Greenwood School District 50
Position Description
POSITION TITLE: SCHOOL NURSE
Department: Special Services
Reports To: Director of Special Services
Prepared by: Date:
Approved by: Date:
SUMMARY:
The goal of a school health program is to help each child achieve
and maintain an optimal health condition so that maximal physical, emotional
and intellectual growth can occur.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND
RESPONSIBILITIES: Other duties may be assigned.
Screening
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Assesses
and evaluates the health and developmental status of students through
appropriate screening techniques.
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Directs
initial screening programs in schools served and provides secondary screening
prior to referral.
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Assumes
responsibility for selection and referral of students identified by the
screening process as needing medical or other care.
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Compiles
information including observations, appropriate medical records, and screening
results. Interprets the data to
students, their families, and school personnel.
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Monitors
pupil immunizations as required by law.
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Screens for
vision, dental, hearing, blood pressure, growth, and scoliosis.
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Performs
other routine screening procedures.
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Performs
health appraisal for students served by Public Law 94-142.
Records:
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Maintains
health records and uses the information accumulated to initiate preventive,
remedial, or rehabilitative action.
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Maintains
and records screening date on cumulative health record.
Follow-up/Counseling/Referral:
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Participates
in health counseling, both planned and unplanned, with individuals and groups
to assist the students in improving their health status and to promote
self-care, decision-making and wellness behavior.
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Interprets nursing
assessments and medical evaluations to students, their families and school
personnel.
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Performs
follow-up nursing care on children with identified health needs.
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Makes
appropriate community and health care referrals when needed.
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Participates
in staffing for student placement when requested.
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Provides
feedback to schools of screening program conducted.
Education:
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Incorporates
health teaching in all activities performed.
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Provides
teachers with up-to-date, accurate resource materials for classroom instruction
when requested.
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Assists
parents to learn about health problems and aspects of parental responsibility
for the health care and maintenance of their children.
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Assists
with orientation, training, and supervision for new health personnel.
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Serves as
health consultant by providing relevant health instruction, counseling, and
guidance to students, school personnel, parents, and others on subjects such as
first aid and emergency care procedures, CPR training, and specific health
problems for in-service programs or school parent programs.
Health
Room/Emergency Care:
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Plans,
organizes and coordinates a method of providing first aid and emergency care
for each school.
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Assumes
responsibility for maintenance for the health room, to include ordering
supplies and equipment.
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Administers
first aid, care and comfort to ill or injured students as stipulated by written
school health policies and procedures, when available.
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Maintains
daily log of all children seen for health related problems. Encourages the school to maintain a daily
log of all children reported to health room.
Community Services:
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Assists in
identifying and reporting suspected child abuse and neglect.
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Makes home
visits as appropriate and necessary.
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Serves as
liaison between the school, the home, private physicians, health and social
agencies, and other community resources to assure appropriate utilization of
all available resources for student health needs.
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Maintains
up-to-date and accurate records for program service delivery by documenting
student records, attendance reports and S.C. State Department End of Year
report.
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Maintains
on-going program assessment and evaluation through feedback from school and
community, participation in employee evaluations, and informing the school and
community of program progress and changes.
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Seeks and
participates in professional development to enhance continual professional
growth through on-going staff development meetings and attending
meetings/training relative to job role.
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Supports
the school district's total Student Services program to provide for on-going
program maintenance and networking.
SUPERVISORY
RESPONSIBILITIES:
None
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job
successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty
satisfactorily. The requirements listed
below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities
to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION
and/or EXPERIENCE:
Current license to practice as a nurse in South
Carolina. Graduate of an accredited program offering a baccalaureate degree in
nursing, or a graduate of an accredited diploma School of Nursing or an
accredited program offering an associate degree in nursing and one to two years
nursing experience. Must be able to effectively deal with the public and staff
both in person and on the phone.
LANGUAGE
SKILLS:
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret
scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability
to write speeches and articles for publication that conform to prescribed style
and format. Ability to respond to
common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies or members
of the business community.
MATHEMATICAL
SKILLS:
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such
as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plain and solid
geometry and trigonometry.
REASONING
ABILITY:
Ability to define problems, collect data,
establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
OTHER
SKILLS and ABILITIES:
Ability to develop effective working
relationships with staff and the school community. Ability to communicate
clearly and concisely. Ability to
perform duties with awareness of all district requirements and the Board of
Education policies.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here 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.
While performing
the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to walk, stand,
stoop/kneel and talk or hear. The
employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must be able to reach with
hands and arms. The employee must
occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities
required by this job include close vision and color vision. While performing
the duties of this job, the employee is often required to drive. The employee
frequently communicates through speech.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics
described here are representative of those an employee encounters while
performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.
The employee is at
risk of exposure to infection. The employee is continuously interacting with
the public, students and staff.
The
information contained in this job description is for compliance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act (A.D.A.) and is not an exhaustive list of the
duties performed for this position.
Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding
this position and additional duties may be assigned.