Location: Fairfield,CT, USA
Job Description:
Town of Fairfield - Public Health Nursing Department
Position Description: Substitute School Nurse
Reports to: Nursing supervisor
Primary Role:
* Provides primary physical and emotional health care to the school population through direct assistance, education, guidance and consultation.
Qualifications:
* Holds a current Connecticut State license as a Registered Nurse.
* Associate or Baccalaureate degree in nursing
* Current certification in CPR
* Excellent communication skills
* Knowledge of current practices for common childhood illnesses and chronic diseases: asthma management, diabetes, insulin pen and pumps, seizure management
* Ability to perform skilled nursing care such as catheterization, suctioning, gastrostomy tube feedings, insulin administration, insulin pump skills and nebulizer treatments
* Computer skills
Preferred Qualifications:
* Baccalaureate degree in nursing
* Experience in pediatric and/or community or public health nursing
* Prior experience in school nursing, or acute care
* Must have 1 year of Nursing experience within the last 5 years.
Responsibilities:
* Administers medications and treatments as ordered
* Provides care for student and staff illness and accidents
* Administers care based on individual health care plans and individual emergency care plans
* Serves as liaison between the home and the school regarding student health concerns
* Documents all encounters in the Electronic Health Record
* Follows communicable disease control procedures and informs administration and/or parents regarding school exclusion and readmission