School Nurse (Full time)-Rebecca Johnson Elementary School

School Nurse

The School Nurse is responsible for direct and indirect nursing care to enhance the wellbeing, academic success, and life-long achievements of students. The School Nurse facilitates positive student responses to normal development, promotes health and safety, intervenes with actual and potential health problems, provides case management services, and actively collaborates with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy, and learning.

Primary Functions Of The Job:

1. Assess and evaluates students' health pertinent family history and home factors, counsel students, parents and school personnel about health problems and issues.
2. Maintain health records, conduct required research, and evaluate school health programs.
3. Coordinate health resources of school, home, community and allied health agencies/hospitals by making necessary arrangements, maintaining records, notifying and counseling students, parents/guardians and health personnel.
4. Develop an individual health care plan as needed and coordinate with the other providers and school personnel. Initiate a plan of care with students and family to best meet individual needs.
5. Provides emergency care for all students and staff on school premises in the event of injury or sudden illness.
6. Administer prescribed and approved medications to students with parent/guardian and physician consent.
7. Perform mandated screenings in vision, hearing, scoliosis, and height and weight as deemed appropriate by state and city departments of public health
8. Documents pertinent information in student records in accordance with Standards of Practice and safeguards documentation utilizing HIPPA and FERPA regulations
9. Conducts home visits to initiate or follow up on the health care needs of students
10. Prepare regular written reports for supervisor, MDPH and other relevant agencies.
11. Notify appropriate individuals, ie parents, staff, physicians of immediate and potential health related concerns.
12. Participates in school health related activities as deemed appropriate for school nurse by principal/supervisor
13. Provide information about health and disease prevention in cooperation with health education programs within Springfield Public Schools
14. Promotes healthy programs in collaboration with coalitions, associations, CDC and Department of Public Health
15. Acts as a resource in health education to students and families and refers to appropriate help agencies when necessary
16. Initiate, promote, maintain and implement programs for the recognition, prevent and control of disease, including giving immunizations.
17. Sport Physical clearance coverage as needed.

Key Responsibilities Of The Job:

1. Responsible for providing the optimum quality of health care to students
2. Participates in direct and indirect nursing care, health maintenance, teaching, counseling, collaborative planning and rehabilitation
3. Promotes student and family education to involve them and significant others within the school system to establish and implement health goals.
4. Conducts self in professional manner as evidenced by appropriate attire, punctuality and indication of strong work ethic.
5. Reports and is administratively accountable to Nursing Administration and to the building principal for provision of health services in the building

Qualifications:

1. Must have a current valid, license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Massachusetts.
2. A minimum of one to two years of child health, community health or other related field. Three years of responsible professional experience in school nursing or a related field preferred.
3. Current certification in cardio-pulmonary resuscitation
4. Must be DOE certified or certifiable by the Department of Education in educator category, Nurse, All Levels. (DOE certification eligibility currently requires a minimum of a BSN)

About Our District:

Springfield Public Schools is a cultural gem in Western Massachusetts that is committed to providing a learning environment that opens the doors of infinite possibilities to our amazing students and staff. We strive to equip each of our approximately 24,000 students with learning experiences that enhance their knowledge and critical thinking skills. We are the 3rd largest district in Massachusetts. Our district has over 44 languages spoken and over 60 countries represented by both students and staff. We foster a positive and professional environment in our schools and worksites where people feel valued, respected, supported, seen and heard. Our students and staff share their ideas and perspectives, learning from and appreciating each other. We are a district that is committed to equity and excellence.

Join a team that empowers educators:

In addition to offering competitive salaries and benefits, we provide numerous cutting-edge professional development opportunities for all staff. We let our data shape the professional development of the district, therefore, it is relevant and actionable. We support our teaching staff with mentors such as instructional leadership specialists and effective educator coaches to work with them throughout the year in lesson planning, data analysis and management. Our district offers career advancement opportunities and is invested in "Grow our Own" and educational pipeline programs. These programs help our staff achieve a college degree or lead to certification pathways.

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