Special Education Nurse

Job description

Summary Provides health services and support which will assist students in achieving and/or maintaining optimum health: Serves as a direct caregiver, advocate, leader, and educator; Provides specialized health services to all special education and medically fragile students Essential Duties: - Assists the assigned school staff and/or student(s) in understanding and managing student health issues - Consults with Services for Exceptional Children, other nurses, school staff, parents, and students on health issues as appropriate - Acts as the liaison between school(s)/assigned student(s), health care provider or physician, SEC and SHS department, and other health agencies - Serves as a consultant to local school staff and volunteers on health issues - Provides training to school staff, as appropriate, to perform required procedures and provides staff development training on health-related topics - Provides first aid and emergency crisis nursing care to assigned student(s) and/or ill or injured students and others as deemed appropriate - Provides health counseling to assigned student(s), parents, and staff - Works in concert and collaborates with the other nurses and staff, as deemed a...