Substitute School Nurse: Ivy Academy

Salary :

$25 - 25 monthly

Company : Ivy Academy

Job Type : Full Time

Soddy Daisy Tennessee United States

Number of Applicants

000+

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Job Description - Substitute School Nurse: Ivy Academy

Requirements: active LPN, RN, or BSN Tennessee License

Acts in a professional, respectful, and welcoming manner at all times.

Creates a customer-focused climate and provides quality services and support to school and other stakeholders.

Complies with applicable district, state, and federal codes, laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies and procedures.

Enhances the education process by maximizing the health and well-being of school-aged children and adolescents, with focus on prevention of illness/disability and early detection/correction of health problems.

Provides direction, guidance, training and assistance to employees; troubleshoots and works to resolve problem situations; responds to employee problems/concerns.

Dispenses approved and/or prescribed medications appropriately to students. Maintains appropriate medical records regarding all dispensation of medication.

Develops and implements protocols and procedures for responding to student illness and injuries, including special intervention for occurrences of acute illness, severe injury, emotional disturbance, and communicable diseases: recommends modification of school programs to meet the health needs of the general and special populations; and assists in the continual evaluation of program effectiveness.

Ensures compliance with established school health guidelines, safety and infection control procedures, and all other applicable laws, rules, regulations, standards, practices, policies and procedures; initiates any actions necessary to correct deviations or violations; follows safety procedures, utilizes safety equipment, and monitors work environment to ensure safety of students, employees, and other individuals.

Provides routine and emergency medical care to students within the prescribed boundaries of training, certification, and applicable policies and procedures.
Promotes and protects the optimal health status of students; works with well children and children with acute chronic illnesses, injuries, handicapping conditions, and developmental disabilities. Works with students to promote wellness.

Observes students for developmental and health patterns during routine assessments and provides an initial diagnosis; identifies adverse health findings; interprets the health status of students to parents and school personnel; initiates referrals to parents, school personnel, and community health resources for intervention, remediation, and follow-through.

Assists in the control of communicable diseases through audits of immunization records, early detection, surveillance, reporting of contagious diseases to appropriate persons/agencies, and proper disinfection.

Coordinates referrals to outside health services.

Participates directly and indirectly in health education for improvement of health by teaching persons to become more assertive health consumers and assume greater responsibility for their own health.

Provides ongoing health counseling to students, parents, and school personnel; maintains, evaluates, and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students; participates in home visits to assess the family's needs as related to the child's health; provides direct health education and health counseling to assist students and families in making decisions on health and life styles that affect health.

Provides instruction or recommendations regarding OSHA, CPR, and other health-related needs.

Monitors inventory of department equipment and supplies; ensures availability of adequate materials to conduct work activities.

Participates as health team specialist on the Assessment Team and/or IEP-Team for students with health disabilities.

Supervises clinical observations/experience for nursing students.

Communicates with supervisor, employees, other departments, school officials, school faculty/staff, students, parents, physicians, pharmacists, other medical/nursing professionals, social service agency personnel, health department personnel, community organizations, vendors, the public, state/federal agencies, outside organizations, and other individuals as needed to coordinate work activities, review status of work, exchange information, or resolve problems.

Maintains current license as a RN after employment. Note: Failure to maintain the required District and State credentials may result in disciplinary action, up to and including termination of employment with HCDE.

Communicates through the proper channels to keep supervisor and other appropriate personnel informed of impending problems or events of unusual nature.

Follows established procedures for ensuring assigned areas are safe.

Works collaboratively with school staff, students, parents, and other stakeholders.

Attends work and arrives to work on time.

Maintains confidentiality.

Operates a computer and other school office equipment to enter, retrieve, review or modify data.

Operates a variety of equipment and instruments associated with school health work activities.

May operate a motor vehicle to travel to various schools.

Performs general/clerical tasks, which may include answering telephone calls, typing documents, making copies, sending/receiving faxes, filing documentation, or processing incoming/outgoing mail.

Performs other duties as assigned.

Please Note: We are required by TN Law to run a full background check. Your fingerprints will be submitted to TBI and FBI. Please make sure to indicate if you have ever been convicted, pled guilty, or pled nolo contendere to a criminal offense. The disclosure of a conviction does not automatically preclude you from employment with Ivy Academy. However, falsification of your application may result in an offer of employment being withdrawn and/or preclude you from employment. Furthermore, knowingly falsifying information required by TCA 49-5-406(a)(1) constitutes a Class A misdemeanor which must be reported to the District Attorney General for prosecution.

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