Substitute Building Nurse

Substitute Building Nurse

School Nurses promote the physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being of students and staff. The school nurse is directly responsible for the Health Services in assigned buildings while maintaining a high level of ethics and confidentiality. All aspects of this job should be performed in accordance with both the district/state board of education policies and procedures and state law regarding nurse practice.

Essential Functions:

• Ensures medication authorization/physician orders are complete.
• Maintains safe procedures for administration, storage, and documentation of medication prescribed by the physician.
• Provides specialized procedures as ordered by a physician.
• Keep individual medication records for each student- current and discontinued.
• Correctly packages field trip medications.
• Reports all accidents and injuries to the building administrator and District Nurse.
• Documents all student contacts in Skyward.
• Maintains a user-friendly and organized health services office.
• Maintains confidential communication with appropriate staff, students, and families.
• Manages and makes recommendations for community medical/dental services.
• Follows-up on referrals for health problems.
• Communicates with parents regarding students' health status.
• Assesses individual students' health and safety needs and assists in the development and implementation of plans to meet those needs at school.
• Determines the epidemiological impact of students' contagious illnesses and acts to prevent the spread of communicable diseases in the school setting.
• Monitors the effectiveness of medication and communicates medication-related concerns to parents/guardians and prescribing physicians.
• Provides staff with up-to-date information about students' health care needs on an as need to know basis.
• Makes appropriate assessments and referrals for suspected abuse/neglect as a mandated reporter.
• Maintains emergency medical kits for Diabetic and Anaphylactic students.
• Initiates contact with and acts as a liaison between the home, school, community health agencies, and the private medical sector to enhance the health and wellness of the school community.
• Perform any other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the District Nurse or Designee.

Qualifications:

• Current RN Illinois Nursing License
• Health Care Provider CPR/AED certified
• Prior professional nursing experience in a pediatric, adolescent, or community environment preferred

Terms of Employment:

• School year position
• A daily minimum of 2 hours or a maximum of 7 hours on an as needed basis
• Rate $32.00 per hour
• Information can be found on the Human Resources webpage.

Start Date: TBD

Note: This is not a position within the collective bargaining unit and is not an administrative position. This is a non-exempt position. An Equal Opportunity Employer.

Revised: November 2023