Temporary School Nurse

Position Title: Temporary School Nurse

Payroll/Personnel Type: Temporary/Hourly

Reports to: Director of Nursing

Union Eligibility: Not Eligible

Performs duties to provide and promote healthcare for students, staff, contractors, and volunteers of Saint Louis Public Schools (SLPS). Our goal is to maximize learning through a comprehensive school health program and provide direct care as an independent healthcare professional in the school setting. SLPS School nurse also assist in healthcare emergencies and crises that may occur in their assigned building.

Nurses work within Student Support Services and under the general direction of the Director of Health Services, Medical Director, and the guidelines and recommendations of DESE and the St. Louis City Health Department.

• Assess student's/staff's condition in the event of a medical emergency or acute onset illness or injury, follow the established nursing process to assist in the provision of care or determining appropriate medical personnel.
• Assist in the development and implementation of IEP, 504, and required service
• Conduct training and educational workshops for students, parents, and staff on health education and promotional topics
• Conduct regular inspections of the school environment for health and safety concerns
• Provide case management services to families
• Network with other school personnel and health care professionals when appropriate
• Consult with governmental agencies to enhance health and safety practices and activities in the school setting
• Maintain electronic medical student records for every student enrolled in assigned school
• Counsel and educate students and families on the importance and necessity of follow-up treatments, disease prevention, and related health problems
• Counsel staff members regarding personal, physical, and mental health problems
• Develop student health care plans, as needed
• Establish goals, evaluate progress, and assist in the development and delivery of student health care plans for medically fragile students
• Participate in establishing a nursing policy to address medical emergencies
• Maintain knowledge and fully comply with state, local, and school district laws, regulations, policies and procedures
• Cooperate with school personnel in identifying and meeting social, emotional, and physical needs of students
• Participate as an active member of the Student Support Services Team with the school counselor and school social worker
• Submit reports as requested by the Manager of the Office of Health Services, Medical Director, and Executive Director of Student Support Services
• Submit reports as required by governmental agencies
• Attend workshops, in-services, and staff meetings scheduled by the Office of Health Services
• Annually earn a minimum of 25 professional development or continuing education hours
• Performs all other duties as assigned
• Performance of this job will be evaluated annually by provisions of the school district’s policy on Evaluation of Personnel

• Previous school nurse experience preferred, but not required
• Ability to provide professional registered nursing care in a school setting
• Ability to utilize a variety of reference, descriptive, and advisory data and information such as patient records, lab reports, immunization records, service directories, nurse’s handbooks, procedure manuals, and non-routine correspondence
• Ability to perform mid-level data analysis including the ability to audit, deduce, assess, conclude, and appraise the health status of students
• Ability to apply principles of influence systems such as leading, teaching, directing, planning, coordinating, and controlling
• Ability to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to problem resolution
• Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, and/or subjective criteria, as opposed to criteria that are measurable or verifiable
• Ability to lift, carry, push, and pull objects and materials of moderate weight, 12 to 20 pounds, such as transporting…