Substitute School Nurse

Savannah Christian Preparatory School is seeking a School Nurse to oversee the health and well-being of Summer Camp students. The Nurse will establish and maintain medical and health services programs, provide direct care to students according to physician-prescribed treatment orders, and collaborate with families and staff to promote student health and wellness in a safe school environment.

Responsibilities

• Establish, review, and maintain medical and health services programs for the school
• Provide medical care and services to students according to physician-prescribed medical care and treatment orders
• Create and maintain documentation of all treatment and medical services activity
• Follow confidentiality and privacy rules and regulations
• Coordinate with local health agencies and medical treatment facilities as necessary
• Monitor, provide assistance, and administer insulin to diabetics as required; provide other treatment as necessary
• Respond to emergency medical situations, perform first aid as needed, and coordinate with local emergency personnel and agencies
• Maintain adequate supplies in all school first aid kits
• Follow required cleaning and sanitization procedures
• Conduct health programs and activities such as in-service training, student health talks, hearing and vision screening, immunization review, and scoliosis screening to ensure compliance with government mandated requirements
• Prepare first aid kits and prescribed student medications with instructions to accompany staff on field trips and retreats
• Immediately report any medical situation of sufficient gravity or concern that could pose a significant risk to students
• Report students with reportable contagious diseases to local public health authorities to minimize infection and comply with state and federal legal requirements
• Perform other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

• Certified and Licensed Registered Nurse (RN)
• CPR and First Aid Certified
• State licensing requirements must be met and maintained
• Read and interpret documents such as safety rules, handbooks, and procedure manuals
• Write routine reports and correspondence
• Speak effectively before groups of students and staff
• Apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form
• Deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations
• Demonstrate high level of computer literacy with excellent proficiency in word processing, emailing, and accessing the Internet
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds; occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds
• Ability to walk the campus grounds
• Manual dexterity to enter data into a computer
• Close vision, distance vision, and depth perception
• Ability to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids
• Alert and awake at all times
• Frequently walk, sit, and use hands to finger, handle, or feel
• Occasionally stand, reach with hands and arms, climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Ability to hear and understand speech at normal levels, outdoors and on the telephone
• Speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal indoor and outdoor spaces and on the telephone
• Physical agility to bend, stoop, climb stairs, and reach overhead

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience as a school or pediatric nurse

Additional Requirements

• Acknowledge Christ as Savior and support the school's Statement of Faith and Philosophy Statement
• Be a Christian role model in attitude, speech, and actions towards others
• Possess evidence of competence in area of instruction or other adequate preparation, background, or experience as determined by the school administrator
• Have a working knowledge of and follow SCPS's Employee Handbook, Parent & Student Handbook
• Sign and live by the school's Faith statement as a condition for employment and continued employment in this ministry
• Maintain confidentiality in the operation of the school
• Refrain from unwholesome talk, including profanity, slang, or jokes that may be offensive
• Place school ministry ahead of other jobs or volunteer activities
• Maintain a personal appearance that models cleanliness, modesty, and good taste consistent with school policy

Work Environment

Duties are normally performed in a school, classroom, or office environment. Duties may be occasionally performed outdoors or away from school. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.