Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities:
The School Nurse works in partnership with the School to create an environment that promotes healthy living, as well as responding to the needs of individual children. He/She also has a community health role, addressing the needs of ISPH families as a whole, including children at home as well as parents and carers.
The key responsibilities of the School Nurse include:
● Provide health care services to students
● Provide First Aid as necessary for students and staff
● Maintain health records of students with confidentiality
● Liaise and advise parents as and when necessary on matters concerning their child
● Advise on the purchase of furniture and essential medical supplies
● Maintain a clean and healthy work environment
● Establish policies to meet emergencies
● Assess the health needs of the School community and develop a health plan
● Provide confidential health advice for individual children
● Support, advise, counsel and refer children experiencing mental health problems
● Promote good parenting skills by helping and supporting parents
● Support vulnerable children by working alongside teachers and other professionals
● Provide training for school-based staff to support children with healthcare needs, such as asthma, diabetes or epilepsy
● Contribute to the personal, social and health education (PSHE) curriculum
● Provide advice for parents, carers and school staff on childhood illnesses and the management and control of infectious diseases
Advise on such issues (age appropriate):
● Exercise and healthy eating
● Mental health and wellbeing, including dealing with depression and bullying
● Gender health and relationships, including teenage pregnancy
● Smoking, drug and alcohol abuse
Other Responsibilities:
● Actively support and adhere to the Child Protection Policy, including attending annual training.
● Other tasks assigned by the lined managers.