School Nurse jobs in Virginia

MIDDLESEX COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS

Position: School Nurse

Job Type: Full-time

Contract: 10-month

FLSA Status: Exempt 

Essential Functions: 

• Ensure compliance with procedures, protocols, and other instructions provided by the coordinator of health services or contained in division manuals and protocols.
• Perform vision, hearing and other health screenings as required.
• Monitor student immunization records for compliance as needed.
• Counsel parents, guardians and students about immediate health concerns.
• Possess basic pharmacological knowledge.
• Educate students and staff on healthy habits and disease prevention
• Ability to train and supervise assistant clinic staff.
• Provide nursing care and physical screening to students; assess students and implement first aid measures for students as needed.
• Assume responsibility for appropriate assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, management, and referral activities for students.
• Implement and record required screening programs; notify parents when further medical evaluation is indicated.
• Establish and update health and immunization records.
• Prepare and maintain student clinic records and prepare required reports.
• Administer daily and PRN (as needed) medications and nursing care procedures prescribed by the student's physician.
• Initiate emergency procedures for students and staff as needed.
• Develop Individual Health Care Plans and contribute nursing assessments to be included into 504 Plans and IEP’s for students on a case-by-case basis.
• Orient the staff and teach specific medical procedures for the evaluation and maintenance of the medically involved student in the classroom.
• Present, train and maintain appropriate standards from OSHA regarding contact with, and possible exposure to blood borne pathogens and other potentially infectious body materials within the school or employment setting.
• Provide health education and anticipatory counseling.
• Follow procedures for suspected cases of child abuse and neglect.
• Act as a liaison between the school, home health department professionals, and other community agencies.
• Coordinate presentations by various agencies and professionals on pertinent health care topics for school staff.
• Maintain clinic equipment and assesses the need for consumable supplies on an annual basis.
• Develop rapport with school staff and division wide staff.
• Perform related work as required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: 

 Ability to use clinic/medical equipment; possess basic pharmacological knowledge; ability to assess emergency situations and act accordingly; comfortable knowledge of universal precaution and the ability to teach this to others; good oral and written communication skills; basic computer skills; willing attitude to be a part of the school team; strong sense of professionalism; other skills and requirements expected by the nursing coordinator and the school administrators include management and organizational ability, common sense, motivation, positive attitude; and the ability/willingness to participate in ongoing professional and staff development, both independently and through system-offered opportunities.

Special Requirements: 

Possession of a valid driver’s license.

Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position.

Education and Experience: 

 Graduate from an accredited nursing program required, Bachelor of Nursing Degree preferred. Must be licensed as a registered nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia and in good standing with the Virginia Board of Nursing. A minimum of one to three years nursing experience and experience in community health, pediatrics, emergency care and triage, psychiatry, and/or a physician's office preferred. Active Basic Life Support BLS CPR/AED for Healthcare Providers certification with hands-on training required. A comparable amount of training and experience may be substituted for the minimum qualifications.

Physical Requirements: 

This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 50 pounds of force; work regularly requires standing, speaking or hearing and using hands to finger, handle or feel, frequently requires walking. Occasionally requires sitting and repetitive motions; work requires close vision, distance vision, depth perception and peripheral vision; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or to make fine distinctions in sound; work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data and observing general surroundings and activities; work occasionally requires exposure to blood borne pathogens and may be required to wear specialized personal protective equipment; work has no exposure to environmental conditions; work is generally in a moderately noisy location (e.g. business office, playground, classroom, light traffic).

Supervision Exercised: Building Principal