School Nurse Job Description
School nurse
provides comprehensive student health services in accordance with district policies and administrative guidelines, Operating Standards for Ohio Schools, and the provisions of State and Federal Law.
School Nurse Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective school nurse job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included school nurse job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Maintain privacy and confidentiality of student's health and medical information per State and Federal Laws
Record-keeping and compliance with all state health regulations and requirements including reporting immunization status to the region and state
Monitor compliance of the school health program with federal, state and local laws, regulations and policies
Train unlicensed school personnel to administer scheduled medication and epinephrine per the State regulations
Providing preventive health services to facilitate the student’s optimal physical, mental, emotional and social growth and development
Identifying problems and disabilities
Providing services such as case finding, health education, referring, and care in order to help prevent serious health problems which would later be more difficult and costly to address
Supporting the education process by working to assure the health of the students
Exemplify, advocate and operationalize the mission, vision and core values of the school
Develop and maintain accurate student health records, including required immunizations and information on pre-existing medical conditions
School Nurse Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for School Nurse
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CPR, BLS, AED, C.P.R, PHN, PE
Education for School Nurse
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the school nurse job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Collage Degree in Nursing, Health, Nursing Program, Education, Community Health, Healthcare, Pediatrics, Graduate, Psychiatry, Science
Skills for School Nurse
Desired skills for school nurse include:
Federal
Child development and how students learn and behave
Designs effective and rigorous plans for support with measurable outcomes
District policies and procedures as they apply to health services
Educational related programs
Standard nursing practices and procedures
State and District confidentiality policy as related to students and families
State and Federal guidelines that effect student access to health care
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Child growth and development
Desired experience for school nurse includes:
Conduct health services and screening programs as required by law
Dispense prescribed medications at appropriate intervals, according to physicians' instructions
Contact families or emergency contact persons in the event of serious illness, injury, or other medical emergency
Write and deliver instruction on health and wellness, fitness, and motor skill development
Communicate health-related advisories and potential crises in a manner that is calm and instructive
Conduct outreach to community service agencies in order to provide families with relevant information and resources regarding student health
School Nurse Examples
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School Nurse Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a school nurse. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for school nurse
- Identify problems and disabilities and provide such services as case finding
- Help prevent serious health problems in the school setting
- Identify problems and disabilities
- Provide services such as case finding and health education
- Assist in preventing serious health problems
- Support the education process by working to ensure the health of the students
- Complete health information paperwork
- Preparing health reports for the Supervisor, Board of Education and Health Department
- Providing first aid care and medically prescribed services
- Maintaining security of school health supplies
Qualifications for school nurse
- Comfortable with the pediatric population
- Serving as a resource person on health issues
- Providing follow-up evaluations on students as required
- Recording immunizations, health findings, and other relevant health data
- Preparing health reports for Supervisor, Board of Education and Health Department
- Provide health care through assessment, intervention, and follow-up, including extensive family support for high-need cases and/or communication with students’ doctors and health care providers
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a school nurse. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for school nurse
- Delegate administration of medications to the extent appropriate under State law/regulations
- Monitor student health records and data, including immunizations, documentation of medication administrations, confidential documents, health alert files and State reports
- Must rigorously comply with State regulations and guidelines to help assure appropriate health services for students and to guard against infectious diseases and other health risks
- Engage in public health functions such as disease surveillance, immunization compliance, and health promotion
- Maintain health files for each student with up-to-date, cumulative medical health and vaccination records
- Maintain log of medication administration, assessments, interventions, and communication with families
- Develop Individual Health Care Plans and Emergency Action Plans for students with special health needs, and include in section 504 plans or Individualized Education Plans (IEP) as applicable
- Address student health issues
- Contact parents when necessary
- Communicate with teachers
Qualifications for school nurse
- Professional, friendly, and adaptable personality
- Serving as the liaison between parents and school staff with respect to children's daily health and medical needs
- Providing first aid as needed to children and staff
- Administering medication as determined and prescribed by the child's Physician
- Completing requested mandated reports, maintaining records, and contacting families on all medical incidents, emergencies and accidents
- Giving the child their daily Tylenol
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School Nurse Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is hiring for a school nurse. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for school nurse
- Assisting him with other things, as needed
- Ensure compliance with procedures, protocols, and other instructions provided by the coordinator of health services or contained in division manuals and protocols
- Provide nursing care and physical screening to students
- Assume responsibility for appropriate assessment, planning, intervention, evaluation, management, and referral activities for students
- Counsel with students concerning problems such as pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and substance abuse in order to facilitate responsible decision making practices
- Implement and record required screening programs
- Establish and update health and immunization records
- Prepare and maintain student clinic records and prepare required reports
- Administer daily and PRN (as needed) medications and nursing care procedures prescribed by the student's Physician
- Initiate emergency procedures for students and staff as needed
Qualifications for school nurse
- Develop Individual Health Care Plans and 504 Plans for students on a case by case basis
- Complete the preliminary nursing assessments and assist the physician with the child study physical examinations for students in the child study process
- DOE Fingerprinted
- Updating student charts
- Providing physicals
- Administering medications and immunizations
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of school nurse. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for school nurse
- Participate in coordination of health-based workshops for families, delivery of sexuality education curriculum, and other full service projects as assigned by Director of Students and Families
- Assisting in the health education programming for students according to a prescribed curriculum
- Maintaining student medical records and preparing related reports
- Maintaining records for the Child Nutrition Program
- Providing information about medical issues for staff
- Providing first aid to children, as needed
- Administering medication as determined and prescribed by child's Physician
- Completing requested mandated reports and maintaining records
- Contacting families on all medical incidents, emergencies and accidents
- Accompany student bus ride before and after school
Qualifications for school nurse
- Perform assessments, treatments or nursing treatments as outlined in the plan of care
- Supervise feeding
- Assist with toileting/changing
- Provide effective communication to patient/family, teacher, school staff and other health care professionals
- Minimum 1 year of licensed hands-on experience in the past 36 months as an RN (excluding clinical rotations)
- School or private duty nursing experience preferred
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a school nurse. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for school nurse
- Assist with the teaching of sound health practice
- Act as liaison between the home, school and physician or health care provider
- Develop policies, procedures and work standards for the school health program
- Initiate program changes
- Prepare health reports for Supervisor
- Collaborate with other child-support agencies in designing and providing a school health program
- Serve as a resource person on health issues
- Provide staff development on health-related topics for school staff and volunteers
- Screen and conduct health appraisals for students and staff
- Provide follow-up evaluations on students
Qualifications for school nurse
- Current CPR accredited by American Heart Association and/or American Red Cross (certificate must be healthcare provider or healthcare professional)
- Possession of School Nurse certification or able to become certified within 3 months of start date through the Minnesota Department of Education
- Master's degree in nursing from an accredited college
- School nurse/ pediatric professional nursing (RN) experience
- School nurse certification
- School nurse certification preferred