School Nurse
Location: Woonsocket Rhode Island
Description: Sheila "Skip" Nowell Leadership Academy is at present recruited School Nurse right now, this career will be placed in Rhode Island. More complete informations about this career opportunity please read the description below. Nowell Leadership Academy SCHOOL NURSE (1)The mission of the Shelia S. "Skip" Nowell Leadership Academy is to increase the educational achievement of at-risk high school students! in Rhode Island by providing a comprehensive high school program that addresses and breaks down the barriers to high school attendance and completion that are related to teenage pregnancy and parenting, family care-taking responsibilities, domestic abuse, lack of family support and other family-related challenges.Nowell Leadership Academy is sponsored by the YWCA Rhode Island.Job DescriptionProvides preventive health services to facilitate the student’s optimal physical, mental, emotional and social growth and development. Identifies problems and disabilities and provides such services 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. Supports the education process by working to assure the health of the students.
1. Promotes and protects the optimal health status of students 2. Provides health assessments a) Obtains a health history b) Screens and eval! uates for asthma, diabetes, eating disorders, obesity, STI’s! , etc. c) Observes the student for development and health patterns in making nursing assessment.
d) Identifies health concerns and provides health teaching and referrals as necessary to promote the physical, emotional and sexual health of each student. 3. Develops and implements a student health plan a) Interprets health concerns of students and provides pertinent information to parents and school personnel as necessary. b) Initiates referral to parents, school personnel of community health resources for intervention, remediation and follow-through.
c) Provides ongoing health counseling with students, parents, school personnel or health agencies. d) Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students. 4. Maintains, evaluates and interprets cumulative health date to accommodate individual needs of students.
5. Plans and implements school health management protocols. 6. Participates in home visits to assess the family needs as! related to the student’s health.
7. Develops procedures and provides for emergency nursing management for injuries/illnesses. 8. Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases.
Establishes protocol/procedures for identification of communicable diseases and implements measures to reduce incidence of communicating infection within the school community. 9. Provides health education and anticipatory guidance. a) Provides direct health education and health counseling to assist students and families in making decisions regarding student health and lifestyles affecting the health of the student.
b) Participates in health education directly and indirectly for the improvement of health by teaching persons to become more assertive health consumers and to assume greater responsibility for their own health. c) Counsels with students concerning problems such as pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and substance abuse in order to facilitate! responsible decision-making practices. d) Serves as a resource person ! to the school staff members in health instruction. 10.
Coordinates school and community health activities and serves as a liaison health professional between the home, school and community. 11. Acts as a resource person in promoting health careers. 12.
Engages in research and evaluation of school health services, acts as a change agent for school health programs and school nursing practices. 13. Provides consultation in the formation of health policies, goals and objectives for the school district. 14.
Where applicable, participates in the IEP plan development. Demonstrates Knowledge of: 1) Principles and practices underlying professional nursing.2) Principles and practices underlying the special field of school health.3) Current trends in nursing and of literature in the fields of school health.4) Organization and administration of other cooperating agencies.5) State and local laws relating to health and social issues. Ability to: 1) Participate ! cooperatively in a program of school health nursing.2) Exercise professional judgment in making decisions and communicate appropriately and effectively with students, parents, administrators, other school personnel, etc…5) Organize a clinic and manage time.6) Be a self-starter.7) Use a computer and various software applications.Qualifications: Must have a current valid, license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Rhode Island.Have three years of responsible professional experience in school nursing or a related field preferred.Must be certified or certifiable by the Department of Education in educator category, Nurse, All Levels; RIDE certification eligibility currently requires a minimum of a BSN.Position Type: Full-time Positions Available: 1Equal Opportunity EmployerThe Sheila S. "Skip" Nowell Leadership Academy is committed to maintaining a work and learning environment free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, pregnancy, gender! identity, sexual orientation, marital/civil union status, ancestry, pl! ace of birth, age, citizenship status, veteran status, political affiliation, genetic information or disability, as defined and required by state and federal laws.
Additionally, we prohibit retaliation against individuals who oppose such discrimination and harassment or who participate in an equal opportunity investigation.Contact Information: Jodi TimpaniHead of Schooljoditimpani@nowellacademy.org
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This career starts available on: Sun, 04 Aug 2013 09:10:55 GMT
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