What are the responsibilities and job description for the NURSE position at Hoosac Valley High School?
School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that is accountable for the well-being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students. To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaption, self- management, self-advocacy and learning.
Assures proper assessment and care for student visitors for all emergent, urgent, and non-urgent injury and sudden illness situations, to include administration of medications and medically prescribed interventions and treatments per orders from health care providers.
Collaborates with students, families, and staff to write Individual Health, Medication, and Emergency Care Plans, and contribute to other plans (504, IEP) as needed.
Manage medical records with accurate and precise record keeping.
Organizes and implements all state mandated programs, such as immunization surveillance/compliance and school health screenings.
Reviews and coordinates medical needs for all field trips/fieldwork as needed.
Assesses, provides basic treatment, and referral as requested for staff and visitors, to include providing and/or completing staff injury/incident report forms.
Complete records and reports for local, regional, and statewide needs as required.
Establish and manage a comprehensive school health program consistent with the Massachusetts guidelines, regulations and statutes.
Along with the administrative team, responsible for monitoring and responding to infectious illness outbreaks in the community.
Collaborates with school personnel in establishing and maintaining sanitary conditions in the school buildings.
Provides directions and assistance to substitute school nurses.
Other duties as required.
