School Nurse-RN/LPN (Banneker Elementary)

School Nurse RN

The school nurse strengthens and facilitates the educational process by identifying and assisting in alleviating or minimizing the effects of health-related barriers to learning in individual students and by promoting an acceptable level of wellness for students and staff. The RN helps provide for appropriate assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, management and/or referral activities, serves as the direct link between physicians, families and community agencies to promote access and continuity of health care for students, provides relevant instruction, counseling and guidance to students, parents, staff and others concerning healthrelated issues; upholds professional standards, the Missouri Nursing Practice Act and other state and local statues and regulations applicable to school nursing practice; and adheres to district policies.

Essential duties and responsibilities include the following.

1. Provides nursing care including medical procedures as prescribed, and education to students, staff, and families as needed to promote optimal health and learning and documents all actions as required.
2. Conducts normal growth and development screening to identify existing problems and provides referrals and follow up.
3. Obtains and records a comprehensive immunization history.
4. Assumes responsibility for compiling immunization report for compliance with state statutes.
5. Executes comprehensive nursing care plans with specific goals and objectives.
6. Reports health deviation findings to family.
7. Assesses severity of injuries and performs appropriate first aid procedures effectively and efficiently.
8. Documents the essential information regarding illness and injury.
9. Collaborates with other health care providers and agencies outside the school system to ensure continuity of care.
10. Other duties as assigned.

Supervisory responsibilities: None

Required qualifications:

• Licensed in the State of Missouri (or compact state) as an RN.
• Current CPR/First Aid/AED certified.
• Computer skills in Word, Excel and Outlook as well as general knowledge of computers.

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.

This job requires that the employee be able to: sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, lift objects of at least forty pounds, and kneel on the floor to perform medical procedures. Must be able to walk a minimum of two flights of stairs. Assist in the lifting of students, in an emergency situation. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and ability to adjust focus.

Terms of employment:

Length of work year: 10 months

Benefits: Health and Dental Insurance are provided.

KCPS Defined Benefit Pension plan mandatory 9% contribution is required from employee and matched by KCPS; Voluntary retirement savings plans are also available.

Kansas City, MO School District