Job Title:               School Nurse LPN
Primary Location:  CCHS
Salary Range:        Per Hour, 10 Month Contract
Shift Type:             Full Time

 

 

The school nurse assists in providing the fullest educational opportunity for students by minimizing absence due to illness and creating a climate of health and well-being in the schools.

 

Health and Education Services

• Promote public health by serving as health consultant to students, parents, and staff:
• Promote student health by assisting teachers in teaching units of health instructions:
• Promote student health by interpreting the policies and procedures for emergency care of illness and injury; and providing such care as needed while students are under school jurisdiction:
• Promote pupil health by being observant of school environment:
• Maintain and improve student health by establishing screening procedures to help assess the total health status of all students

 

Organization and Implementation of School Health Program

• Organize work and plan well in advance for scheduled activities:
• Make constructive suggestions in the development and revision of objectives, standards, policies and procedures for the health program:
• Develop and maintains records, reports and statistical information:
• Demonstrate ability to communicate effectively with administration and other school personnel

Relationships

• Demonstrate positive interpersonal relationships with students
• Demonstrate positive interpersonal relationships with educational staff
• Demonstrate positive interpersonal relationships with parents/patrons
• Promote and foster communication with physicians, dentists and community agencies

Professional Responsibilities

• Participate in professional growth activities
• Follow the policies and procedures of the school district
• Assume responsibility for giving leadership in establishing, revising and improving professional standards of school nursing
• Demonstrates a sense of professional nursing skills and professional judgment and complete duties promptly and accurately

**If selected for an interview additional information will be provided at that time**

 

 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: Must be physically able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds, to stoop or bend, to respond to emergencies in a timely manner to any location on the school campus, including playground, practice fields and school buses, and to perform CPR on a student or adult.

 

Contact Information:
Human Resources
315 E Dunklin St
Jefferson City, MO 65101
573-659-3013

 

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

 

NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATION
Applicants for admission or employment, students, parents of elementary and secondary school students, employees, sources of referral and applicants for employment, and all professional organizations that have entered into agreements with our School District are hereby notified that our School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, or disability in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs and activities.