Substitute Nurse- Founders Classical Academy of Leander

Substitute Nurse - Founders Classical Academy of Leander Responsive Education Solutions 058 - Founders Classical Academy of Leander, TX Job ID: 4894001 Application Deadline: Posted until filled Posted: Dec 05, 2024 12:00 AM (UTC) Starting Date: Immediately Job Description Position Summary: Provides preventative health services to facilitate the student’s optimal physical, mental, emotional and social growth and development. Identifies problems and disabilities and provides such services as case finding, health education, referring and care to help prevent serious health problems. Qualifications Education/Certification: Qualified to practice as a licensed or registered nurse in the State of Texas and holds an unrestricted license. Certified in CPR or BLS (or obtain within the first 6 months). Experience: Minimum of one (1) year experience in public health nursing, community health nursing, school health nursing or pediatric nursing. Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs): Knowledge of principles and practices underlying the special field of school health. Knowledge of current trends in nursing and of literature in the fields of school health. Knowledge of organization and administration of other cooperating agencies. Knowledge of state and local laws relating to health and social issues. Ability to participate cooperatively in a program of school health nursing. Ability to exercise professional judgment in making decisions. Ability to communicate appropriately and effectively with students, parents, administrators, other school personnel. Demonstrate a genuine interest in the student population and its health needs. Responsibilities and Duties Promotes and protects the optimal health status of school-age children. Provides health assessments, obtains a health history, screens and evaluates findings of deficits in vision, hearing, scoliosis, growth, etc. Observes the child for development and health patterns in making nursing assessments. Identifies abnormal health findings. Develops and implements a student health plan. Interprets the health status of students to parents and school personnel. Initiates referral to parents, school personnel or community health resources for intervention, remediation and follow through. Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students. Provides ongoing health counseling with students, parents, school personnel or health agencies. Maintains, evaluates and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students. Plans and implements school health management protocols. Participates in home visits to assess family needs as related to the child’s health. Develops procedures and provides for emergency nursing management of injuries/illnesses. Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases. Provides health education and anticipatory guidance. Provides direct health education, and health counseling to assist students and families in making decisions on health and lifestyles that affect health. Participates in health education directly and indirectly for the improvement of health by teaching people to become more assertive health consumers and to assume greater responsibility for their own health. Counsels with students concerning problems such as pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and substance abuse to facilitate responsible decision-making practices. Serves as a resource person to the school staff members in health instruction. Coordinates school and community health activities and serves as a liaison health professional between the home, school and community. Acts as a resource person in promoting health careers. Engages in research and evaluation of school health services to act as a change agent for school health programs and school nursing practices. Provides consultation in the formation of health policies, goals and objectives for the school district. Where applicable, participates in the IEP plan development. Travel as required. Equipment Used: All equipment required to perform job duties and tasks previously described. Physical / Environmental Factors: The physical demands 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. Responsive Education Solutions considers applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, marital status, veteran or military status, disability, or any other legally protected status. ResponsiveEd is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Salary: $100.00 per day Position Type: Substitute Equal Opportunity Employer ResponsiveEd is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, military status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Additionally, ResponsiveEd prohibits retaliation against any employee who makes a claim alleging to have experienced discrimination, or any employee who, in good faith, makes a report, serves as a witness, or otherwise participates in an investigation. Job Requirements Citizenship, residency or work visa required. Contact Information Steven Collins 1301 Waters Ridge Drive Lewisville, Texas 75057 Phone: View phone number on click.appcast.io Email: View email address on click.appcast.io #J-18808-Ljbffr 058 - Founders Classical Academy of Leander, TX