Bethel School District

JOB DESCRIPTION
Bethel Public Schools • Bethel, CT

Position Title:

School Nurse

Qualifications:

• Registered professional nurse, currently licensed by the State of Connecticut and meeting the State requirements for qualification as a school nurse in Connecticut. [C.G.S. Sec 10-212.]

• No less than one year’s full-time experience as a registered nurse within the last five (5) years immediately prior to employment.

Reports To:

Coordinator of Health Services and School Principal

Job Goal:

To promote the health and well-being of students and staff.

Performance Responsibilities:

Promotes and maintains student health through:

• Facilitating positive student responses to typical development;

• Collaborating with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy, and learning;

• Providing health counseling and guidance to students and parents;

• Assisting with the instruction of health education and serving as a resource person in matters pertaining to health education and development of health curriculum;

• Promoting health and safety in the school setting;

• Providing case management services;

• Consulting with community health care providers regarding student health matters;

• Consulting with school staff as necessary related to student health problems.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Provides first aid treatment of accidents and care of illnesses that occur in school.

• Insures that student health assessments and immunizations as required by State law are current according to regulations.

• At the high school, certifies to the athletic coaches that all athletes have obtained a health assessment and are cleared medically to participate in the sports program.

• Conducts district’s student health screenings required by current law.

• Maintains up-to-date cumulative health records of all students according to district procedures.

• Maintains data on health interventions for district reporting.

• Reports on student health assessment and health status as necessary to the planning and placement team.

• Initiates staff, student, and visitor accident reports and reports such incidents according to district policy.

• Observes the school environment and recommends changes necessary to maintain optimum health and safety of students and school personnel.

• Provides information necessary for school health surveys and reports as required by Connecticut State Departments of Education and Health.

• Assists with any special immunization clinics as ordered by the school physician.

• Keeps current in best practices in school nursing and in particular, issues regarding the health and well-being of school-aged children.

• Carries out other duties as assigned by the Coordinator of Health Services.

Term of Employment:

Ten-month position

Evaluation:

Performance will be evaluated annually by the Coordinator of Health Services and the Principal.