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Summary:

Performs professional work as a school health nurse promoting the maximal physical, social, emotional, and educational growth of children and adolescents who attend Cleveland County Schools.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities include:

Utilizes nursing skills to perform health assessments for students, identify health concerns, implement, and evaluate health care plans, medical treatments, procedures, accommodations, and any other nursing services.

Participates in establishing, reviewing, and implementing school health policies and protocols in cooperation with school personnel and the School Health Nursing Supervisor.

Serves as liaison between the school, the student, and local service agencies (public health, social services, mental health, etc.) and private providers.

Supervises the care given to students by those who are assigned to provide such care under the school health program, including private duty nurses, school health assistants, school staff, health career students, or volunteers.

Participates in the development and implementation of the schools emergency crisis plan, by sharing nursing knowledge of potential effects and necessary responses to various crisis situations.

Maintains complete and accurate nursing documentation. Collects data related to student services and prepares reports for the school system, the State School Nurse Consultant, and others as needed or required.

Advocate for health rights for students and schools.

Serves as counselor for health concerns of students, family, and staff.

Serves as an educator for school staff and that community regarding health concerns and community concerns.

The responsibilities and duties outlined above are intended to provide a general outline and summary of this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive or comprehensive list of duties and responsibilities. Additional tasks may be assigned as needed, with or without notice, to meet the needs of the department and county.

Education & Experience:

Registered Nurse with 2 years of Nursing Experience in a hospital or health clinic OR

Graduated from a 4-year College or University with a B.S. Degree in Nursing with 1 year of Nursing experience in a hospital or health clinic

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Considerable knowledge and skills in the application of the nursing process, nursing principles, and nursing practices in the delivery of health care to children and adolescents.

Considerable knowledge of common health problems affecting school age children and adolescents including but not limited to medical diagnoses, current treatments, and essential components to include in student health care plans.

Ability to research and collect information about the less common or rare health problems encountered.

General knowledge of school organization and operation, and policies that affect school nursing practice.

Knowledge of and ability to apply principles and practices of public health, and to look at the whole student in the context of family, classroom, and school.

Knowledge of the community, its resources and organizations (who to contact) and the ability to access/coordinate these as needed.

General knowledge of current social, economic, and environmental issues (problems) affecting the health of children and adolescents.

Ability to plan, facilitate, and coordinate services between the school, public health center, and other community providers and agencies.

Ability to deal tactfully and professionally with others and to exercise good judgment in appraising situations and making decisions.

Ability to work independently and efficiently.

Ability to interact effectively with children and adolescents to enlist their cooperation and to maintain effective professional relationships.

Ability to develop and maintain accurate record of services provided and to interpret and explain records, reports, and medical instructions.

Ability to plan, coordinate, and supervise the work of others.

Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

Work Environment / Physical Requirements

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This work requires the occasional exertion of up to 30 pounds of force

Work regularly requires standing, walking, speaking or hearing and using hands to finger, handle or feel and occasionally requires sitting

Vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word

Hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels

Work requires preparing and analyzing written or computer data and visual inspection involving small defects and/or small parts

Work occasionally requires exposure to outdoor weather conditions

Work is generally in a moderately noisy location like a business office type setting

License & Certifications:

License to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina by the N.C. Board of Nursing.

Valid drivers license and insurable driving record.

Work Location:

This role must work from the location identified at the time of hire with work travel required as needed. Any change of work location, even on a short-term or interim basis, must be reviewed by the Supervisor and HR for approval.

Additional information:

Individuals hired must be able to perform essential duties satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Cleveland County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

This position is a part of a Health and Human Services Department. By General Statue 166A-19.3, Departments of Health and Human Services are agencies that are a part of the State Emergency Response Team for occurrences or imminent threat of widespread or severe damage, injury, or loss of life or property resulting from any natural or man-made accidental, military, paramilitary, terrorism, weather-related, public health, explosion-related, riot-related cause, or technological failure or accident, including, but not limited to, a cyber incident, an explosion, a transportation accident, a radiological accident, or a chemical or other hazardous material incident. In the event that the State Emergency Response Team is activated, this position will be required to participate if deemed necessary.

$53,598 **COMPENSATION WILL BE BASED ON EXPERIENCE**

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