What are the responsibilities and job description for the School Nurse position at District Office?
Norwood Public School
Department: Health
Job Description: School nurse
Job Family: Certified
Supervisor: Superintendent
Supervisory Responsibility: N/A
Employment Status: Exempt/Salary
Primary Objective: The school nurse provides healthcare services to students, promoting their physical, emotional, and social well-being. The nurse works to ensure a safe and healthy school environment, responds to health emergencies, and collaborates with parents, teachers, and healthcare professionals. The school nurse will help manage the day to day care of students. Care includes, but is not limited to, basic daily triage of students, ensuring medication is administered to students as needed, the management of students with higher medical needs, the ability to quickly assess a situation and determine the best course of action. The nurse should have the ability to work independently.
Required Qualifications:
- Licensed Registered Nurse (RN)
- Eligible or Obtained CDE Special Service Provider License with the School Nurse Endorsement
- First Aid, CPR certified
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Provide direct care to students, including those with chronic conditions and disabilities that require care during the school day.
- Oversee all health services within the school, including immunization surveillance and health screenings.
- Identify vision, hearing, and other health issues in students that could create a barrier to learning.
- Provide Illness and injury assessments and interventions
- Serve as a liaison among the school and parent, doctors, case managers, teachers, and other stakeholders in child health.
- Infectious disease prevention.
- Train and delegate to school staff for emergency response.
- Support school wellness plan.
- Contribute to health policies, programs, and curriculum within the school system.
- Develop health-related aspects of special education and emergency response plans.
- Other duties as assigned.
Working Conditions:
Physical Activities:* Stand, Walk, Sit, Reach, Good Hand, Arm and Finger Dexterity, , Talk, Hear, Stoop, Kneel, Bend, Crouch or Crawl, Typing, Face-to-Face interactions, and Light Computer Usage.
Weight and Force Demands:* Up to 25 pounds
Noise Exposure Level:* Moderate
Temperature Level:
Mental Functions:* Compare, Analyze, Communicate, Copy, Coordinate, Instruct, Compute, Synthesize, Evaluate, Interpersonal Skills, Compile, Negotiate
* These are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
