Job Information
Bremerton School District Registered Nurse in Bremerton, Washington
This Registered Nurse position is for the 2024-2025 school year. The position is 8 hours/day for 190 days/year.
MUST be qualified as a Registered Nurse in the State of Washington and hold an unrestricted license.
Bremerton School District
JOB DESCRIPTION -- REGISTERED NURSE
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GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Provides preventive health services to facilitate the student's optimal physical, mental, emotional and social growth, and development. Identifies problems and disabilities and provides such services as case finding, health education, referring and care in order to help prevent serious health problems which would later be more difficult and costly to address. The Registered Nurse: Supports the education process by working to assure the health and safety of the students.
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Reports to and evaluated by: Assessment/Special Programs Supervisor
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
The following examples are intended as illustrations of various types of work performed
allocated to this classification. No attempt is made to be inclusive. Related, similar or logical duties are performed as may be assigned or self-determined.
Promotes and protects the optimal health status of school age children
Provides health assessments: Obtains a health history; Screens and evaluates findings of deficit in vision and hearing; Observes the child for development and health patterns in making nursing assessment; and/or Identifies abnormal health findings
Develops and implements a student health plan (ICHP/IHP)
Interprets the health status of students to parents and school personnel
Initiates referral to parents, school personnel or community health resources for intervention, remediation and follow through
Provides ongoing health counseling with students, parents, school personnel or health agencies
Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students
Maintains, evaluates and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students
Plans and implements school health management protocols
Participates in home visits assessing the family needs as related to the child's health
Develops procedures and provides for emergency nursing management for injuries/illnesses
Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases
Provides health education and anticipatory guidance
Provides direct health education, and health counseling to assist students and families in making decisions on health and lifestyles that affect health
Participates in health education directly and indirectly for the improvement of health by teaching persons to become more assertive health consumers and to assume greater responsibility for their own health
Counsels with students concerning problems such as pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases and substance abuse in order to facilitate responsible decision making practices
Serves as a resource person to the school staff members in health instruction
Coordinates school and community health activities and serves as a liaison health professional between the home, school and community
Acts as a resource person in promoting health
Engages in research and evaluation of school health services to act as a change agent for school health programs and school health practices
Provides consultation in the formation of health policies, goals and objectives for the school district
Where applicable, participates in the IEP plan development
Works directly with other professional health care providers to administer health care