Substitute Nurse

Substitute School Nurse

Substitute School Nurse (certified, nontenurable, per diem, as needed basis)

Qualifications:

• New Jersey Department of Education School Nurse Standard Certification
• Current Nursing License from the State of New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs

Reports To: Principal

Duties:

• Provide critical care services to medically fragile students as assigned
• Provide specialized and specific health care pursuant to student's individual health care plan or individualized education program as determined by a physician's or advanced practice nurse's care orders
• Administer medication as required
• Complete and maintain documentation of first-aid and administration of medication as required
• Assist with personal hygiene tasks for assigned student(s)
• Maintain effective communication with medical, nursing, and district personnel
• Provide nursing care consistent with school nurse certificate
• Monitor health status of student(s) at offsite locations and in the school building
• Assist the school bus driver in securing assistive apparatus, such as wheelchairs and harnesses on the vehicle
• Assist medically fragile students in exiting and entering the vehicle
• Accompany medically fragile students to and from the vehicle and on offsite excursions as required
• Perform other assigned tasks as required by administration

Mine Hill Township School District