School Nurse (Time Limited/Grant Funded through December 2024)
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Student Services
Johnston County Public Schools
Smithfield, North Carolina
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Job Details
Job Description
LOCATION: Student Services
SALARY: Nurse Salary Scale
TERM OF EMPLOYMENT: 10 Months
QUALIFICATIONS AND ATTRIBUTES:
- Registered Nurse with active, non-restricted NC license.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.
- National School Nurse Certification or the ability to obtain National School Nurse Certification.
- Experience in child health care.
- Experience in working with children with varied/extensive health care problems.
- Knowledge of North Carolina laws and statutes that affect and impact the student population within the Johnston County Public Schools System.
- Knowledge of professional practice in the delivery of school health services.
- Knowledge of school organization and the community it serves.
- Knowledge to assist school personnel in maintaining infection control standards in schools.
- Ability to determine independently if data collected is normal or abnormal based on findings.
- Ability to implement Board policy on exclusion and readmission of students in connection with infectious and contagious diseases.
- Ability to coordinate district school health programs that address the present and future health needs of children.
- Knowledge of childhood diseases and how these diseases affect the student/school population.
- Must be able to impart this knowledge to students, families, and school personnel in a way that is understandable.
- Collect information about the health and developmental status of a student in a systematic and continuous manner.
- Use data collected about the health and developmental status of a student to determine a nursing diagnosis.
- Develop a nursing care plan with specific goals and interventions delineating school nursing actions unique to students’ needs.
- Assist school personnel with interventions as guided by the nursing care plan and to implement nursing actions that promote, maintain, or restore health, prevent illness, and affect rehabilitation.
- Assess student responses to nursing actions in order to revise the data base, nursing diagnosis, and nursing care plan and to determine progress made toward goal achievement.
- Plan and collaborate with other professionals in assuring quality health care to the student population in the district.
- Assist students, families, and school personnel to achieve optimal levels of wellness through health education.
- Assume responsibility for continuing education and professional development and contribute to the professional growth of others.
- Participate with others in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating school health and community services that include primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention.
- Attend school administrative staff meetings upon request and present health information/data/updates.
- While this document is an initial outline of the duties that will be required of this position, the employee’s final job duties are subject to change at any time due to the discretion of the supervisor.
- It is a job requirement of all employees to complete other duties as assigned.
- Must be able to speak before groups of people with poise, voice control and confidence.
- Must be able to physically perform the basic life operational functions of fingering, grasping, kneeling, sitting, walking, stooping, reaching, lifting, pushing, pulling, talking, seeing, hearing, and repetitive motion.
- Must possess a valid NC driver’s license.
- Strong interpersonal relationships with students, staff and parents.
- Ability to communicate effectively in written and oral forms.
- Ability to develop and compile a variety of records and reports.
DISCLAIMERS: The above statements are intended to describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this position. They are not intended to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and skills that may be required of the employees assigned to this position. This description may be revised by the supervisor, with HR review and approval, at any time.
Johnston County Public Schools is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in the employment or promotion of employees on the basis of gender, race, religion, age, national origin or disability.
- Job Category : Student Services > School Nurse
Job Requirements
- No experience required
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