School Nurse Substitute

School Nurse

Job Description: Nurse

Retirement: Teacher Retirement System of Georgia

Terms of Employment: Annual school year calendar Salary and work year to be established by the board of education

Evaluation: Performance of this job will be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board's policy on evaluations of personnel.

Qualifications: R.N. or L.P.N. License

Reports To: Principal

Job Goal: To provide limited, immediate short term care to students with an injury or illness until parents or designated persons can be notified and assume responsibility for the sick or injured student, maintain health records and emergency information on students in the school. All nursing actions will be in accordance with the scope and practice of the Georgia Board of Nursing and Gilmer County Board of Education policies.

Performance Responsibilities:

• Maintain medical supplies in the clinic.
• Keep a clean and orderly clinic.
• Keep accurate, updated health information on students school wide targeting students with special health needs including but not limited to medical procedures and chronic illnesses.
• Assist in collecting information for and the development of individual Health Care Plans or Section 504 plans for students with medical needs.
• Trains staff members on the implementation of Health Care Plans or Section 504 Plans for students in their care.
• Assist in identifying needs for health education opportunities.
• Dispense medication in accordance with guidelines.
• Assess situations and render care to students
• Maintain the dignity, privacy and confidentiality of students.
• Keep a daily log of all clinic visits, medications dispensed, and actions taken.
• Follow school policy about contacting parents and releasing students.
• Report communicable diseases to principal.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Consult with administrator about the specific actions to be taken in the event of a health care emergency.
• Conduct vision, hearing, and scoliosis screenings.
• Observe Universal precautions and train staff members in proper Universal Precaution procedures.
• Properly dispose of biohazardous materials, sharp items, and unused medications according to the standards set forth in the Occupational Safety and Health Organization (O.S.H.A.).
• Participate in training programs to increase skills and proficiency related to the assignment.
• Review current developments, literature, and technical source information related to the job responsibilities.
• Ensure adherence to good safety procedures.
• Follow federal and state laws as well as Board policies.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Important Notes:

Essential Duties Job Descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position's role as part of the overall organization. Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform, and they do not limit the right of the employer/supervisor to assign additional tasks or otherwise modify duties to be performed even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job. Every employee has a duty to perform all assigned tasks. (An employee who is assigned a duty or task believed to be unlawful should report the assignment to the Assistant Superintendent.) It should also be noted the order of performance responsibilities as listed in the job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties in any order of importance relative to each other.

Minimum Requirements In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credential regarding education, training, experience, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in this job description may be interpreted only as the minimum criteria existing at the time the description was developed. Other bona fide occupational qualifications and criteria may be utilized as needed in the selection process.