School Nurse

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.