Registered Nurse - Middle School Experience

Function / Position Summary

To work with parents, staff members, and other community resources to assist and promote health of students by providing direct nursing care and identifying, intervening, and preventing health problems in the educational environment.

Job Duties / Responsibilities

• Provides health assessment, emergency assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, and management for students, staff, and families and ensure safety of students with health concerns by providing appropriate information to staff regarding classroom implications for student health concerns.
• Implements Student Health Plans in the school environment.
• Participates in Communicable Disease reporting and the prevention of communicable disease in schools.
• Administers direct nursing care as ordered and defined by physician order and in compliance with established nursing practice guidelines.
• Administers medications within the parameters of established procedures and communicates with parents and physician as needed.
• Identifies abnormal health findings and provides community healthcare resources as needed to students and parents.
• Documents accurately and maintain records for all health office visits, student physical/immunizations for compliance with state mandated requirements for entrance into school.
• Reports statistical data to ISBE, IDPH, and DHS for mandated health programs.

Education

• Associate, Bachelor's or Master's degree from accredited nursing program.
• A current Registered Nurse (RN) license in the state of Illinois.
• Current certificate in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Experience / Knowledge

• Ability to make independent health care decisions.
• Good organizational skills.
• Basic computer knowledge.

Physical Demands

• Requires prolonged sitting and standing.
• May be required to conduct CPR.
• Occasionally requires physical exertion to manually move, lift carry, pull, or push heavy objects or materials.
• Occasional bending and reaching.
• Must work indoors.

Terms of Employment

• Salary and benefits as established by the Board of Education.