DeKalb Co Central United School District
Substitute School Nurse
DeKalb Co Central United School District, Waterloo, Indiana, United States, 46793
Under direction, to provide basic health services to students; to assist in the planning and implementation of school health programs in cooperation with medical authority and school administrative personnel; to evaluate the health status of students and the health service program; to provide instruction in health practices, first aid, child care, and other related subjects; to serve as a resource pertaining to student health management strategies, and welfare and attendance problems and concerns; to facilitate the educational process by removing health related barriers to learning and to do other related functions as required.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Participate in planning programs that eliminate or minimize health problems of students that may interfere with learning. Initiate, maintain, and annually review student health records. Assist with training and education of paraprofessionals in proper techniques for medical treatments or procedures. Keep documentation of training on file. Identify health problems of students through health assessment, health histories, review of health records, and screening programs. Implement all screening programs and prepare annual reports mandated by Indiana law including the following: Vision: Grades 1, 3, and 8 Hearing: Grades 1, 4, 7, 10 (These may be done by a speech pathologist). Scoliosis: Grades 5, 7, and 9. (Screen those currently in grades 6 and 8 with positive signs but not referred from the previous year's screening.) Communicate current health problems, needs, and concerns of students to their parents and appropriate school staff. Participate on the child study team: assist in the identification of students with disabilities and interpret health factors pertinent to the student's disability. Develop and maintain a system for providing first aid and emergency care. Work with school secretary to administer medications and treatments to students per physician's order and parent authorization. Provide health counseling to students to assist them in making decisions regarding their health and health behaviors. Assist students and parents in identifying and utilizing available and appropriate community health resources. Facilitate the attainment of students' health needs by providing support to students and their families. Provide educational opportunities for students to assist them in developing self-care skills to deal with health problems. Provide consultation and assistance to teachers in their planning, implementation, and evaluation of health education units. Provide in-service educational opportunities for school staff on health-related issues. Collaborate with community agencies, health professionals, and school staff to identify the health needs, current and potential, of children and youth to facilitate school and community planning and intervention. Assume responsibility for professional development. Perform lice, scabies, and impetigo screening and provide assistance with treatment. Work with school building administrators in collecting and maintaining immunization records and preparing the annual immunization report for the Indiana State Department of Health due November 1 each year. Provide classroom instruction to students on health-related issues as specified by the Superintendent of Schools. Fulfill any additional job requirements as specified by the Superintendent of Schools.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Participate in planning programs that eliminate or minimize health problems of students that may interfere with learning. Initiate, maintain, and annually review student health records. Assist with training and education of paraprofessionals in proper techniques for medical treatments or procedures. Keep documentation of training on file. Identify health problems of students through health assessment, health histories, review of health records, and screening programs. Implement all screening programs and prepare annual reports mandated by Indiana law including the following: Vision: Grades 1, 3, and 8 Hearing: Grades 1, 4, 7, 10 (These may be done by a speech pathologist). Scoliosis: Grades 5, 7, and 9. (Screen those currently in grades 6 and 8 with positive signs but not referred from the previous year's screening.) Communicate current health problems, needs, and concerns of students to their parents and appropriate school staff. Participate on the child study team: assist in the identification of students with disabilities and interpret health factors pertinent to the student's disability. Develop and maintain a system for providing first aid and emergency care. Work with school secretary to administer medications and treatments to students per physician's order and parent authorization. Provide health counseling to students to assist them in making decisions regarding their health and health behaviors. Assist students and parents in identifying and utilizing available and appropriate community health resources. Facilitate the attainment of students' health needs by providing support to students and their families. Provide educational opportunities for students to assist them in developing self-care skills to deal with health problems. Provide consultation and assistance to teachers in their planning, implementation, and evaluation of health education units. Provide in-service educational opportunities for school staff on health-related issues. Collaborate with community agencies, health professionals, and school staff to identify the health needs, current and potential, of children and youth to facilitate school and community planning and intervention. Assume responsibility for professional development. Perform lice, scabies, and impetigo screening and provide assistance with treatment. Work with school building administrators in collecting and maintaining immunization records and preparing the annual immunization report for the Indiana State Department of Health due November 1 each year. Provide classroom instruction to students on health-related issues as specified by the Superintendent of Schools. Fulfill any additional job requirements as specified by the Superintendent of Schools.