Nurse (District Wide)

SUMMARY: To protect and promote student health and safety through evidence-based practice, provision of care coordination, and case management to advance academic success.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Identify and assess the needs of the students with chronic health conditions.
• With parental input, create and implement individualized health and emergency action plans for identified students to promote student health and safety.
• Participate in IEP/504 meetings and mandatory professional development.
• Act as liaison between physician/parent and school.
• Participate in Medicaid Billing.
• Conduct health screenings and referrals.
• Conduct immunization surveillance and compliance activities.
• Complete state reports.
• Maintains documentation detailing nursing assessment, care given, disposition.
• Maintains medication record. 
• Completes incident reports. 
• Contributes to health record maintenance.
• Conduct staff training regarding health topics related to student needs on campus. Maintain records of training.
• Reports presence of communicable diseases on campus to administrator and the department of health. Distributes educational materials to staff regarding communicable disease. Provides parent notification materials to administrator.
• Provide health office training for health assistants and other staff as assigned.
• Provide students with individualized health instruction to improve self-management knowledge and skill of student’s health condition. Assist student to accept and adjust to their health problems.
• Assists families to identify and use community resources.
• Audit compliance with immunization requirements.
• Audit compliance with health screening requirements.
• Audit medication administration practices.
• Audit health file maintenance.
• Reports potential health and safety hazards to the principal.
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• RN Registered Nursing Certification, BSN preferred.
• One-year previous hospital experience, preferred.
• Bilingual, preferred.

LICENSING/CERTIFICATIONS:

• Possess and maintain an Arizona (or compact state) nursing license in good standing.
• Current certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• Obtain and maintain a valid Arizona Identity Verified (IVP) Fingerprint Clearance Card (AZ IVP FPCC).

COMPUTER SKILLS:

• Competency in computer literacy, Word and Excel. 

KNOWLEDGE OF:

• Standard practices and methods of the nursing process.
• Standard practices, methods and materials of assigned work.
• Reading and interpreting general documents such as employee handbooks and safety/training manuals.
• Business math concepts.
• Filing and record-keeping principles.
• Occupational hazards and applicable safety principles and practices.
• Uses and properties of supplies and equipment.
• Applicable federal, state and local laws, codes, and regulations.
• Customer service principles.
• Specialized equipment relevant to area of assignment.
• Modern office technology.

SKILL IN:

• Organizing tasks and meeting deadlines.
• Following directions and meeting standards.
• Providing attention to detail in assignments.
• Proofreading and error correction.
• Business math computations.
• Organizing and maintaining records and files.
• Maintaining and updating data and documentation.
• Comprehending reference books and manuals.
• Composing and maintaining basic original documents including reports, education materials, and correspondence.
• Operating assigned tools and equipment.
• Interpreting and applying applicable laws, codes, regulations and standards.
• Providing customer service.
• Utilizing a computer and relevant software applications.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisors, the general public and others to sufficiently exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

ADA AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS: 

• Positions in this class typically require: balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions. 

Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Working Conditions: 

Work is routinely performed in an indoor, office environment. 

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed by this position.  Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned. 

The Dysart Unified School District is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Civil Rights Act Title VII of 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990. Dysart Unified School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability or age in employment or in any of its educational programs or in the provisions of benefits and services to students.

Salary : $42,807