Nurse

Pay Grade:  830 (New Hire Salary Schedule)
Work Days:  185

CURRENT OPENINGS: (Coming Soon)

Primary Purpose:
Responsible for assessing, planning, implementing, coordinating and evaluating school health services within the context of a coordinated school health program, which includes providing a safe and healthy environment for students.
 
QUALIFICATIONS

Education/Certification:

• Graduate of an accredited professional nursing education program
• Valid registered nurse license to practice professional nursing in Texas
• Vision, Hearing, Spinal and Acanthosis Nigricans screening certification (preferred)
• Basic Life Support Provider certification
• AHA Basic Life Support Instructor certification (preferred)

Special Knowledge/Skills:         

• Strong organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of national, state and local student health requirements

Experience:                   
Two years of professional nursing experience

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Work as a member of the school staff, within the framework of the school health program to provide for the health needs of all the students
• Provide direct health care to students who become ill or injured during the school day
• Refer students, as appropriate, to primary health care provider or community resources                 
• Familiar with the Texas Nursing Practice Act and the National Association of School Nurse’s standards of nursing practice
• Eliminate or minimize health problems, which impair learning
• Implement a system for the identification of students with chronic/acute health care needs
• Follow action plans and physician’s orders, and develops individual health plans, as needed
• Maintain parental authorization records for health care services and release of health information
• Communicate information contained in the action plan with staff on a need-to-know basis
• Maintain an orderly, clean, safe and properly supplied clinic
• Develop an effective system for the acquisition, maintenance and use of supplies and equipment for the school health facility
• Maintain health services equipment, according to policy
• Maintain emergency bag and evacuation system, per PISD guidelines
• Conduct emergency response drills, per PISD guidelines
• Participate in development of the campus emergency health and crisis plan
• Follow district guidelines in the establishment of first responder teams
• Follow immunization laws for Texas, which pertain to each grade level
• Implement communicable disease control in the school, including monitoring, surveillance and assessing
• Assist with disease prevention and outbreak-management within the school
• Participate and follow through with local and/or federal, state, city or county health department requests for audits of records or communicable disease reports
• Conduct or coordinate screening programs of state mandated grade level and transfer students
• Provide referrals to appropriate health care provider for abnormal results on all state mandated screening
• Maintain accurate record of state mandated immunizations, Vision, Hearing, Spinal and Acanthosis Nigricans
• Assure that school health services and activities are appropriately documented
• Provide comprehensive services in all components of the coordinated school health program
• Establish safe systems of medication administration with proper documentation
• Adhere to HIPAA/FERPA and confidentiality rules and regulations
• Maximize the quality of in-class time by reducing the incidence of health related absenteeism
• Act as an advocate and liaison between home, school and the community regarding concerns that may affect learning
• Provide classroom health instruction, serving as a resource to students and staff
• Participate in the development and implementation of health promotion activities
• Train and/or follow up with training to prepare Unlicensed Diabetes Care Assistants (UDCA)
• Train and monitor all unlicensed staff designated to provide health services, including delegated procedures, the administration of medication to students, and other related mandated activities
• Follow procedure notebook for science camp preparation
• Train staff and volunteers for camp in appropriate actions pertaining to student specific health needs
• Identify the health care needs of a specific student population and availability of health services/resources
• Collaborate with community agencies to provide resources
• Provide professional health leadership to administrators and school staff
• Follow the guidelines of the Nurse Practice Act and follows The Scope and Standards of Practice
• Follow all rules, regulations and policies of Plano ISD and follow directives from supervisor
• Follow attendance policy as assigned by supervisor
• Perform other functions that may be assigned by the administration and/or supervisor

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES

• Work as a member of the school staff, within the framework of the school health program to provide for the health needs of all the students
  Provide direct health care to students who become ill or injured during the school day
  Refer students, as appropriate, to primary health care provider or community resources

Equipment Used:

• Computer, copier, fax, printer, scanner, telephone, 10-key calculator
   

WORKING CONDITIONS
Mental Demands:
Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written); interpret policy, procedures, and data; coordinate district functions; maintain emotional control under stress

Physical Demands/Environmental Factors:
Frequent district-wide and/or statewide travel; occasional prolonged and irregular hours; work with frequent interruptions; frequent standing, stooping, bending, kneeling, pushing and pulling; prolonged use of computer and repetitive hand motions; occasional lifting up to 50 pounds; biological exposure to bacteria and communicable disease