Substitute Nurse

TITLE: Substitute School Nurse

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Hold a Nursing Certification.
• Ability to work with students, parents, and the community.
• Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

REPORTS TO: Building Principal, Superintendent JOB GOAL: To provide the fullest possible educational opportunity for each district student by minimizing absence due to illness and creating a climate of health and well-being in the district schools in the absence of the school nurse.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assumes the responsibility for selection and referral of students in need of medical and dental care.
• Reports to parents, school personnel, physicians (physician of record / nurse of record), clinics, and other agencies on school medical matters.
• Maintains up-to-date cumulative health records on all students.
• Assumes authority, in the absence of a physician, for the care of a student or a staff member who has suffered injury or emergency illness.
• Assists in the pre-entry screening of elementary students.
• Assists school personnel in establishing sanitary conditions in schools.
• Assists the building office personnel in clerical duties as time permits when assistance is needed.
• Responsible for administering medications as prescribed by professional medical doctors.
• Responsible for administering injections only when an emergency exists; and, the patient cannot administer the injection themselves.
• Notify emergency medical technicians regarding any individual who experiences severe pain as a result of an accident or illness which could be considered life threatening or detrimental to one’s health in any way.
• Report any and all injuries to the immediate supervisor, filling out the appropriate forms.
• Report any and all hazardous situations/areas which are considered to be unsafe to the immediate supervisor, filling out necessary forms.
• Conform to all rules and regulations of the school and comply with all federal, state, and local laws relating directly or indirectly to the employee’s duties.\
• Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as the Building Principal, Superintendent may assign from time to time.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Pay Rate: $16.25-$18.11/Hourly