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School Nurse
The School Nurse is responsible for managing a health services program at the school site for the assessment, evaluation, maintenance, and improvement of the health of students.
The School Nurse:

• Administers basic health care and First Aid for the purpose of providing appropriate care for ill, medically fragile and/or injured children.
• Performs health screenings, informs parents of identified problems and makes appropriate recommendations for interventions.
• Works with families, health care providers, and other school personnel to verify students meet mandatory state immunization requirements for school attendance. Collaborates with the building administrator to ensure that mandatory state immunization requirements are enforced.
• Administers and/or facilitates administration of medication taken at school per district policy.
• Develops, implements, and/or utilizes individualized health care plans developed by a licensed healthcare provider for students with special health care needs in collaboration with students, their families, staff, licensed healthcare providers, and other agencies as appropriate.
• Maintains health and first aid supplies.
• Provides communicable disease surveillance in schools. Consults on health/safety issues in schools and promotes infection control.
• Assists in the instruction of students and staff on health-related standards, including topics such as hygiene, disease prevention, and overall wellness.
• Participates on health-related committees and teams as appropriate and as requested.
• Maintains school health records.
• Works closely with students who are identified as having a health-related disability by providing direct nursing services, monitoring progress with respect to health conditions, and consulting with students, teachers, parents, and other licensed healthcare providers.
• Follows the policies and procedures of the school and the District.
• providing accurate data and reports when needed; caring for the equipment and materials; knowledge of physiological, psychological, emotional, and educational behavioral development of children and/or adolescents; and ability to help groups achieve consensus.

Bachelor's Degree; current license to practice as a registered nurse in Wyoming.
Prior experience working as a registered nurse is preferred.
Albany County School District #1 encourages persons with disabilities who are interested in employment for this position and need reasonable accommodation of those disabilities to contact the Chief Human Resources Officer for further information.
view a computer screen for prolonged periods.
Hearing: (which may be corrected) to answer telephones and tolerate exposure to noisy conditions.
to speak with a level of proficiency and volume to be understood over a telephone.
Environmental Requirements: encounter constant work interruptions; work indoors and outdoors.
Mental Requirements: read, write, understand, interpret, and apply information at a moderately complex level essential for successful job performance; Additional Work Conditions and Physical Abilities: May require travel to multiple sites.