District Nurse

Position: District Nurse

Effective August 2024

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Provides staff development on health-related topics for school personnel.

• Provides health assessments for students.

• Participates in developing and implementing a student health plan.

• Maintains, evaluates and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students.

• Plans and implements school health management protocols.

• Develops procedures and provides for emergency nursing management for injuries/illnesses.

• Coordinates Vision, Hearing and other health screening activities.

• Coordinates First Aid and CPR training for staff.

• Coordinates MICR

• Attends Administration meetings.

• Represents the health care team at School Board Meetings.

• Director of Reproduction Education / Abstinence Education.

• Participate as an active member of the multidisciplinary team.

• Works as a liaison between the medical community and the school district.

• Serves as a resource person on health issues.

• Promotes and assists in control of communicable diseases.

• Provides health education and counseling to students and families.

• Engages in research and evaluation of school health services to act as a change agent for school health programs and school nursing practices.

• Provides consultation in the formation of health policies, goals and objectives for the school district.

• Effectively work with administration in determining the level of support needed for a student for accommodations and IDEA 504 plans.

• Provide Professional Development for crisis, emergency, health, wellness and safety to District staff, students and community.

• Coordinate, monitor and work with local and state agencies for crisis, emergency, health, wellness and safety needs for the District.

• Test and Track for Covid related illnesses.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Education Requirements and Preferred Skills:

• Bachelor's degree and current nursing license with the state of Michigan

• State of Michigan School Nurse Certification or qualifications to obtain certification.

• Registered with the state of Michigan with Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) as a licensed and Registered Nurse.

• Minimum of three to five years successful Registered Nurse experience, preferably with school age students, in public health nursing, community health nursing or in a school health setting.

• Experience with Michigan Care Improvement Registry (MCIR)

• Excellent and empathetic communicator.

• Excellent writing and mathematics ability.

Working Schedule and Rate of Pay:

42 week calendar, August through June

Starting salary range: $75,000-$85,000