Purpose
The Nurse Substitute provides nursing care to Pine Crest School students, faculty, and other school employees in a school Health Office setting, using principles of the nursing process from assessment through evaluation.
Essential Job Functions
- Supports the School’s mission statement and the philosophy of the department and adheres to School policies and procedures, including but not limited to what is outlined in the Employee Handbook
- Has familiarity with our health platforms (Magnus and camp Brain) to chart the health of students and employees
- Stays up to date with local, state and federal requirements for immunizations and health forms
- Collects, assesses, and documents the health and developmental status of each student in a systematic continuous manner
- Provides for special needs students by assessing the student, planning and providing nursing care, and evaluating the outcomes of care
- Implements medication administration guidelines according to state regulation and school policy and makes sure all medications are properly labeled and stored in a secure place
- Attends team meetings and participates in the development of educational programs
- Performs rapid primary and secondary survey in emergency situations and acts appropriately
- Provides nursing care to sick and injured students and staff
- Provides UAP training to teachers taking field trips as needed
- Prepares a trip bag for the UAP, attaches medical concerns form to bag after putting student medications into the bag and checking for medical concerns on all emergency forms provided by parents
- Attends school field trips on as needed basis
- Notifies the Director of faculty injuries that occur on the school campus and require Human Resources for Workman’s comp care
- Follows up with students injured at school who will get supplemental insurance claim forms
- Responsible for Maintaining AED Devices, twice a month visually assesses and reports any needed supplies or expired parts or parts requiring maintenance to the Director
- Organizes and provides summer camp nursing services for the school during the summer months following the same standard of care as during the school year
- Assists in the collection of School Health Forms over the summer and the documentation of information in the Health Record for the upcoming school year
- Prepares and sends allergy and health related information to Health Office Director and camp or school administrators and teachers or camp counselors prior to the start of a new school year or camp session
- Maintains trauma emergency response equipment, leads triage in school emergent situations, delegates first aid trained faculty in where to go and assigns treatment protocol to those able to help
- Other duties and responsibilities as assigned by the Department Supervisor or their designee
