Description PRIMARY ROLE: To provide primary health and emergency care to students, promote wellness and serve as a resource for health concerns in the school setting. RESPONSIBILITIES: • Administers medications and treatments as ordered. • Provides care for student and staff illness and accidents. • Administers care based on individual health care plans and individual emergency care plans. • Serves as liaison between the home and the school regarding student health concerns. • Documents all encounters in the Electronic Health Record. • Follows communicable disease control procedures and informs administration and/or parents regarding school exclusion and readmission. REPORTS TO: School Nurse, Head of School Requirements • Hold current, unrestricted, Illinois State license as a Registered Nurse, or Licensed Practical Nurse • Current certification in CPR • Excellent communication skills both verbal and written • Knowledge of current practices for common childhood illnesses and chronic diseases: allergies, asthma • management, diabetes, insulin pen and pumps, seizure management • Implement the nursing process in a school-based setting and provide support for unlicensed personnel • Ability to perform skilled nursing care such insulin administration, insulin pump skills and nebulizer • treatments, inhalers, emergency medications • Providing first aid for various issues throughout the day and notify EMS if needed • Exceptional clinical documentation via a computer-based platform for all encounters • Manage complex situations and triage accordingly for grades K3-12th grade including but not limited to: • head injury, psychiatric needs, potential anaphylaxis, trauma • Professing Christian with active participation in the local church body DESIRABLE QUALIFICATIONS: • Baccalaureate degree in nursing or related field • Experience in pediatric and/or community or public health nursing • Prior experience in school nursing, or acute care setting