Substitute - Nurse

Department: Health Services

Reports To: Lead Nurse

Pay Grade: As per substitute pay schedule ($125/day)

Expect an email from IDENTOGO to schedule fingerprints unless you have completed fingerprints through a TEXAS school district already.

Please include social security number or we cannot process application.

Must complete background check/fingerprints before being eligible to substitute.

POSITION FUNCTION/PURPOSE

In the absence of the regular campus nurse, the substitute nurse will provide daily care, administer medications and treatments.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provide assessment and nursing care for ill and injured students
• Identify signs and symptoms of communicable disease and follow infectious disease control procedures.
• Demonstrate and utilize knowledge of drug and treatment protocols when administering medication and treatments.
• Inform principal, principal designee and Lead Nurse of health concerns noted on campus.
• Provide appropriate intervention for crisis situations.
• Serve as a resource person to students, families and staff as appropriate.

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

LVN or RN in the state of Texas

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations will be made if necessary while performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; stand; move throughout the room and/or facility; communicate verbally and electronically; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; kneel, stoop, crouch, and/or crawl; and climb or balance. Regularly required to lift or exert force of up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and the ability to adjust focus. Regular attendance required.

Equipment used

Telephone

Computer and printer

Calculator

Copy machine

Work Environment

The environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Must be able to maintain emotional control under stress.

Greenwood Independent School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, sex (including gender identity and sexual orientation) or disability, in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in its programs and activities. Any person having inquiries concerning the School's compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Section 504), or Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), may contact the Assistant Superintendent or Human Resources. In accordance with Title IX, the district does not discriminate on the basis of sex in its educational program or activities. The requirement not to discriminate extends to employment. Inquiries about the application of Title IX to employment should be referred to Title IX Coordinator, Superintendent Elliott 2700 FM 1379, Midland, TX 79706, eelliott@greenwood.esc18.net, (432) 683-6461, to the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education or both.