Position: School Nurse at Dames Ferry Elementary School
Effective Date: 2025-2026 School Year
Minimum Qualifications: The applicant should have a license in one of the following fields: Registered Nurse (R.N.) or Licensed Practical Nurse (L.P.N.)
Selection Procedure: Consideration/interviews will begin as soon as a list of qualified applicants is established. Selected candidates will be contacted for interviews. No notification will be sent to applicants except those who are selected for interviews. Due to the large volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information on our application status.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION - All interested applicants are required to apply on our school system online application website, Recruitment and Hiring. In order to access our online application website, please click on "Employment Opportunities" on the Jones County School System's website.
School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students. To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health, safety and wellness; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy, and learning.
Qualifications include the following but are not limited to:
- Attend continuing education updates provided by the school district and participate in training programs as determined by school district to increase skills and proficiency related to school health.
- Review and stay abreast of current developments, literature and technical source information to maintain proficiency related to job responsibilities and student needs.
- Function as a health resource and liaison among students and staff concerning health promotion and wellness.
- Provide education and training to appropriate staff relative to identified health needs of students.
- Prepare clinic for the opening of school and maintain medical supplies in clinic.
- Maintain accurate, updated health information on each student after examining the Student Health Information Forms.
- Administer medication in accordance with guidelines set forth by the school district
- Provide limited, immediate short-term care to students with an injury or illness until parents or designated persons can be notified and assume responsibility for the sick or injured student.
- Timely report communicable diseases and critical/emergency situations to the principal
- Dispose properly of unused medications
- Maintain the dignity, privacy and confidentiality of students in accordance with The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) guidelines
- Follow school policy about contacting parents and releasing students
- Possess and maintain valid and appropriate license, certificate and/or credential as may be required for this position
- Follow work scheduling and attendance requirements in a regular, predictable and punctual manner.
- Ensure adherence to appropriate safety procedures.
- Follow federal and state laws, as well as district policies.
- Consistently communicate in a positive, respectful manner when dealing with parents, staff and students.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Physical requirements include, but are not limited to: - The ability to timely respond and attend to emergency situations that may occur throughout the school
- The ability to perform lifting, supporting and movement of students.
- All nursing actions will be in accordance with the scope of practice of the Georgia Board of Nursing and Jones County School District policies and procedures.
