School Nurse, 2022-2023

Job Description

Position Title: School Nurse

Payroll/Personnel Type: 10 Month

Reports to: Manager, Office of Health Services

Position Summary:

Performs duties to provide and promote healthcare of students, staff, contractors and volunteers of Saint Louis Public Schools (SLPS). Our goal is to maximize learning through a comprehensive school health program and provide direct care as an independent healthcare professional in the school setting. SLPS School nurse also assist in healthcare emergency and crisis situations that may occur in their assigned building. Nurses work within Student Support Services and under the general direction of the Director of Health Services, Medical Director and the guidelines and recommendations of DESE and St. Louis City Health Department.

Essential Functions:

• Assess students/staff condition in the event of medical emergency or acute onset illness or injury, follow established nursing process to assist in provision of care or determining appropriate medical personnel.
• Assist in the development and implementation of IEP, 504 and required service
• Conduct training and educational workshops for students, parents, and staff on health education and promotional topics
• Conduct regular inspections of the school environment for health and safety concerns
• Provide case management services to families
• Network with other school personnel and health care professionals when appropriate
• Consult with governmental agencies to enhance health and safety practices and activities in the school setting
• Maintain electronic medical student records for every student enrolled in assigned school
• Counsel and educate students and families on the importance and necessity of follow-up treatments, disease prevention, and related health problems
• Counsel staff members regarding personal, physical, and mental health problems
• Develop student health care plans, as needed
• Establish goals, evaluate progress, and assist in the development and delivery of student health care plans for medically fragile students
• Participate in establishing nursing policy to address medical emergencies
• Maintain knowledge and fully comply with state, local, and school district laws, regulations, policies and procedures
• Cooperate with school personnel in identifying and meeting social, emotional, and physical needs of students
• Participate as an active member of the Student Support Services Team with the school counselor and school social worker
• Submit reports as requested by the Manager of the Office of Health Services, Medical Director, and Executive Director of Student Support Services
• Submit reports as required by governmental agencies
• Attend workshops, in-services, and staff meetings scheduled by the Office of Health Services
• Annually earn a minimum of 25 professional development or continuing education hours
• Performs all other duties as assigned
• Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with provisions of the school district's policy on Evaluation of Personnel

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Previous school nurse experience preferred, but not required
• Ability to provide professional registered nursing care in a school setting
• Ability to utilize a variety of reference, descriptive and advisory data and information such as patient records, lab reports, immunization records, service directories, nurse's handbooks, procedure manuals, and non-routine correspondence
• Ability to perform mid-level data analysis including the ability to audit, deduce, assess, conclude, and appraise health status of students
• Ability to apply principles of influence systems such as leading, teaching, directing, planning, coordinating, and controlling
• Ability to exercise independent judgment to apply facts and principles for developing approaches and techniques to problem resolution
• Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness, and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental and/or subjective criteria, as opposed to criteria that are clearly measurable or verifiable
• Ability to lift, carry, push and pull objects and materials of moderate weight, 12 to 20 pounds, such as transporting medical supplies, equipment, educational materials, and movement, transferring, or repositioning of students
• Tasks could involve the ability to exert moderate, but not constant, physical effort, typically involving some combination of trotting, running, stooping, climbing stairs, kneeling and crouching in order to respond to health emergencies for the performance of health assessments
• Ability to operate, maneuver, or adjust equipment, machinery or tools such as stethoscopes, nebulizers, thermometers, peak flow meters, suction machines, audiometers, vision charts, balance beam floor scales, computers, printers, copiers, and fax machines
• Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions such as disease, pathogenic substances, toxic/poisonous agents, disease, or violence
• Ability to work effectively as a member of a multi-disciplinary team

Experience:

• Understand the role that a school nurse encompasses in health care and education
• Ability to work inside and outside the school nurse office to help students

Education:

• Associate's Degree in Nursing or related health field (required)
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or related health field (preferred)
• RN currently enrolled in a BSN program
• Active Missouri or Multistate Registered Nurse License (required)

Physical Requirements:

• Must be physically able to operate a motor vehicle
• Must be able to exert up to 10 pounds of force occasionally, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to lift, carry, push, and pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body
• Light work usually requires walking or standing to a significant degree

Working Conditions and Environment:

• Work is routinely performed in a typical interior/office environment
• Very limited or no exposure to physical risk

Disclaimer:

The information contained in this job description is for compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and is not an exhaustive list of the duties performed for this position. Additional duties are performed by the individuals currently holding this position and additional duties may be assigned.

In connection with hiring for this position the district shall not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, veteran status or national origin.

Benefits

SLPS believes in taking care of its employees. We offer a fully-insured health care plan along with some amazing perks! Here are some of the highlights of our benefits plan and perks, but you'll want to check out www.slps.org/careersfor all of the details.

• Fully-paid health insurance for self
• $30,000 of tuition reimbursement (certificated staff)
• $40,000 group term life insurance
• Eligibility for federal loan forgiveness programs
• Pension plan
• Robust wellness programs

Please note benefit and perk eligibility may vary by employee status, employment date, and job classification.