COFFEE COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM

Job Description

School Nurse

Responsible to: Director of Health Services

Principal

Qualifications:

• Current licensure to practice as a register nurse (RN) in the State of Tennessee.

Graduate of an accredited program offering a baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN)

and three to five years of recent nursing experience.

OR

Graduate of either an accredited diploma School of Nursing or an accredited program

offering an associate degree in nursing (ASN), plus three to five years of recent

nursing experience preferably in school nursing, public health nursing, or

community health nursing with children.

• Current CPR Certification in BLS
• A serviceable automobile in order to perform required travel
• Strong written, verbal, presentation and interpersonal skills
• Competent technological skills

Essential Responsibilities:

• Collects information about the health and developmental status of the student in a

systematic manner

• Uses data collected about the health and developmental status of the student to

determine a nursing diagnosis

• Develops a Nursing Care Plan and/or Individualized Health Plan (IHP) with specific

goals and interventions delineating school nursing actions unique to a student's

needs

• Intervenes as guided by the Nursing Care Plan to implement nursing actions that

promote, maintain, or restore health, prevent illness, and affect rehabilitation

• Assesses student responses to nursing actions in order to revise the database, nursing

diagnosis, and Nursing Care Plan and to determine progress made toward goal

achievement

• Conducts screenings and assesses health status which includes follow-up in primary,

secondary, and tertiary prevention

• Serves as a resource person to school personnel, students, and families, through

interpretation of health data and assists them to achieve optimal levels of

wellness through health education, school attendance, and academic performance

• Provides emergency and standard first aid
• Promotes and assists in control of communicable diseases
• Monitors schools' compliance with State Health Regulations, Immunization Records

and Entrance Physicals

• Monitors and helps to maintain confidential health records and in compliance with

HIPPA and the Patient Privacy Act

• Monitors student's health and communicates with the Director of Health Services

when student health issues may require additional services

General Requirements:

• Follows Federal and State Laws and adopted policies and procedures in accordance with School Board priorities
• Conducts oneself in the best interest of students, in accordance with the highest standards of public education and in support of the District's Vision/Mission Statements
• Maintains ethical standards, which include professionalism and the protection of confidential student and staff information
• Other responsibilities and/or duties may be required and assigned

BOE Revisions Approved 2/8/10