Floating Nurse - SPED

Title: Floating Nurse Special Education

Reports To: Director of Health Services

Duty Days: 201

Wage/Hour Status: Exempt

Pay Grade: I00 (RN)

IS06 (LVN)

Date Revised: 06/2024

Qualifications:

Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of three years nursing experience working in pediatrics or school nursing preferred

Current license to practice professional nursing in the State of Texas

Current BLS Healthcare Provider, CPR certification

Certification in vision, hearing, scoliosis, and acanthosis screening preferred, but training is provided

Ability to provide training and presentations in front of large audiences

Strong interdepartmental teamwork process skills to meet the needs of campus staff, students and parents.

Strong organizational, communication and intervention skills

Strong writing skills

Provide own transportation

Primary Purpose:

Function as a health care provider that meets the Standards of Care for nursing designated by the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners in the school setting. Develop and implement a comprehensive program of health services for the campus that support the special needs for students. To advocate for the health rights of children and promotes an optimal level of wellness and success for the students, staff, and community.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide campus/student specific support for specialized healthcare services.
• Identifies, plans, intervenes, and evaluates student health concerns, including physical and mental health needs and injuries. Maintains, evaluates, and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students.
• Possesses strong communication and intervention skills.
• Possesses strong physical assessment skills with the ability to evaluate health and safety measures in the school environment.
• Provides health assessments, including screenings, for health factors impacting student education. This includes mandated screenings such as vision, hearing, scoliosis, and acanthosis.
• Provides chronic disease management and education, including training and supervising designated school personnel to perform specialized procedures which serve the needs of children with disabilities and/or health conditions in the school setting.
• Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases through immunization programs, early intervention, surveillance, reporting, and follow-up of contagious diseases.
• Directly and indirectly provides health education, health resources, and curriculum recommendations. Participates as the health specialist on school teams and promotes a healthy school environment conducive to learning.
• Responsible for initiating student Individual Healthcare Plans and collaborate with campuses staff and parents to establish a plan that promotes student learning in the school setting.
• Provide personal care as identified in a student's individual education plan and the Individual Healthcare Plan.
• Participates as a health specialist to promote a healthy school environment conducive to learning.
• Assist with delivery of healthcare and facilitate referrals to appropriate medical resources for students and staff.
• Demonstrate nursing professionalism by presenting healthcare information as deemed necessary for campus required meetings.
• Knowledge of applicable laws, codes, regulations, and policies related to school health services.
• Knowledge of child development, developmental disabilities, assessment and family intervention.
• Utilizes equipment and technology for the delivery of health care services.
• Other duties as assigned.

Equipment Used:

Thermometer, blood pressure cuff, audiometer, otoscope, sphygmomanometer, vision screening equipment, Thermoscan, basic clinic equipment, equipment used with medically fragile students, personal computer, scanner, copier, and all other appropriate office equipment.

Working Conditions:

Responsibilities require contact with sick and/or injured person(s), which may include exposure to bodily fluids, disruptive behavior, and communicable disease. There may be exposure to potentially hazardous medical equipment and/or chemicals. Mental demands require emotional control under stress. Physical demands/environment factors may require standing for long periods of time frequent stooping, bending, pulling and pushing. Moderate lifting required. Frequent district-wide travel.

The foregoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.