Job Description:
Position Summary:
The School Nurse strengthens and helps to facilitate the educational process by identifying and working to alleviate or minimize the effects of health-related barriers to learning in individual students. The position will be located at the College Preparatory Academy campus.  All candidates must be willing to work at an elementary or secondary school. This is a 10-month position.The School Nurse will be active in implementing the school health program and promoting wellness for students and staff. The School Nurse at Crossroads Charter Schools will oversee the health and wellbeing of students.  All duties are to be performed in accordance with standards of professional nursing care and practices, district/state board of education policies and procedures and the Missouri State Nursing Practice Act. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Position Responsibilities:

• Provide professional nursing services, first aid, illness, and emergency care to students, guided by the nursing process and sound decision-making process in accordance with school policies and procedures.
• Provide emergency response and first aid; must be able to perform CPR and use an AED.
• Administer medication with appropriate safety-checks and documentation and adequately train members of the support team on medication administration and first-aid as needed.
• Inform educators and support team of pertinent student medical information.
• Family-school-student consultation and collaboration abilities; Contact families regarding student illness, and informing them on recommendations for care and illness-associated exclusion criteria.
• Develop Individual Health Care Plans and support the development of 504 Plans for students with special health-care needs on a case-by-case basis.
• Prepare and maintain accurate student health records and ensure compliance with state and school retention policy.
• Maintain health and immunization records; assist with compiling state immunization report for compliance with state statutes.
• Coordinate annual Vision and Hearing Screenings; notifying parents when a further medical evaluation is indicated.
• Coordinate and monitor school health program and ensure compliance with federal, state and local laws, regulations and policies.
• Assist in the development and evaluation of procedures related to school health and ensure the implementation of those procedures.
• Provide staff development on student safety and health-related topics for school staff.
• Participate in the development of school emergency health and safety plan.
• Maintain up to date contact information for health resources within the community including primary, urgent and emergency medical, dental, and vision care service providers as needed.
• Review health surveys collected during enrollment to identify health concerns and ensure that concerns are communicated to pertinent instructional staff.
• Follow procedures for suspected cases of child abuse and neglect.
• Act as a liaison between the school, home health department professionals, and other community agencies.
• Assist instructional staff with the development of health education curriculum
• Effectively utilize local, state and national resources to meet needs within the student population.
• Meet professional obligations through efficient work habits such asmeeting deadlines, honoring schedules, coordinating, etc. 
• All work responsibilities are subject to having performance goals and/or targets established as part of the annual performance planning process or as the result of organizational planning.
• Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned

Skills and Qualifications:

• Licensed in the State of Missouri as a Registered Nurse or a LPN or CNA.
• Completion of a LPN/CNA program or Graduation from an accredited program with either an associate’s degree in Nursing (ADN) or a Bachelors of Science in Nursing degree (BSN). 
• Current CPR/AED certified.
• Experience working in a school or medical setting preferred. 
• Excellent teamwork skills and an ability to collaborate closely with colleagues and partners to identify challenges and to design and implement solutions.
• Excellent work ethic, positive attitude, flexibility and willingness to perform tasks assigned
• Demonstrates ethical behavior and confidentiality of information about students and teachers in the school environment and community.

 All applicants must apply on the Crossroads website at:  http://www.crossroadsschoolskc.org/careers