School Nurse (Y Tá Nhà Trường)

RESPONSIBILITY:
To undertake health-care and nursing services in a timely and professional manner to effectively control and minimize health problems and incidents of the school students.
Advise on such issues (age appropriate):
• Exercise and healthy eating.
• Mental health and wellbeing, including dealing with depression and bullying.
• Se-xual 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.
Key Performance Areas:
• Manage and control the Health Department at school.
• Control and provide the Health & First Aid (H&FA) services to students and staff.
• Build up all health procedures and regulations related by working closely with school Board of Management.
• Maintain all H&FA areas as safe and functional, including but not limited to restocking essential medical supplies for on and off site needs.
• Maintain health records of students with confidentiality.
• Liaise and advise parents as and when necessary on matters concerning their child.
• Maintain a clean and healthy school environment.
• Establish policies to meet health emergencies.
• Assess the health needs of the School community and develop health plans.
• Provide confidential health advice for individual children.
• Support, advise, counsel 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, allergies, 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.
• Ensure that all necessary medical information is provided to the staff taking students off-campus for field trips and school camps.