2023-2024 School Year

SITE: Limestone Technology Academy/Additional site to TBD

REPORTS TO: Building Principals, Director of Special Education

FSLA STATUS: Exempt

CONTRACT DAYS: 180 days, 7 hr.

POSITION TITLE: School Nurse

School Nurse(Possible Student Care Assistant)

Required: RN Certification, Up to date Cert. CPR/First Aid/AED

Pass an OSBI background check

Apply for Oklahoma Teacher Certification if not already certified.

Student Care Duties;

• Oral suctioning (as needed)
• Monitoring seizures
• Positioning placement
• Toileting (as needed)
• Monitoring oxygen levels
• Implement tube feeding
• Disperse medication as instructed
• Maintain documentation (records)
• Maintain punctual/good attendance
• Lift 40 pounds
• Assist with transporting
• Monitoring vitals

Additional duties:

• Provide healthcare to students and staff
• Perform health screenings
• Serve as liaisons between school personnel, family, and community healthcare providers to ensure a healthy school environment
• Review and maintain mandatory records for students/staff
• Other duties as assigned by the administration

Other possible duties as assigned:

• 
  Developing plans for student care based on assessment, interventions, and identification of outcomes, and the evaluation of care
• Serving as consultants with other school professionals, such as food service personnel, physical education teachers, coaches, and counselors
• Providing health-related education to students and staff in both individual and group settings
• Monitoring immunizations, managing communicable diseases, and assessing the school environment to prevent injury and ensure safety
• Overseeing infection control measures
• Actively participating in school safety plans that address school violence, bullying, and emergencies that may occur at school
• Overseeing medication administration, healthcare procedures, and the development of healthcare plans
• Overseeing vision, hearing, body mass index, and mental health screening procedures
• Making decisions related to the delegation of healthcare tasks as directed by state laws and professional practice guidance
• Providing health advice to school educational teams, such as the Committee on Special Education and the Individualized Educational Plan (IEP) team
• Documentation of student immunizations
• Tracking, monitoring, reporting, and documenting quarantines for staff and students

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES:

Basic knowledge of technology principles. General knowledge of computers and related technology devices. Ability to systematically troubleshoot standard computers. Ability to diagnose and resolve basic technical issues. Ability to follow all district policies and procedures. Ability to work independently, displaying initiative and enthusiasm for the tasks being done. Demonstrating strong communication skills, orally and in writing, with faculty, staff, team members, and administrators. Ability to work without supervision, and work as a team player. Demonstrate initiative and flexibility. Ability to document records accurately. Ability to manage confidential information in a manner that respects students, families, and employees. Ability to listen effectively. Strong customer focus; service-oriented attitude. Ability to complete multiple tasks simultaneously.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

Ability to speak clearly in a well-modulated voice with good diction. Ability to read, write, and interpret the English language in a variety of forms. Ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

REASONING ABILITY:

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out written and oral instructions. Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

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 required to talk and hear. The employee will be lifting, bending, and crawling under desks and counters; must be able to lift a minimum of thirty (30) pounds. The employee will be standing and climbing stairs.

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. Typical office environments. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

Sand Springs Public Schools provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws