Substitute Nurse

TITLE: Substitute School Nurse

QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Hold a Nursing Certification.
2. Ability to work with students, parents, and the community.
3. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

REPORTS TO: Building Principal, Superintendent

JOB GOAL: To provide the fullest possible educational opportunity for each district student by minimizing absence due to illness and creating a climate of health and well-being in the district schools in the absence of the school nurse.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Assumes the responsibility for selection and referral of students in need of medical and dental care.
2. Reports to parents, school personnel, physicians (physician of record / nurse of record), clinics, and other agencies on school medical matters.
3. Maintains up-to-date cumulative health records on all students.
4. Assumes authority, in the absence of a physician, for the care of a student or a staff member who has suffered injury or emergency illness.
5. Assists in the pre-entry screening of elementary students.
6. Assists school personnel in establishing sanitary conditions in schools.
7. Assists the building office personnel in clerical duties as time permits when assistance is needed.
8. Responsible for administering medications as prescribed by professional medical doctors.
9. Responsible for administering injections only when an emergency exists; and, the patient cannot administer the injection themselves.
10. Notify emergency medical technicians regarding any individual who experiences severe pain as a result of an accident or illness which could be considered life threatening or detrimental to one’s health in any way.
11. Report any and all injuries to the immediate supervisor, filling out the appropriate forms.
12. Report any and all hazardous situations/areas which are considered to be unsafe to the immediate supervisor, filling out necessary forms.
13. Conform to all rules and regulations of the school and comply with all federal, state, and local laws relating directly or indirectly to the employee’s duties.\
14. Performs such other tasks and assumes such other responsibilities as the Building Principal, Superintendent may assign from time to time.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT:

Pay Rate: $16.25-$18.11/Hourly