Job Details
Job ID: 5167329
Job Description
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Responsible for advancing the well-being, academic success, and life-long achievement and health of students. Facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety, including a healthy environment; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy, and learning.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Assume responsibility for selection and referral of students in need of medical and dental care.
Report to parents, school personnel, physicians, clinics, and other agencies on school medical matters under the direction of the building.
Provide health care for chronic and acute illnesses, as well as injuries.
Provide health-related education to students, school staff, and other school personnel to promote health, safety, and a healthy school environment.
Advise on the modification of the educational program to meet the health needs of individual students.
Advise on the exclusion and readmission of students in connection with infections and contagious diseases.
Serve as a resource for the health curriculum.
Assist with school registrations on health issues and immunization requirements.
Dispense student medication per school policies.
Maintain confidentiality in the school operation.
Serve as a member of the Building Emergency Response Team under the direction of the building principal.
Act as liaison to provide families with referral information along with available community resources to improve access to health care.
Maintain accurate health records for all students to include mandatory immunization certificates.
Assume primary responsibility for maintaining an appropriate inventory of medical aid supplies in the school.
Review medical orders to guide the health care needed to assist each student to be safe and successful at school.
Counsel students in good health habits.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, education, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Competencies - To perform the job successfully, an individual should demonstrate the following competencies as defined and approved by the Iowa Department of Education.
Demonstrates ability to enhance academic performance and support for the implementation of the Sioux City School District's student achievement goals.
Demonstrates competence in content knowledge appropriate to the teaching position.
Demonstrates competence in planning and preparing for instruction.
Uses strategies to deliver instruction that meets the multiple learning needs of students.
Uses a variety of methods to monitor student learning.
Demonstrates competence in classroom and resource management.
Engages in professional growth.
Fulfills professional responsibilities established by the school district.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
Minimum qualifications include being a registered nurse with a license from the Board of Nursing, a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, and a School Nurse Statement of Professional Recognition from the Board of Educational Examiners is required. National Certified School Nurse (NCSN) is preferred but not required. Must possess proper state certification and licensure for position.
COMMUNICATION SKILLS
Strong written and verbal communication skills are critical to the success of this position. Must possess the ability to communicate effectively with a variety of individuals and groups from all levels of the organization, including students, parents, staff, principals, and central administration. Communication will include individual to large group presentations as well as written communications and reports. The individual must have effective listening skills.
TECHNOLOGY SKILLS
Position requires the individual to be competent in information gathering through technology. The ability to communicate through technology is required.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
Normal office physical demands. May periodically have moderate physical demands and may be required to lift up to 50 pounds occasionally. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Generally, the employee works inside.
OTHER DUTIES AS ASSIGNED
Will perform other duties as may be assigned by the superintendent or designee, necessary and appropriate to the achievement of the program and/or District goals and objectives.
The Sioux City Community School District offers career and technical programs in the following areas: Business & Marketing, Family & Consumer Science, Health Science, and Industrial Arts, Technology, & PLTW.
The Sioux City Community School District is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information (for employment), national origin, religion, age (for employment), disability, socioeconomic status (for programs), marital status (for programs), or veteran status (for employment) in its educational programs and its employment practices. The District is required by Title IX and 34 CFR Part 106 not to discriminate on the basis of sex in its programs, activities, or employment.
Inquiries or grievances under Section 504 and Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act may be directed to Dr. Dora Jung, Director of Student Services/Title IX Coordinator at 627 4th Street, Sioux City, IA 51101, (712) 279-6075, jungd@live.siouxcityschools.com. Inquiries about the application of Title IX and its regulations to the District may be referred to the Title IX Coordinator, the Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, or both. Please see District Board policies 103 and 504.4 for additional information on available grievance procedures.
Position Type: Full-time
Positions Available: 1
Job Categories
Student Services, School Nurse
Equal Opportunity Employer
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