Job Description
Job Description
Primary Purpose:
The Nurse Supervisor (RN) provides services that meet the health needs of students and staff on a school campus or campuses; and supervises and trains other staff to do so. The school nurse is responsible for implementing coordinated school health services that are best suited to the population of the campus or campuses. Facilitates positive student responses to normal development; promotes health and safety; intervenes with actual and potential health problems; provides case management to students; and actively collaborates with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy, and learning. The nurse supervisor ensures staff provide care to scholars within their scope of practice.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Assists in hiring appropriate campus-level health office staff
- Participates in setting goals and priorities for the health service program in conjunction with nursing and other staff, within the framework established by the district
- Comply with all regulations and guidelines set by the Texas BON
- Comply with local health authorities and DSHS illness criteria
- Participates in staff development, orientation, training, and certification
- Educates faculty and staff as needed on health-related topics
- Ensure health service staff practice within their scope of practice
- Supervise in a way that minimizes risk to the network
- Provide infection control
- Serves as a member of the emergency and crisis response team for the district and/or campus, as requested
- Establishes effective procedures for State mandatory screening
- Administer vaccines according to the TVFC Program guidelines
- Provides supervision to health office aides, LVNs, and other school personnel designated
- Delegate in accordance with the guidelines in the Texas BON
- Attend ARDs and 504 meetings; develop and implement IHPs as necessary according to the health needs and conditions of students
- Exercises professional judgment in making decisions
- Collaborate with all departments across the network to ensure a safe environment for all students and staff
- Provide routine, urgent, and emergent care to scholars and staff in compliance with nursing standards and Uplift guidelines
- Provide care to scholars/staff in the pandemic using appropriate infection control measures
Education, Experience, and/or Certification(s)
Education Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in nursing or a related discipline required
- 1-2 years of experience as a supervisor in the area of healthcare required.
- Qualified to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Texas and holds an unrestricted license.
- Certified in CPR (BLS)
- Minimum of one year experience in public health nursing, community health nursing, school health nursing or pediatric nursing. Demonstrates a genuine interest in the student population and its health needs.
Compensation details: 75000
PI7863fbcb13b5-25405-38504791