Staff Registered Nurse

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Job Title - Registered Nurse - ------------------- - ------------------- - - Job Description - To provide the fullest possible educational opportunity for each district student by minimizing absence due to illness and creating a climate of health and well-being in the district schools. - Qualifications: RN - Duty Days: 226 days - Reports To: Campus Principal / Asst. Supt. of Operations - Job Goal: - Pay Grade: Teacher's Salary Scale - FLSA: Exempt (RN) - Performance Responsibilities: - • Conducts or delegates school health service, including nurse assessments, immunizations, and tests for hearing and vision. - • Assumes responsibility for selection and referral of student in need of medical and dental care. - • Reports to parents, school personnel, physicians, clinics, and other agencies on school medical matters. - • Maintains up-to-date cumulative health records on all students. - • Maintains the nurse's station in an orderly and organized fashion. - • Takes care of sick students who are sent from the classrooms. - • Observes students on a regular basis to detect health needs. - • Is considered 'on-call' throughout the school day. - • Assumes authority, in the absence of a physician, for the care of a student or staff member who has suffered injury or emergency illness. - • Contacts parents of students who need to go home because of health issues. - • Participates with school staff in developing and implementing total school health program. - • Contacts homes of children referred by campus principal. - • Advises on modification of the educational program to meet health needs of individual students. - • Attends IEP meetings when requested. - • Prepares and submits reports for the campus principal. - • Authorizes exclusion and readmission of students in connection with infectious and contagious diseases. - • Advises teachers on health matters, particularly regarding screening for student health defects. - • Assists school personnel and nurses in establishing sanitary conditions in schools. - • Attends committee meetings and conferences regarding health service and health curriculum. - • Participates in in-service training. - • Assists in planning of in-service training for both teachers and parents on health topics. - • Provides orientation to other staff members as required on minor medical issues. - • Develops with assistance of school health committee and administrators a school health program. - • Performs other duties as requested by the campus principal. - Mental Demands/Physical Demands: - * Prolonged sitting; - * Occasional bending/stooping, - * Pushing/pulling, - * and twisting motion: - • Repetitive hand motions, - • Frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; - • Occasional reaching lifting: - • Occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds) - Environmental Factors: - * Frequent districtwide travel; - * Occasional statewide travel - Tools/Equipment Used: - Standard office equipment including personal computer and peripherals - Posture: - Prolonged sitting; occasional bending/stooping, pushing/pulling, and twisting motion: repetitive hand motions, frequent keyboarding and use of mouse; occasional reaching lifting: occasional light lifting and carrying (less than 15 pounds) - Work Environment: - Frequent districtwide travel; occasional statewide travel - Mental Demands:** - Work with frequent interruptions; maintain emotional control under stress