JK-5 School Nurse (12-month Position, Mission Hills Campus)

The credentialed school nurse at Francis Parker School uses their nursing skills and professional judgment to design and implement a health services program, ensuring all students receive the maximum benefit from their educational experience.

Requirements

• Provide acute, chronic, episodic, and emergency health care
• Provide health education and health counseling to students and staff
• Advocate for the health and safety of students and staff
• Provide training to school personnel on emergency procedures and care
• Serve as a partner with appropriate community organizations
• Serve as a liaison between school personnel, families, and community healthcare providers to ensure a healthy school environment
• Facilitate healthy development and positive student responses to interventions
• Provide leadership in promoting health and safety, including a healthy environment
• Provide quality health care and intervenes with actual and potential student and staff health problems
• Use clinical judgment in providing case management services
• Act as primary case manager, especially with communicable disease cases
• Actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy and learning
• Take on additional roles as needed to meet the needs of the school community

Benefits

• TIAA retirement benefits
• Full medical/dental coverage