Nurse Job Description

Job Description

Skills? Aware of and willing to promote the school s health and safety policies and practices.? Purpose of School nursing? Facilitate positive student responses to normal development? Promote health and safety? Intervene with actual and potential health problems? Provide case management services? Collaborate with others to build student and family for adaptation, self management, self advocacy and learning? Able to lead a team of nurses and support staff.? Provide training for staff.? Accuracy in medicine provision and record keeping.? Able to be prepared for doctors visits /prepare for health authority inspections.? Ability to use Microsoft Word, Excel, TabletExperience working with student or in a school environment.Reporting to the deputy/supervisor, principal, HR managerHAAD Responsibilities and Roles of the School Nurse :? General responsibilities? Provides direct healthcare to student & staf? Provides leadership for the provision of health service? Provides screening and referral for health conditions? Promotes a healthy school environment? Promotes health? Leadership role for health policies and programs? Liaison between school personnel, family, community, and health care providers? The role of the school nurse encompasses both health and educational needs.Direct care Responsibilities? Performs comprehensive & systematic health assessment? Analyzes data to identify health problems? Develops individualized healthcare plan and refers for further follow up (children with chronic conditions or special needs)? Manages and updates plan and communicates it to concerned personnel? Provides ongoing health information to students, parents and school authorities? Plans, implements and supervises school health screening programs? Directs immunization program? Administers medications as per HAAD guidelines? Documents care & maintains records? Reports school health data (identifies health issues)Leadership Responsibilities:? Development of plans and training staff in emergencies and disasters? Maintain confidentiality in communication and documentation? Appropriate delegation of care (initial assessment, training, competency validation, supervision, and evaluation)Screening and referral Responsibilities:? Screening: vision, hearing, posture, body mass index, etc? Refer in timely manner? Recognize any deviation from normal growth development and behaviorPromote healthy school environment Responsibilities? Provides physical and emotional safety Implement precaution against blood borne pathogens and infectious diseases? Implement precaution against blood borne pathogens and infectious diseases Monitors immunization? Monitors immunization Assures appropriate exclusion and re-entry into school? Assures appropriate exclusion and re-entry into school Promote healthy school environment? Promote healthy school environment? Reports communicable diseases? Assesses the physical environment (playground, indoor air quality, review illness or injury)? Participates in developing a plan for prevention and management of hazards? Assesses emotional environment of school (bullying, violence)Promotes Health Responsibilities? Provides health education to students, parents, teachers & communities? Assists in development of health education curriculum? Promotes health in school health councils? Collaborates with staff, students, parents and other professionals to assess health needs and develop a school health plan? Prepares statistical reports on health promotion? Promotes Health activities for HAAD and ADEC and other government entitiesActs as role model in promoting a healthy lifestyleLeadership for health policies and programs Responsibilities? Health expert within school system? Leader in development and evaluation of school health policies, procedures including Health promotion and protection? Coordinates school health program? School wellness policies? Crisis / disaster management? Emergency medical condition management? Mental health protection and intervention? Acute illness management? Infectious disease prevention and management? Documents and prepares report (legal, regulatory and policy requirements)? Utilizes critical thinking, time management, problem solving skills in management of care? Adapts leadership and management style to changing circumstances? Engages in research and evaluation of school health services? Acts as change agent for school health programs and school nursing practices.? Serves as liaison between school, home and community? establish working relationship with pediatricians to ensure individualized health plans are executed? communicates with family through phone written communication? communicates with community health providers and agencies ensuring confidentiality? Develops community partnerships to promote health of communityCoordinate and collaborate responsibilities? Act as resource person in promoting health? Maintains supplies and equipment in the school clinic according to HAAD requirements for nursery schools? Ensures accessibility of school health services to all student and staff? Keeps daily log (DC app or paper) to list students who visit the nurses office or needs special attentionAccountability Responsibilities? Accepts accountability for own actions and decision making? Practices within the scope of practice? Maintains competency? Seeks guidance in situations beyond scope of practice? Practices within the legal framework of UAE.? Maintains current license to practice? Practices in accordance with national, jurisdictional legislations? Demonstrates knowledge and follows the policies and procedures? Follows the UAE nursing code of conduct? Advocates protection of human rights and reports any violation in accordance with jurisdiction and code of conductMaintains confidentialityDemonstrates sensitivity to diversity in culture and religion.Development? Assumes responsibility for professional development? Ensures continuing competency (BLS, PALS)? Maintains record of learning and professional development activities? Promotes and maintains a positive image of nursing? Uses nursing research and best practice guideline? Represents nursing profession in relevant committees, taskforce, board or forums.

Keyskills :
Wellness Deputy Supervisor Quality Standards Management