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Monsignor Clarke School
Location: Wakefield, RI 02879 Document ID: AA414-4XUY Posted on: 2016-10-1310/13/2016 Job Type: ContractJob Schedule:Part-time
Will not pay relocation expenses
Minimum Education: Not Specified2016-11-12
School Nurse
The School Nurse assists in promoting the well being and academic success of students. The nurse works with staff and parents in achieving this goal. School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students. To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self management, self advocacy, and learning.
Responsibilities include:
- Identify and list students with medical or healht issues
- Identify students requiring daily in school medications, administer medications as needed.
- Provide medical interventions as needed, for students or staff.
- Provide first aid as needed.
- Coordinate care with other professionals to ensure optimum educational environment in school.
- Communicates with parents any medical concerns regarding their child's health.
- Coordinates with town provided nurse - up to date health records. (i.e. Immunizations and Physical)
- Coordinates - with the town provided school nurse - the state mandated screening (i.e. Vision, hearing, dental, Scoliosis).