Certified School Nurse

Position Type:
Student Services/School Nurse

Date Posted:
2/28/2024

Location:
Kolmar School, 10425 S. Kolmar, Oak Lawn

Date Available:

District:
Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 - website
Title: Certified School Nurse

Job Requirements

• Registered professional nurse & current CPR certification
• ISBE Professional Educator License as a School Nurse
• Previous experience is preferred but not required

Our Mission

The mission of School District 123 is "Learning Today for a Successful Tomorrow." We believe each child has unlimited potential and deserves equal access to a challenging and comprehensive curriculum in a safe, secure, and appropriate environment.

Direct Supervisor

Building Principal, may receive assignments from designated personnel as required.

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, ability, physical demands and working conditions required of this position.

• Demonstrate support of the Oak Lawn Hometown School District strategic plan.
• Uphold the established Board of Education policies, regulations, and administrative procedures
• Develop and facilitate professional learning for School District Nurses
• Facilitate normal development and positive student response to intervention:
  
  • Serve as the health care expert in the school to meet student health needs with an understanding of normal growth and development in children and youth as well as students with special needs.
  • Identify deviations from normal development and develop plans for student care utilizing the nursing process through assessment, intervention, identification of outcomes and evaluation of care.
• Provide leadership in promoting health and safety, including a healthy environment.
  
  • Provide health-related education and guidance to students, families and staff members.
  • Develop and facilitate professional development for district nurses.
  • Monitor student immunization status and compliance with state health requirements; submit state reports as required.
  • Employ effective infection control through early detection, monitoring and reporting of contagious illness according to public health guidelines and district policy.
  • Be alert to potential safety hazards in the school environment and participate in reporting and remedying unsafe conditions.
  • Be familiar with and/or contribute to the development of school safety plans regarding bullying, school violence, and the full range of emergencies that may occur at school.
• Provide quality health care and intervene in actual and potential health problems.
  
  • Provide care for chronic and acute illness, as well as injuries in the school setting.
  • Safely administer and monitor medications that are required during the school day according to policy and in compliance with the Illinois Nurse Practice Act.
  • Perform health care procedures as ordered by students' health care providers.
  • Perform vision and hearing screenings as required.
  • Assists in the formation of health office policies and procedures.
  • Maintain an effective health office setting, including accurate record keeping and maintenance of adequate supplies.
• Make recommendations regarding educational interventions, accommodations, or modifications to the student's individualized educational program (IEP) based on the findings of the medical review
• Use clinical judgment in providing case management services
  
  • Receive and implement medical orders and communicate medical information to the appropriate staff as needed.
• Develop Individualized Healthcare Plans (IHPs) and Emergency Care Plans (ECPs) as needed.
• Provide health care information to the educational teams developing Special Education plans, such as Individualized Educational Plans and Section 504 Plans, to the extent allowed by the Illinois Nurse Practice Act.
• Actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy and learning.
  
  • Coordinate the linkage between the medical home, family and school.
  • Assist in identifying and accommodating health-related barriers to learning.
  • Provide families with information about available community resources as needed to improve access to health care.
• Communicate and cooperative with colleagues, students, parents, and the community as needed to meet professional standards
• Maintain accurate records (students' performance data, clerical responsibilities, Medicare billing, etc.) for the purpose of documenting accurate student information, reports, and Medicare reimbursement
  
  • Track students' attendance and look for trends in communicable diseases
• Maintain and improve professional competence
• Participate in meetings and perform other responsibilities as assigned by the principal or designee in accordance with the Board of Education
• Ability to sit/stand for prolonged periods of time
• Regular attendance and/or physical presence at the job

Terms of Employment

Hours/Day: (CBA - Art. II - Section 10A)

Months/Year: (CBA - Art. II - Section 10B)

Salary: Please see Collective Bargaining Agreement

Evaluation

Performance in this position will be evaluated by the Building Principal in accordance with the Board of Education's policy on Evaluation of Professional Personnel.

The School Board of Oak Lawn-Hometown School District 123 prohibits any and all forms of discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, national origin, marital status, age, homelessness, or disability or other basis prohibited by law in any of its programs, services, activities or employment.