Nurse Job Listing
School District: St. Louis City
City, State Zip: St Louis, MO 63101
Telephone: 314-345-2244
Position: Nurse
Subject Area: (none)
Deadline Date: 7 / 20 / 2010 **
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Description:
Employees in this classification provide patient care to students and staff, community/public health education and promotion, and health related investigations in order to promote wellness in the school setting. This is a mid-level professional classification. Employees perform moderately complex duties with a variety of related tasks. The distinguishing characteristic is to provide direct patient care and education as an independent heath care professional in the school setting. . Work is performed with considerable independence in accordance with accepted professional nursing practices and standards. Employees work under the general direction of the Manager of Health Services, a Medical Director, and within the Department of Student Support Services.

Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Nursing, Biology, Health Administration, Health Services, Social Work, or related health field.
- Will consider RN currently enrolled in a BSN program
- Must possess current Missouri Professional Registered Nurse License

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Previous school nurse experience preferred, but not required.
- Ability to perform mid-level data analysis including the ability to audit, deduce, assess, conclude, and appraise health status of students.
- Ability to lift, carry, push and pull objects and materials of moderate weight, 12 to 20 pounds, such as transporting medical supplies, equipment, educational materials, and movement, transferring, or repositioning of students. Tasks could involve the ability to exert moderate physical effort, typically involving some combination of trotting, running, stooping, climbing stairs, kneeling and crouching in order to respond to health emergencies for the performance of health assessments
- Tasks may risk exposure to adverse environmental conditions such as disease, pathogenic substances, toxic/poisonous agents, disease, or violence

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