School Nurse-RN LPN (Success at Anderon)

The school nurse strengthens and facilitates the educational process by identifying and assisting in alleviating or minimizing the effects of health-related barriers to learning in individual students and by promoting an acceptable level of wellness for students and staff. The nurse assumes responsibility for appropriate assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, management and/or referral activities, serves as the direct link between physicians, families and community agencies to promote access and continuity of health care for students, provides relevant instruction, counseling and guidance to students, parents, staff and others concerning health–related issues; upholds professional standards, the Missouri Nursing Practice Act and other state and local statutes and regulations applicable to school nursing practice; and adheres to district policies. While assigned to a secondary school location, the floater school nurse will provide nursing services throughout an established zone of schools.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following.

Must be able to:

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: None

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Licensed in the State of Missouri as a Registered Nurse.

Graduation from an accredited Associate’s degree program in Nursing (ADN).

Current CPR/First Aid/AED certified.

Possession of the knowledge, skills, abilities and physical attributes necessary to perform the essential functions of the position.

Computer skills in Word and Excel.

Experience working in a school or medical setting.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job requires that the employee be able to: sit, stand, walk, speak, hear, use hands, fingers, reach with hands and fingers; bend, stoop, lift objects of at least twenty-five pounds, and kneel on the floor to perform medical procedures. Must be able to walk a minimum of two flights of stairs. Assist in the lifting of students, in an emergency situation.