Altoona Area School District Nurse

School District Nurse

Are you ready to make a difference in the lives of students? A School Nurse (LPN) assists in providing the fullest possible educational opportunity for students by minimizing absence due to illness and creating a climate of health and well-being in the schools. 

ESS, a leading educational staffing company, has dozens of daily substitute nursing opportunities each day in our partnering school districts throughout the U.S.

Responsibilities

• Provide critical care services to medically fragile students as assigned.
• Administers medications from physicians' orders.
• Maintains medication records and reports.
• Assist with personal hygiene tasks for assigned student(s).
• Maintain effective communication with medical, nursing, and district personnel.
• Manages and provides health room services, including first aid and CPR, according to established procedures.
• Performs medical procedures ordered by students' physicians.
• Provides guidance and counseling in the area of health to students, staff, and parents according to professional standards..
• Maintains accurate nurse's notes and records, including summaries of services provided.
• Reports all cases of diagnosed or suspected communicable disease to the necessary agencies.
• Maintains an inventory of health room supplies.
• Reports environmental conditions which may adversely affect the safety and health of the students and staff.
• Performs other duties assigned by the school district or ESS

Qualifications

• Must have a LPN Certification
• Criminal Background Check
• Tuberculosis Test