School Nurse

Title: School Nurse, Full-time (37.5 hours week)       

Reports to: Principal

Location: St. Elizabeth Seton School | Naples, Florida 

Classification: Salaried/Exempt     

Overview

The School Nurse contributes directly to the health education of both students and staff through activities that focus on disease prevention, health promotion, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Job Responsibilities 

• Contributes directly to the health education of both students and staff through activities that focus on disease prevention, health promotion, and maintaining a healthy lifestyle.
• Establishes a compassionate environment by providing emotional, psychological, and spiritual support to students.
• Provides emergency first aid and direct care for students with injuries and illnesses.
• Administers medicines, when necessary, under physician or parent instruction, with signed authorizations in place.
• Assures quality of care by adhering to local County Health Association regulations as well as the standards set forth by the state board of nursing.
• Maintains a safe and clean working environment by complying with procedures, rules, and regulations.
• Protects students and staff by adhering to infection-control policies and protocols, medication administration and storage procedures, and Parish Nurse Guidelines.
• Documents about student care services by maintaining student health records.
• Serves as the responsible party ensuring documentation of all students’ immunizations.
• Maintains student/parent confidence by keeping information confidential.
• Maintains nursing supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipates needed supplies; plans and expedites orders for supplies, including verifying receipt of supplies; uses equipment and supplies as needed to accomplish job results.
• Maintains professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops; reviews professional publications; establishes personal networks; participates in professional societies.
• Maintains cooperative relationships among health care teams by communicating information; responds to requests; builds rapport; cooperates in problem-solving.
• Contributes to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
• Act as a professional liaison between students, staff, family, physician and community agencies.
• Other duties as assigned. 

• Florida State LPN or RN Nursing license required.
• Certified in CPR, AED and Epi-Pen Training. 
• 2 to 4 years’ experience working with children preferably in a school setting.
• Excellent organizational skills.
• Strong communications skills both written and oral.
• Proficiency in computer activities.
• Must pass a Level 2 background check with satisfactory results.

Please note: State of Florida law requires fingerprinting and clearance through the Florida DOE Background Screening Clearinghouse for all school-based positions.

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