SCHOOL NURSE

Elizabeth Board Of Education

Elizabeth, New Jersey

Job Description

Title: Registered Nurse

Qualifications:

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) License
• Effective communication skills.
• Valid Providers Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation certification from the American Heart Association or equivalent from the American Red Cross
• Required criminal history background check and proof of S. citizenship or legal resident alien status.

Job Goal:

To promote health and safety in the school environment and provide health services to students, faculty and staff.

Reports to: Supervisor of Nursing Services

Performance Responsibilities:

• Works cooperatively with a certified school nurse to ensure a healthy school climate and to minimize absence due to illness.
• Provides special health care and related services to meet the needs of students with disabilities.
• Administers prescribed medication to students in accordance with law and board policy.
• Promotes healthy/safe school environment by assisting the administration and staff to maintain safe and sanitary conditions throughout the school.
• Reports problems promptly to the principal.
• Provides emergency care in case of sudden illness and administers first-aid in case of injury to students or staff according to established policies and procedures.
• Conducts health screenings as required by law and/or board policies.
• Maintains student health records, as required by law and/or board policies;
• Assesses and recommends to the school principal the exclusion of students who show evidence of communicable disease, or who have not submitted acceptable evidence of immunizations, pursuant to law and/or board policy;
• Provides appropriate response to DNR orders;
• Maintains a valid, current Providers Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation certification from the American Heart Association or the equivalent from the American Red Cross;
• Performs other related duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor of Nursing Services and/or building administrator.

Terms of Employment: 10 months; non-tenurable

Evaluated by the Supervisor of Nursing Services and the building Principal consistent with collective negotiations agreement.

Compensation and benefits as established by the collective negotiations agreement.

Date Approved: October 19, 2006

Rev'd.: November 16, 2006

2006-23