School Nurse

Reports to:  The Principal of the Academy.

Primary Job Summary:  The School Nurse is responsible for oversight of all student healthcare and wellness programs and activities of the school.

Performance Duties and Responsibilities

Prescription Medication Management

• Maintain all prescription medications in a secure setting
• Distribute medications to individual pill containers
• Provide training and oversight to staff who distribute medication
• Contact parents for medication refills
• Develop system for taking medication in, tracking and logging it

Daily Health Care Needs

• Provide injury and illness assessments for students sent to the nurses office
• Check-in as indicated on IHPs with chronic students
• Coordinate flu shots for staff and students annually
• Inventory and order OTC medications and basic medical supplies

Health Screenings

• Provide annual vision screenings to students as well as when issues arise
• Provide annual hearing screenings to students as well as when issues arise
• Provide health screenings as needed for students as a part of the IEP process

Individualized Health Plans

• Work with the Director of Special Education to write IHPs for all students with medical conditions
• Provide staff training needed for chronic condition management
• Maintain all documentation for IHPs
• Follow-up with parents about IHPs as indicated

Administrative

• Ensure all students are enrolled in Medicaid or K.C.H.I.P. if eligible
• Keep records of all student insurance policies
• Confirm all immunizations and work with families to get needed immunizations
• Correctly document and chart all student health care
• Collect, organize and distribute medical information as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Registered Nurse (RN), or Nurse Practitioner (NP)
• Commitment to a collaborative approach to student health
• Previous experience with Medicaid billing
• Ability to understand complex systems
• Ability to seek out and learn information and work independently
• Extremely organized
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to create lasting relationships

Job Type: Part-time

Other Expectations: 

• Maintain positive relationships with students and staff and participate in the life of the Oakdale ministry.
• Participate in areas of the ministry beyond the job descriptions of their positions as specified in the Employee Handbook.
• Attend the Oakdale Free Methodist Church.