individualized Education Program (IEP), Section 504 plans, Student Support Plans (SSP)
• Advises campus administration in crisis or emergency situations;
  Appropriately notifies Health Services of crisis or emergency situations.
• Participates in assessment and reporting of suspected child abuse.

• Works with Director of Health Services and Nurse Specialists to develop and coordinate continuing evaluation of campus health program and makes changes based on findings; develops and recommends campus policies and procedures to promote the health and wellness of students, staff, and visitors.
• Compiles, maintains, and files all reports, records, and other documents required, including clinic records and confidential student health records (e.g., nursing services in Student Information System [SIS], electronic medical record, immunization records, medication administration records, individual student treatment records, and IHPs).
• Maintains inventory of medical equipment and requests supplies from Health Services as needed
• Complies with policies established by federal and state laws, Texas Department of State Health Services rule, State Board of Education rule, and board policy; follows all District and campus routines and regulations.
• Reports potential health and safety hazards to principal and Health Services.
• Functions in accordance…