POSITION TITLE: Nurse I & II

Dates: May 31, 2024 - June 28, 2024 *No School June 19

PLEASE NOTE: Summer School start and end dates could change if there are additional snow days.

Location and schedule to be determined based upon Summer School Enrollment.

REPORTS TO: Summer School administrator and Director of Health Services

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Days and hours worked to be determined based on student enrollment.

Essential Job Functions:
1. Complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA).
2. Helps identify and monitor children with health problems and/or special needs.
3. Serves as a liaison between home and school in all health matters.
4. Serves as a consultant to school personnel, families, and children regarding the health needs of the students, the faculty, and the school.
5. Reviews students’ health records with district and building personnel as needed.
6. Plans for and assists in the screening and re-screening of students and to interpret any significant findings.
7. Serves as a resource to district health room supervisors and other school staff.
8. Ensures that the medical, first aid, and other related needs of each student are met in a timely and uniform manner.
9. Works collaboratively with the building administrator(s) and the district Director of Health Services.
10. Supports the district’s Wellness Policy.

OTHER JOB FUNCTIONS:

1. Assesses the health status of students and ensure they have appropriate IHP’s and EAP’s with collaboration from parents, students, teachers, and physicians.
2. Coordinates the health program within the assigned school.
3. Conducts health screenings (hearing, vision, scoliosis, health assessments) and provide for follow-up.
4. Audits immunization status of all students in compliance with the Missouri Division of Health, and notifies parents of deficiencies and how to comply with immunization requirements.
5. Follows mandated reporting procedures regarding child abuse and neglect.
6. Provides emergency care for students and staff.
7. Maintains current health records of all students on the computer and completes appropriate submission of state reports to the district and the Nurse Liaison.
8. Complies with the procedures for submitting staff injury and student accident reports.
9. Complies with the policies of the district and state laws relative to the administration of medicine to students.
10. Complies with the districts’ policy regarding the reporting of communicable diseases to the local health departments.
11. Notifies parents regarding their student’s illness or injury, informing parents of action taken, and seeking further instructions from parents.
12. Attends workshops and in-service for continued professional growth.
13. Attends health services department meetings.
14. Works directly with building principal / staff in the use of human growth and development media.
15. Promotes a positive working relationship between school and community health resources.
16. Assists in identification and accommodations for students with specific health problems or disabilities.
17. Assists in the determination and ordering of equipment and materials required to carry out the school health program.