What are the responsibilities and job description for the ESY - Summer - Nurse position at Fall River School District?
The Superintendent of Schools announces the following positions to support students in the Extended School Year (ESY) program this summer.
Special Education Nurse
Extended School Year Program
DATES: 07/07/2025-08/01/2025
HOURS: 8:30 am to 12:30 pm = 4 hours per day
4 days per week Monday thru Thursday
TITLE: ESY Special Education Summer School Nurse
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Must have a current Massachusetts license to practice as a Registered Nurse.
- Hold a minimum of a baccalaureate degree in nursing or School Nurse Certification from the Massachusetts Department of Education.
- A minimum of two years of supervised nursing experience in community health or child health prior to entry into school nursing practice.
- Work toward (and subsequently maintain) certification in school nursing from the Massachusetts Department of Education. .
- Maintains certification in CPR/AED and First Aid from a recognized provider, e.g. American Heart Association.
REPORTS TO: Site Coordinator/Program Director
SKILLS/RESPONSIBILITIES:
Using the nursing process, collaborates with the parent/guardian and student, where appropriate, to develop and implement an individualized health care plan for the student.
- Strong communication skills
- Team player
- Good attendance
- Experience working with Elementary and/or Middle school students
- Collects information about the health and development status of the student, his/her family, and significant others in a systematic and continuous manner, including health and social histories, screening results, physical assessment, emotional status, performance level and health goals, and makes home visits as needed
- Develops a nursing diagnosis and care plan with specific goals and interventions delineating school nursing actions specific to student needs and coordinated with the efforts of other providers and school personnel; implements plans in a manner aimed at improving health and educational status
- Provides medically prescribed interventions including medication administration (based on state regulations) and nursing procedures and provides nursing care to the chronically ill children on a daily basis
- Responds to frequently encountered health issues; providing counseling and crisis intervention when required, e.g., adolescent pregnancy, substance abuse, death of a family member, suicide; responds to child neglect or abuse issues (as required by Massachusetts statute)
- Assesses student response to nursing actions in order to revise the database, nursing diagnoses, and nursing care plan to determine the progress made toward goal achievement; documents pertinent information in student records or confidential nursing notes
- Provides first aid to injured children and staff; provides everyday care of acutely ill children; manages children with communicable diseases
SALARY AND TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Hourly rate in accordance with FRPS Educators’ Association Contract
