Substitute School Nurse

Purpose

The Nurse Substitute provides nursing care to Pine Crest School students, faculty, and other school employees in a school Health Office setting, using principles of the nursing process from assessment through evaluation.

Essential Job Functions 

• Supports the School’s mission statement and the philosophy of the department and adheres to School policies and procedures, including but not limited to what is outlined in the Employee Handbook
• Has familiarity with our health platforms (Magnus and camp Brain) to chart the health of students and employees
• Stays up to date with local, state and federal requirements for immunizations and health forms
• Collects, assesses, and documents the health and developmental status of each student in a systematic continuous manner
• Provides for special needs students by assessing the student, planning and providing nursing care, and evaluating the outcomes of care
• Implements medication administration guidelines according to state regulation and school policy and makes sure all medications are properly labeled and stored in a secure place
• Attends team meetings and participates in the development of educational programs
• Performs rapid primary and secondary survey in emergency situations and acts appropriately
• Provides nursing care to sick and injured students and staff
• Provides UAP training to teachers taking field trips as needed
• Prepares a trip bag for the UAP, attaches medical concerns form to bag after putting student medications into the bag and checking for medical concerns on all emergency forms provided by parents
• Attends school field trips on as needed basis
• Notifies the Director of faculty injuries that occur on the school campus and require Human Resources for Workman’s comp care
• Follows up with students injured at school who will get supplemental insurance claim forms
• Responsible for Maintaining AED Devices, twice a month visually assesses and reports any needed supplies or expired parts or parts requiring maintenance to the Director
• Organizes and provides summer camp nursing services for the school during the summer months following the same standard of care as during the school year
• Assists in the collection of School Health Forms over the summer and the documentation of information in the Health Record for the upcoming school year
• Prepares and sends allergy and health related information to Health Office Director and camp or school administrators and teachers or camp counselors prior to the start of a new school year or camp session
• Maintains trauma emergency response equipment, leads triage in school emergent situations, delegates first aid trained faculty in where to go and assigns treatment protocol to those able to help
• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Department Supervisor or their designee