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School Nurse Position Details
School Nurse Posting
Where: Dekalb Academy of Technology and Environment Charter
School; Stone Mountain, GA 30083
When: School Year 2009-2010
Salary: Part time: TBD
Contact: Send Resume to e-mail: maury_l_wills@fc.dekalb.k12.ga.us
(Fax) 770-484-7785/ (Tel) 770-484-5865
School nurse: Job description and Activities
A school nurse works in partnership with a school to create an environment that promotes healthy living, as well as responding to the needs of individual children. There is a shift towards a public health role, addressing the needs of the local school-age population as a whole, including children at home as well as parents and carers.
The key responsibilities of a school nurse include:
§ assessing the health needs of the whole school community and developing a health plan, including a policy on bullying;
§ providing confidential health advice for individual children;
§ supporting, advising, counseling and referring children experiencing mental health problems, such as depression;
§ promoting good parenting skills by helping and supporting parents;
§ coordinating immunization program;
§ supporting vulnerable children by working alongside teachers, social workers, education welfare officers and other professionals;
§ providing school-based drop-in advice services;
§ producing individual health plans for children with disabilities or long-term conditions;
§ providing training for school-based staff to support children with healthcare needs, such as asthma, diabetes or epilepsy, and contributing to PSHE curriculum;
§ providing advice for parents, carers and school staff on childhood illnesses and the management and control of infectious diseases.
The current emphasis on health promotion in schools and the community means that this is a key part of the school nurse’s role and often focuses on:
§ exercise and healthy eating including combating obesity and eating disorders
§ mental health and wellbeing, including dealing with depression and bullying
