School Nurse Responsibilities:

• Protecting and maintain student’s health by providing professional nursing services in accordance with Nursing Standards and NYS Licensing.
• Providing NY State-mandated and annual screening programs including vision, hearing, height, weight and scoliosis.
• Facilitating NY State-mandated immunization and communicable disease control requirements.
• Identifying and assessing students’ health needs, implementing services, and evaluating plans of care which impact student learning and achievement or safety.
• Participating as members of the school’s multi-disciplinary team, interpreting medical data and writing objectives for the health component of the IEP and/or 504 plan.
• Acting as liaison between home and school, and community providers for medical issues, including visiting students at home.
• Identifying and reporting school building safety or environmental issues which impact student or staff health to the building administrator.
• Documenting health services provided in accordance with the NYS Nurse Practice Act.
• Maintaining current pertinent health data for each student by periodic review and documentation on the individual student electronic and paper health records.
• Completing student and staff insurance/accident reports.
• Initiating and documenting health surveillance programs as needed and recording, compiling and reporting aggregate student health information as required by NYS Department of Health.

Registered Nurse Job Requirements:

• Nursing Degree
• Registered Nurse in New York
• Valid NYS License

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Contract

Pay: $55.00 - $70.00 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Physical setting:

• Children's hospital
• Hospital
• School

Schedule:

• Day shift

Experience:

• RN: 1 year (Required)
• School nurse: 1 year (Required)

License/Certification:

• BLS Certification (Required)
• LPN (Preferred)
• RN (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Queens, NY 11432 (Required)

Work Location: In person