School Nurse

Overall role:   -Promotes health awareness strategies; conducts periodic checkups for students.   Main tasks: -         Conducts annual medical checkups for all students.   -          Interprets to students' parents the medical reports issued, and encourages them to seek the opinion of their family doctor.   -          Provides emergency health care to needy cases such as injuries, headaches, stomach-aches…   -          Accompanies students to hospitals in case of emergencies.   -          Sends an empty medical report to parents to fill it out and send it back to the school within the first month of the academic year.   -          Collects the confidential medical report which is signed by the child's pediatrician, read it, and sort out the special cases.   -          Develops a nursing care plan with special health needs requiring nursing assessment, intervention or supervision and communicate the appropriate health information to the principal.   -          Warns the concerned teachers about student having a special case.   -          Assists in the health education of students by acting as resources for staff, and actively teaching classes such as first aid.   -          Reviews and maintains health records.   -          Provides periodic reports to the School principal.   -          Attends meetings, workshops, and training sessions during and outside school hours.   -          Performs other duties of similar nature as requested by the School Principal.