Nurse, Healthcare Administration

Summary:

To protect and promote student health and safety through evidence-based practice, provision of care coordination, and case management to advance academic success.

• Identify and assess the needs of the students with chronic health conditions.
• With parental input, create and implement individualized health and emergency action plans for identified students to promote student health and safety.
• Participate in IEP/504 meetings and mandatory professional development.
• Act as liaison between physician/parent and school.
• Participate in Medicaid billing.
• Conduct health screenings and referrals.
• Conduct immunization surveillance and compliance activities.
• Complete state reports.
• Maintain documentation detailing nursing assessment, care given, disposition.
• Maintain medication records.
• Complete incident reports.
• Contribute to health record maintenance.
• Conduct staff training regarding health topics related to student needs on campus. Maintain records of training.
• Report presence of communicable diseases on campus to administrator and the department of health. Distribute educational materials to staff regarding communicable disease. Provide parent notification materials to administrator.
• Provide health office training for health assistants and other staff as assigned.
• Provide students with individualized health instruction to improve self-management knowledge and skill of student’s health condition. Assist student to accept and adjust to their health problems.
• Assist families to identify and use community resources.
• Audit compliance with immunization requirements.
• Audit compliance with health screening requirements.
• Audit medication administration practices.
• Audit health file maintenance.
• Report potential health and safety hazards to the principal.
• Other duties as assigned.

• RN Registered Nursing Certification, BSN preferred.
• One-year previous hospital experience, preferred.
• Bilingual, preferred.

• Possess and maintain an Arizona (or compact state) nursing license in good standing.
• Current certification in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• Obtain and maintain a valid Arizona Identity Verified (IVP) Fingerprint Clearance Card (AZ IVP FPCC).

• Competency in computer literacy, Word and Excel.

• Standard practices and methods of the nursing process.
• Standard practices, methods and materials of assigned work.
• Reading and interpreting general documents such as employee handbooks and safety/training manuals.
• Business math concepts.
• Filing and record-keeping principles.
• Occupational hazards and applicable safety principles and practices.
• Uses and properties of supplies and equipment.
• Applicable federal, state and local laws, codes, and regulations.
• Customer service principles.
• Specialized equipment relevant to area of assignment.
• Modern office technology.

• Organizing tasks and meeting deadlines.
• Following directions and meeting standards.
• Providing attention to detail in assignments.
• Proofreading and error correction.
• Business math computations.
• Organizing and maintaining records and files.
• Maintaining and updating data and documentation.
• Comprehending reference books and manuals.
• Composing and maintaining basic original documents including reports, education materials, and correspondence.
• Operating assigned tools and equipment.
• Interpreting and applying applicable laws, codes, regulations and standards.
• Providing customer service.
• Utilizing a computer and relevant software applications.
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Utilizing communication and interpersonal skills as applied to interaction with coworkers, supervisors, the general public and others to sufficiently exchange or convey information and to receive work direction.

• Positions in this class typically require: balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, fingering, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.

Light Work:
Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.

Work is routinely performed…