School Nurse
Spartanburg, SC
Meeting Street Academy Spartanburg /
Full-Time Permanent /
On-site
Meeting Street School is looking for a full time Nurse. This individual must have a current CPR certification and computer skills. We are looking for someone with a proven ability to take initiative, be resourceful, make sound nursing judgments, and serve students, staff, and parents with a customer service orientation.
Experience and Training
- Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing School and/or 5-10 years of Nursing Experience
- Licensed as an LPN or RN
- Current CPR Certification
- Computer Skills Current
Responsibilities
- Provides emergent, episodic, and scheduled Nursing Services to school students, staff, and visitors, such as: Illness, injury assessments, and interventions in accordance with district Nursing Services clinical policies.
- Ensures medication policy compliance.
- Performs scheduled procedures as ordered.
- Emergency response as indicated.
- Related staff training as appropriate. Case management of students with chronic health conditions to facilitate optimal health in order to learn.
- Review all students’ health information provided by parents in order to identify students with chronic health conditions.
- Provide a nursing assessment (to include student, parent, MD, and appropriate school staff).
- Develop and implement Individual Healthcare Plan (IHP), coordinating health care needs into the school setting.
- Develop and implement Emergency Action Plan (EAP) used to train and educate the identified school staff in the appropriate emergency response. Provides health screenings to identify barriers to learning, initiate referrals, and assists families in gaining access to health care for interventions as appropriate. Promotes and assists in the control of communicable disease through providing preventative immunization programs, early detection, and surveillance reporting and follow–up of contagious diseases. Actively participates in school teams such as: Wellness Team • 504 Team • IEP Team • Core Team • Crisis Team • Emergency Response Team
$40,000 - $65,000 a year
The salary for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience. Additionally, Meeting Street Schools offers a comprehensive benefits package, including and not limited to:
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Pet Insurance
Life Insurance and Disability
Employee + Family Wellness
Tax Favored Spending Accounts (FSA/HSA)
Retirement Plans
Referral and Retention Bonuses
