Substitute School Nurse

Responsibilities

• Provides primary physical and emotional health care to the school population through direct assistance, education, guidance and consultation.
• Administers medications and treatments as ordered
• Provides care for student and staff illness and accidents
• Administers care based on individual health care plans and individual emergency care plans
• Serves as liaison between the home and the school regarding student health concerns
• Documents all encounters in the Electronic Health Record
• Follows communicable disease control procedures and informs administration and/or parents regarding school exclusion and readmission

• Holds a current Connecticut State license as aRegistered Nurse.
• Associate or Baccalaureate degree in nursing
• Current certification in CPR
• Excellent communication skills
• Knowledge of current practices for common childhood illnesses and chronic diseases: asthma management, diabetes, insulin pen and pumps, seizure management
• Ability to perform skilled nursing care such as catheterization, suctioning, gastrostomy tube feedings, insulin administration, insulin pump skills and nebulizer treatments
• Computer skills

• Baccalaureate degree in nursing
• Experience in pediatric and/or community or public health nursing
• Prior experience in school nursing, or acute care
• Must have 1 year of Nursing experience within the last 5 years.