Concord Community Schools
59040 Minuteman Way, Elkhart, IN 46517
Phone: (574) 875-5161
Fax: (574) 875-8762
Persons in this position may perform any of the essential duties defined below. However, this position description does not define all potential duties related to this position, and persons may be asked to perform other duties in support of the Corporation’s mission.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
POSITION PURPOSE : Perform professional nursing duties to prevent the spread of illness and disease, promote the well-being and safety of students and staff, and to provide a range of health services enabling students to more fully utilize their educational opportunities to enhancing their academic success.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS : To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily.
1. Participates in developing, implementing, and evaluating school health program goals, objectives and procedures in cooperation with school personnel and community resources.
2. Participates in developing strategies, as needed, to eliminate or minimize health problems of students that may interfere with learning.
3. Participates in identifying and reporting environmental health and safety hazards (current and potential for students and staff).
4. Initiates, maintains, and annually reviews student health records (pupil health record immunization record, and reports of physical examination).
5. Maintains daily, monthly, and yearly statistical information regarding health status of students and staff and utilization of school health services programs.
6. Supervises paraprofessionals assigned health services duties in individual buildings.
7. Assists with training and education of paraprofessionals in proper techniques for medical treatments or procedures.
8. Identifies health problems of students through health assessment, health histories, review of health records, and screening programs.
9. Implements all vision and scoliosis screening programs mandates by Indiana law, plus vision screening of all 5th graders and new students, and scoliosis screening of all 6th and 8th graders.
10. Communicates current health problems, needs, and concerns of students to their parents and appropriate school staff.
11. Develops individualized health plans with specific goals, objectives, and interventions, based on student health needs, as indicated. (May be informal plans, outlined in student’s individual health folder)
12. Assists in identification of students with disabilities, interpreting health factors pertinent to the student’s disability; and develops, implements, and evaluates the health component of the Individualized Educational Plan (IEP).
13. Develops and maintains a system for providing first aid and emergency care.
14. Administers medications and treatments to students per physician’s order and parent authorization.
15. Provides health counseling to students to assist them in making decisions regarding their health and health behaviors.
16. Assists students and parents in identifying and utilizing available and appropriate community health resources.
17. Facilitates the attainment of students’ health needs by providing support to students and their families.
18. Provides educational opportunities for students to assist them in developing self-care skills to deal with health problems.
19. Provides consultation and assistance to teachers in their planning, implementation, and evaluations of health education units.
20. Serves on Student Assistance team to assist in planning and implementing strategies developed to aid students and their families.
21. Provides in-service education opportunities for school staff on health-related issues.
22. Collaborates 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.
23. Critiques and utilizes current research in school, child, and family health and participates in health and educational research as appropriate.
24. Assumes responsibility for personal professional development.
QUALIFICATIONS :
1. Appropriate certification as required by the Indiana Department of Education.
2. Licensed registered nurse.
3. Ability to prepare written reports and correspondence.
4. Ability to communicate effectively with groups of students and parents.
5. Skills in human relations.
6. Ability to plan and organize; good work habits.
7. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from administrators, teachers, and school staff.
8. Other qualifications that the School Board may require.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS : The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; and taste or smell.
2. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to ten (10) pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to fifty (50) pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT : The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
2. There are no environmental hazards indicated for this position.
TERMS : Length of year and salary to be determined by the School Board.
EVALUATION : Evaluation of performance on this job will be in accordance with the provisions in the policy handbook.