Anticipated School Nurse Position Position Available In Marshall, Alabama

Anticipated School Nurse Position Guntersville City Board of Education Guntersville, AL Position Title:

School Nurse-Registered Nurse Location:

Assigned School Retirement:

RSA Pay Type:

Salary –

Exempt Contract Work Year:

187

Days Reports To:

Lead School Nurse and Principal Job Goals:

Provide direct and indirect nursing services to maximize each student’s potential to learn and grow by providing the best possible health care.

Qualifications:

Must hold valid Alabama Nursing and maintain licensure as directed by The Alabama Board of Nursing. Must possess and maintain a current CPR certification. Must meet background clearance requirements for employment at The Schools of Guntersville. Must have the physical ability to assist in the lifting and moving of students as is appropriate. Must be able to operate and communicate clearly on a telephone and/or a two way radio. Must have experience and training in working with students with seizures and diabetes. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as The School Board may find appropriate and acceptable.

Duties/Responsibilities:

Provide daily nursing care to the students at the assigned school while abiding by the licensure requirements as established by The Alabama Board of Nursing for a Registered Nurse. First Aid. Dispensing of medications at the assigned school and maintains accurate records and documentation according to the ALSDE Medication Curriculum. Vision/Hearing/Scoliosis Screenings. Assist with maintaining current immunization records. Assist with student medical needs during extracurricular activities as needed which may be outside of the usual Monday- Friday, 7am-3pm work day. Exercise appropriate professional nursing judgement. Perform other tasks consistent with the goals and objectives of this position. Serve as a teaching resource for small and large groups of students in health, AIDS, drug prevention, etc. Provides inservice to staff and school personnel per ALSDE requirements. Assists in working with special needs students and works with their teachers and parents on matters as related to student health. Maintains up to date cumulative health information on students and writes student Individual Health Care Plans according to ALDSE requirements. Supervise the LPN’s as assigned per The Lead Nurse. Perform other duties as assigned.

Terms of Employment:

Salary and Length of Contract to be established by the Board.

Evaluation:

Performance of this job to be evaluated in accordance with provisions of the Board’s policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel and/or in accordance with the guidance set forth by ALSDE.

Important Notes Essential Duties:

Job descriptions are designed and intended only to summarize the essential duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and requirements for the purpose of clarifying the general nature and scope of a position’s role as part of the overall organization. Job descriptions do not list all tasks an employee might be expected to perform and they do not limit the right of the employer/supervisor to assign additional tasks or otherwise to modify duties to be performed – even if seemingly unrelated to the basic job. Every employee has a duty to perform all assigned tasks (An employee who is assigned a duty or task believed to be unlawful should report the assignment to their direct supervisor). It should also be noted the order of duties/responsibilities as listed in the job description is not designed or intended to rank the duties in any order of importance relative to each other.

Minimum Requirements:

In filling a vacant position, preferred or required credentials regarding education, training experience, and other bona fide occupational qualifications may be established. The credentials shown in the job description may be interpreted only as the minimum criteria existing at the time the description was developed. Other bona fide occupational qualification and criteria may be used as needed in the selection process. The Guntersville City School System does not discriminate on the basis of age, race/color, religion/creed, gender, National/ethnic origin, disability, or citizenship status.