School Nurse - Substitute

SCHOOL NURSE - SUBSTITUTE

Craven County Schools CENTRAL SERVICES - New Bern, North Carolina Open in Google Maps

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Job Details Job : 5739521
Final date to receive applications: Posted until filled
Re-Posted: Yesterday

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

CRAVEN COUNTY SCHOOLS

Substitute School Nurse
Job Description

Position:
School Nurse

Reports to:

Lead Nurse, Principal
Terms of Employment: 10 month
Pay Grade:
Pay Range:
Starting at $20.39 per hour for non-certified nurse, $38,500 -$57,200 for NBCSN certification, prorated for position's hours
FLSA Status:
Exempt and Non-exempt

• Job title and Classification
• The substitute school nurse is employed by Craven County Schools.
• The school health program is based within the Student Support Services Division.
• The substitute school nurse serves one to two schools, depending on acuity and district needs.
• Positions vary from 35 to 37.5 hours per week.
• Primary Purpose
• The substitute school nurse is responsible for planning, implementing, coordinating and evaluating school health services within the context of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model.
• The substitute school nurse serves in the roles of program manager/ coordinator, case manager/direct care provider, collaborator/advocate, educator and counselor for Craven County Schools in assigned schools.
• The substitute school nurse reports directly to the Lead Nurse.

III.
Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

The complex role of the school nurse demands, but is not limited to, an

understanding and knowledge of:

• Community, including community as a system and aggregates as clients
• Pediatric/Adolescent Nursing
• Public Health/ Community Health Nursing
• Health counseling, mental health and crisis intervention
• Communicable Disease
• Applicable laws, regulations and standards pertaining to school nursing practice

(NC Nurse Practice Act, Standards of School Nursing Practice and the Ten Components of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child Model)

• School Health law
• Special education legislation and services
• Case finding, case management and health advocacy
• Program management, including personnel supervision
• Family theory, assessment and intervention
• Leadership, networking and collaboration
• Ethnic and cultural sensitivity and competence
• Contemporary health and psychosocial issues that influence children, families and the community
• Health care delivery systems and the concept of the primary health care home.
• Various electronic applications such as Power School, Google Docs, Word, Excel
• Building student, staff and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy and learning
• School as a Public Health care setting
• School as a non-traditional health care setting
• Development, management and evaluation of school health programs
• Environmental health within the school community

Skills related to this important role include the ability to:

• Plan, coordinate and supervise the work of others
• Deal tactfully with others and exercise good judgment in appraising situations
• Make independent and timely nursing decisions and accurately triage
• Maintain effective working relationships with students, parents, faculty and staff
• Collect data to direct evidence-based practice
• Record accurately services rendered and interpret and explain records, reports, activities, health care plans, accommodations and medical interventions
• Utilize various electronic and hard copy documentation systems for entering information at the time of service to the student.
• Identify health related barriers to learning (i.e., at risk behaviors, financial, cultural, economical, etc.)
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability in practice settings to meet student, school and community needs.
• Duties,…