Reports to:  Nurse Coordinator / Building Principal

General Summary: Maintain and/or improve the students' health status, thereby enabling them to fully benefit from the educational experiences. 

Essential Responsibilities:

• Assumes authority, for the care of a student who has suffered an injury or illness.
• Identifies, assesses, monitors and refers health needs of students.
• Administers medication per physician orders and contacts physicians when needed.
• Properly secures medications.
• Carries out all medical procedures within the school.
• Adequate nursing documentation on appropriate clinic forms and in CareDox EHR.
• Reports to parents, school personnel, physicians, clinics, and other agencies on school medical matters.
• Contacts homes of children regarding health concerns when referred by principals.
• Conducts school health services, including immunizations, administering medications and conducting vision screenings if needed.
• Advises teachers on health matters regarding student health concerns.
• Maintains current cumulative health records for all students.
• Prepares data for reports for the Nurse Coordinator.
• Completes student injury reports and gives to appropriate school personnel.
• Adheres to confidentiality concerning privileged information.
• Adheres to Universal Precautions in all situations.
• Performs other reasonably-related duties as may be assigned by the nurse coordinator and/or administrators. 

Qualifications:

• Required LPN Nurse with current Indiana license
• Desired Registered Nurse with current Indiana license, Bachelor's of Science Degree in Nursing
• Preferred nursing experience