School Nurse

School Nurse

Location:

Galvin Middle School

Qualifications:

• Current R.N. license from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Board of Registration in Nursing required
• BSN from an accredited School of Nursing required
• DESE certification

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Health assessment; medical treatment and health counseling of students
• Medication administration; development, implementation and ongoing evaluation of individualized medication administration care plans and individualized health care plans
• Collaboration with other health care providers and school personnel regarding the health of students; providing emergency care to any individual in the case of injury or sudden illness
• Organize and implement state-mandated programs such as immunization surveillance and screening programs (vision, hearing, postural, etc.)
• Maintaining comprehensive school health records; prevention and control of communicable diseases within the schools
• Staffing immunization clinics and other public health-related duties
• Maintain current information in a comprehensive school health records for each student based on nursing assessment and medical information, using web-based program
• Provides training to staff members, including, but not necessarily limited to Epi-Pen training, universal health precautions, basic first aid, etc.
• Adheres to various regulations related to confidentiality of information

Salary:
Unit A salary scale

Position Type:
Full-Time

Salary: $63,302 to $119,318 Per Year