Job Description

Position: Substitute Healthroom Nurse

Locations: Downingtown, PA

Pay Rate: $29.17 per hour

Schedule: Varies; up to 7.5 hours per day, following Board-approved calendar

Benefit Eligible: No

Effective Date: On-call position

Are you passionate about helping ALL students learn in a collaborative environment? If so, we may have the career for you!

At DASD, we are committed to sharing values of diversity and inclusion in order to achieve and sustain excellence in education. As a diverse district, we continually seek ways to strengthen our educational environment. We believe that we can best promote excellence by recruiting and retaining a diverse group of staff who bring various backgrounds and perspectives. Our ability to create and maintain a climate of respect is critical to attaining the best teaching and learning environment. If you want to be part of our "Downingtown Proud" team - please apply! Help us with our mission to educate all students to meet the rigorous challenges of a global society.

At the Downingtown Area School District we value our employees. We seek to hire new staff who:

• Communicate openly to build relationships and trust
• Partner with team members to see the TEAM succeed
• Demonstrate a growth mindset and seek ongoing opportunities for growth
• Embrace and support a safe and inclusive environment
• Eagerly and enthusiastically support student learning
• Strive to be kind and reflective
• Focus on the solution and put people first
• Lead by example!

Job Summary: Provides health care services to students, employees, and teachers on an on-call basis.

Qualifications: To successfully perform this position, a person must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily. The qualification requirements listed below represent minimum levels of educational achievement, training, skills and/or ability necessary.

• LPN or RN, current state license
• Accurate record keeping skills
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Good clerical skills, including basic office computer skills
• Attains and maintains current CPR/First Aid certification
• Working knowledge of health care service and/or experience in health care field beneficial
• Required to handle medical supplies and is subject to infectious diseases
• Proficiency in the use of technology for individual and system management, communication, and research
• Must successfully complete and maintain compliance with all federal and state background and criminal recordcheck requirements
• Click here for more information about required clearances
• Candidate must adhere to all local, state, federal, and school code requirements for employment.

Duties & Responsibilities: (Abbreviated - Please review the attached job descriptions for more details on these specific opportunities)

• Provides medical care: administers student care prescribed in standing orders; provides first aid care for accidental injuries; handles life-threatening emergency situations following standard procedures and/or established practices in absence of CSN, i.e. allergic reactions to bee stings, diabetic coma, seizures; assesses and reports medical illness and injury to CSN, parents, and classroom teacher; checks for contagious diseases; administers medication to students following district procedure; handles students' diabetes care; evaluates peak flow assessment and provides nebulizer treatment when prescribed by physician.
• Performs clerical duties in support of health care services: fills out accident reports; prepares health record for new students and maintains a health record for each student; maintains effective health room schedule; sends, collects, and files physical examinations and emergency cards; maintains record of three consecutive days illness and report reason for absence to teacher; copies, files, and preserves the confidentiality of health care records; answers incoming telephone calls in a friendly, pleasant manner; maintains computerized daily journal of treatments and activities; updates computer records of health problems and new medications; compiles class trip medical information forms; works under the direction of CSN and completes other tasks as assigned by CSN
• Reviews and discusses daily journal with CSN and is familiar with and updates medical problems list
• Maintains a clean health care environment; restocks supplies; changes solution in thermometer holder weekly; disposes of sharps and hazardous waste materials per District and OSHM guidelines
• Assists with screening programs as directed by nurse: physicals, hearing tests, eye examinations
• Counsels students on health and hygiene; assists guidance counselors and Crisis Intervention Team on an as-needed basis
• Cooperates with District dental hygienist in distributing dental forms and collecting referral information and assists students referred to Dental Clinic to connect with transportation to appointments
• Supports transition services to neuro divergent students, (16-21) with medical needs, through community-based activities to develop independent living skills, employability skills, job skills, employment opportunities as well as other community participation experiences

EOE