Columbia Gorge is seeking a School Nurse to serve Sherman County School District The nurse will be supervised by Alison Donnelly, Director of Health Services for the Columbia Gorge ESD.  Very competitive salary and benefits. 

The position is "Open Until Filled"

For the 2022-23 School Year

Title:                              Whole Child School Nurse

Department:                   Office of Superintendent

Classification:                 Licensed Staff

Supervised by:                Program Director/Superintendent

Work Year:                     190 Days or as assigned by Superintendent

Job Purpose Statement:

School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success, and life-long achievement of students. The purpose of the school nurse is to facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety; 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.

Job Qualifications, Licensure, Certification:        

• Registered Nurse through the Oregon State Board of Nursing
• Possession of, or ability to qualify for, an Oregon School Nurse license through Teacher’s Standard and Practices Commission (TSPC).
• Bachelor’s Degree (preferred) Master’s Degree (preferred) in Public Health, Nursing, Nutrition/Dietetics, Social Work, Health Education, Public Administration or other similar field or related professional experience
• Minimum of 1 year of public health, community, school or pediatric nursing (preferred)
• Certified in CPR or BLS
• Ability to communicate in Spanish (written and verbal) - (preferred)
• Classroom teaching experience - (preferred)

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Principles and practices underlying professional
• Principles and practices underlying the special field of school health.
• Knowledge of currenttrendsinnursingandofliteratureinthefieldsofschool
• Organization and administration of other cooperating
• State and local laws relating to health and social issues.
• Participate cooperatively in a program of school health nursing.
• Exercise professional judgment in making decisions.
• Communicate appropriately, collaboratively, and effectively with students, parents, administrators, other school personnel, health care providers, and community
• Demonstrate a genuine interest in the student population and its health needs.
• Organize a health office and manage
• Be a self-starter or self-motivated.
• Use a computer and various software
• Maintain records confidentially and comply with HIPPA and FERPA as needed.

Essential Job Functions:

1. Promotes and protects the optimal health status of children ages 0-21
2. Provides health assessments
3. Obtains a health history
4. Screens and evaluates findings of deficit in vision, hearing, growth,
5. Observes the child for development and health patterns in making nursing assessment.
6. Identifies abnormal health
7. Develops and implements a student health plan
8. Interprets the health status of students to parents and school
9. Initiates referral to parents, school personnel or community health resources for intervention, remediation and follow
10. Provides ongoing health counseling with students, parents, school personnel or health
11. Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students.
12. Maintains, evaluates and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students
13. Plans and implements school health management protocols
14. Participates in home visits when indicated to assess the family needs as related to the child’s
15. Develops procedures and provides for emergency nursing management for injuries/illnesses.
16. Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases.
17. Provides health education and anticipatory guidance
18. Provides direct health education, and health counseling to assist students and families in making decisions on health and lifestyles that affect
19. Participates in health education directly and indirectly for the improvement of health by teaching persons to become more assertive health consumers and to assume greater responsibility for their own
20. Serves as a resource person to the school staff members in health instruction.
21. Coordinates school and community health activities and serves as a liaison health professional between the home, school and
22. Acts as a resource person in promoting health
23. Engages in research and evaluation of school health services to act as a change agent for school health programs and school nursing
24. Provides consultation in the formation of health policies, goals and objectives for the school
25. Where applicable, participates in the IFSP and IEP plan
26. Provides training in delegable duties to district staff
27. Works with other nurses, district staff and community partners to provide in person and telehealth services.
28. Follows record keeping protocols and procedures that comply with both HIPPA and FERPA as required
29. Assist with the Medicaid claiming process and submit claiming information.
30. Other Duties as Assigned

Note: Oregon schools have been directed by the Governor under OAR 333-019-1030 to ensure that school teachers, staff and volunteers are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.  "Fully vaccinated" is defined as 14 days after receiving all required doses of an approved COVID-19 vaccine (currently two shots of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or one shot of Johnson & Johnson vaccine). Under this rule employees must provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination. Exemptions may be made only for eligible medical or religious reasons.