School Nurse
Fremont Public Schools is accepting applications for a School Nurse for the 25/26 year! Join Tiger Nation! Our School Nurses have holidays, school breaks, and summer vacation off! No nights and no weekends! FPS is a diverse, forward-thinking, Class A district located 25 minutes northwest of Omaha and 45 minutes north of Lincoln. We offer a small town atmosphere with big city opportunities. Learn more about us at fremonttigers.org.
Compensation: Salary is based on the Nurses’ Salary Schedule for the 25/26 school year. In addition, certified staff members receive an $8,750 annual flat salary stipend and a District contribution to health insurance upon enrollment.
Paid Leave: 4 Personal Days; 9 Sick Days; 5 Bereavement Days; Civic Leave; and Professional Leave as determined by administrators. Certified staff also administer a Sick Leave Bank that all certified staff are eligible to join on an annual basis. Staff who are parents or guardians of an FPS student can also use up to 4 sick days, per year, to attend FPS-sponsored activities for their child.
Retirement: FPS is a member of the Nebraska Public Employee Retirement System
Other Benefits: FPS provides all certified team members long term disability, a $10,000 individual life insurance policy, and quarterly perfect attendance bonus opportunities.
Additional benefits offered at employee expense include: health, dental, and vision insurance, additional voluntary life insurance, tax-sheltered annuities (403b), flexible spending accounts, and supplemental policies via AFLAC and Colonial Life such as short term disability, accident insurance, group cancer insurance, and hospitalization/critical illness insurance.
Grades
Pre-K–4Additional Information
JOB DESCRIPTION
It is the policy of Fremont Public Schools to not discriminate on the basis of sex, disability, race, color, religion, veteran status, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, or other protected status in its educational programs, admission policies, employment policies or other administered programs. Persons requiring accommodations to apply and/or be considered for positions are asked to make their request to the Superintendent.
DEPARTMENT: Student Services
JOB TITLE: School Nurse
REQUIREMENTS:
Education Level:
- Bachelor’s Degree
Certification/Licensure:
- Registered Nurse Certification
- Nebraska Nurse’s License
Experience Desired:
- Satisfactory nursing experience
Other Requirements:
- Ability to identify, assess and interpret the student’s health needs
- Knowledge of current medical practices and legal implications
- Knowledge of resources available to strengthen the child’s school experiences
- Ability to counsel with child, parent, teacher and medical professionals
- Ability to establish and maintain good relationships with students, parents, co-workers, and community representatives with whom he/she makes contact
- Ability to adapt her professional knowledge and skills within school district policies to the educational setting in a responsible manner
- Possess the courage and initiative to develop and strengthen positive health attitudes, physically, mentally and emotionally
- Possess respect for and honors confidentiality of information
REPORTS TO: Building Administration/Associate Superintendent
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The essential functions of each employee’s position includes (1) regular, dependable in-person attendance on the job; (2) the ability to perform the identified tasks and to possess and utilize the identified knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the identified work activities; and (3) the ability to perform the physical requirements on their specific job description.
Basic:
- To directly strengthen the educational process through constructively developing, maintaining and improving the well-being of the total child, physically, mentally and emotionally
Frequent:
- Assess and evaluate health and developmental status of pupil in order to make a nursing diagnosis and to establish priority for action to attain the highest degree of positive health possible
- Interpret results of medical findings concerning the student for parents, school personnel and the pupil
- Counsel student, parents and school personnel and plan action for eliminating, minimizing or accepting health problems that interfere with effective learning
- Serve as resource consultant to the classroom teacher
- Assist in formulation of policies, standards and objectives for the school health program within policies of the school system
- Arrange for and execute physical assessment of vision, hearing, dental, height, weight, nutritional status and general health in accordance with state law
- Maintain up-to-date individual health records for each student in line with professional ethics and legal limitations
- Notify parents in writing, of problems or potential problems observed in their child and encourage them to seek help
- Follow-up on treatment of a student’s health deviations that need further care, offering resources in the community when needed
- Make home visitations to establish and exchange information as a means of understanding the child’s background, family needs and health problems
- Utilize health services as a means of direct and indirect teaching
- Be constantly watchful for the detection of disease and minimize the spread of communicable disease
- Assist in providing special facilities for the child with special needs and such modifications as may be needed
- Alert school administrators to health trends and problems
- Maintain a current and accurate knowledge of the total school program in order to work effectively with other school personnel
- Be alert for deviations of normal appearance or behavior utilizing the expertise of the classroom teacher whose close daily observation is an invaluable tool
- Strive to attain compliance with state immunization laws
- Motivate maintenance of high immunity levels to disease through the use of a booster shot program on an individual basis
- Implement exclusion and readmission policies established for the control of disease with the school system
- Be alert for possible safety hazards in the school environment and channel information to the proper school personnel for alleviation of hazards
- Give immediate temporary care in cases of sudden illness or injury
- Notify parent or guardian as promptly as feasible of sudden illness or injury
- Arrange for appropriate and safe transportation of an ill or injured pupil while that pupil is under the jurisdiction of the school
- Complete and file accident report in cases of injury to a pupil or school personnel within the jurisdiction of the school system
- Assist in or complete necessary insurance forms as designated by administration
- Obtain medical diagnosis and recommendations with parental permission where relevant to the school situation
- Serve on staffing conference committees in the Special Education area
- Cooperate with speech and reading clinicians in matters relating to the student’s progress
- Give support to staff members in developing positive mental attitudes and act as a resource in counseling in regard to personal and family health problems
- Supervise administration of such necessary prescription medications as may be needed during the school day in accordance with accepted medical practice and in compliance with school regulations
- Participate in inservice activities, promote dental health week, personal hygiene presentations, Kindergarten Round-up, speak to community groups on request, open houses, American Education Week, and attend such ongoing educational courses benefiting the school nurse field as are available
- Prepare and submit reports as needed to administration and the State Department of Health
- Coordinate purchase and distribution of such medical supplies as needed
- Promote appropriate conduct of students in the school setting
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
NEVER (0%) |
OCCASIONAL (1-32%) |
FREQUENT (33-66%) |
CONSTANT (67%+) |
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A. Standing |
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B. Walking |
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C. Sitting |
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D. Bending/Stooping |
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E. Reaching/Pulling/Pushing |
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F. Climbing |
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G. Driving |
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H. Lifting: 50# max |
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I. Carrying: 111-100 ft |
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J. Manual Dexterity Tasks |
Fingering 33-66% |
Grasping 33-66% |
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Specify (manual dexterity tasks): Ability to operate computer, manipulate keyboard, A-V equipment, etc. |
OTHER REQUIREMENTS (Intellectual, Sensory): Visual and auditory acuity for student supervisory functions, skills in oral and written communication and skills in human relations
WORKING CONDITIONS:
Inside-Outside-Both: Inside
Climatic Environment: Primary work environment is a heated, non-air-conditioned classroom or building and in some cases, classroom may be air-conditioned.
Hazards: Communicable diseases, classroom, building, furniture and equipment
Contact Information
Fremont Public Schools130 E. 9th St.
Fremont, NE 68025
https://fremonttigers.org
Kate Baker
(p) (402) 727-3016
How to Apply
Interested and qualified applicants can apply online at fremonttigers.org. Click on ‘Employment’ and follow application instructions.