What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director of School Health Services position at Alexandria City Public Schools?
Job Description
The Director of School Health Services leads, guides, strengthens and facilitates the education process by developing and supporting programs to address and remove health-related barriers to learning; Ensures optimal standards of care based on national standards of nursing practice in the school health program; Provides leadership to the school health program as it relates to coordination of schools and community health services. This Licensed-Administrative 240 day, 12-month position reports to the Chief of Student Services and Equity, in the Department of Student Services and Equity.
Qualifications
The Director of School Health Services leads, guides, strengthens and facilitates the education process by developing and supporting programs to address and remove health-related barriers to learning; Ensures optimal standards of care based on national standards of nursing practice in the school health program; Provides leadership to the school health program as it relates to coordination of schools and community health services. This Licensed-Administrative 240 day, 12-month position reports to the Chief of Student Services and Equity, in the Department of Student Services and Equity.
Qualifications
- Education: A Bachelor’s degree in nursing is required; A Master’s or Doctoral degree in Nursing, Education, Public Health, or related field preferred.
- Certificates and Licenses: A Current license to practice as a registered nurse in the state of Virginia. Current CPR certification.
- Experience: Minimum three years of experience in nursing with increasing levels of leadership responsibility, is required. Experience in personnel management and program administration preferred.
- Directs the development, coordination and evaluation of division-wide school health services for students.
- Leads the hiring, professional learning and supervision of the school health services staff.
- Provides summative and observational evaluations of school nurses to ensure high-quality services and optimum use of knowledge and skills.
- Plans and develops procedures in collaboration with appropriate stakeholders to assess the health needs of the school-age population.
- Assists in the formulation of program guidelines in response to VDOE directives, state legislation, and school board policies.
- Advises in the planning of programs designed to minimize or eliminate health-related barriers that might interfere with learning.
- Serves as the ACPS staff liaison to the School Health Advisory Board.
- Collaboratively participates in the Office of Student Support Team’s internal decision-making activities.
- Develops and manages the school health services budget.
- Coordinates division-wide school health services programs with city-wide agencies. Plans, implements, and evaluates a system for managing chronic health conditions.
- Coordinates communicable disease prevention and infection control measures, including crisis response related to community health concerns.
- Develops and implements school health documentation systems at both the individual student level and the programmatic level.
- Provides consultation to school nurses, school staff and administrators, and parents/guardians on the specific health issues of school-age children and adolescents.
- Ensures compliance with state and federal health requirements.
- Prepares state reports in compliance with health and immunization requirements.
- Participates with educational personnel in the development and coordination of staff development activities designed to promote wellness and a healthy and safe learning environment.
- Maintains system for coordinating placement and collaborates with college and university partners for clinical experiences in the school clinics for college and university nursing students.
- Performs other such tasks and assumes other such nurse affliated and department duties and responsibilities as may be assigned by the leadership team including the Chief and Executive Directors of the Department of Student Services and Equity.
- Placement on the Administrator LAS-G grade, determined by The ACPS Licensed Administrator Salary Scale
- Criminal Justice Fingerprint/Background Clearance.
- Tuberculosis Skin Test.
- Public Health Compliance - Must follow safety and health protocols.