Registered Nurse (Hiring Immediately)

BASIC FUNCTIONS

• Establish and maintain a comprehensive school health program on a school campus research, investigate and formulate plans of actions
• Supervise, monitor and evaluate nurse assistant(s)
• Delegate nursing responsibilities to other unlicensed assistive personnel according to district policy and the Texas Nurse Practice Act.
• Provide paraprofessional educational activities in areas of nursing tasks, health, and communication skills
• Provide episodic and emergency health care to ill or injured students or employees
• Develop and implement nursing care plans (Individuals Health Plans) with specific nursing interventions
• Collaborate with school personnel, parents and members of the community to maximize communication and delivery of health and social services to students
• Assess the health and developmental status of student; provide student evaluations, health appraisals, special procedures and document health information in students’ electronic health record
• Provide health counseling and collaborate with school personnel to promote health education opportunities to forester a safe and healthy environment
• Identify, delineate and clarify the nursing role and provide quality of care.
• Demonstrated effective communication through written, verbal, nonverbal and computer usage skills
• Attend staff meetings for the department of Health Services and Special Education as directed
• Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is required for this position
   

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Travel throughout the district is integral to this job. A remote working environment /alternate work arrangement is not an option for campus-based employees/campus-based positions because regular and punctual attendance at the worksite and performing all duties at the worksite are essential job duties for all campus-based personnel.

Qualifications

 QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors of Science in Nursing is required
• License Registered Nurse in the State of Texas
• Certified in America Heart Association Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/AED
• Attend scheduled School Clinical Development sessions and complete required course work
• Maintain certification as a State Screener in Vision, Hearing Spinal and Risk Assessment for Type 2 Diabetes in Children
• Working knowledge and skills of Microsoft Office
• Demonstrated flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world
• Demonstrated willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession

Selected individuals for Dallas Independent School District positions will be placed according to compensation guidelines. A campus-based employee may not assume a new position for which he/she was selected based upon the posting process until the end of the current semester, unless approved by the chief officer – Human Capital Management.

A security check and disclosure of family relationship information is required for all positions.

No telephone calls please.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER M/F/HDallas Independent School District, is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, or any other basis prohibited by law. The District is required by Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, The Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended, as well as board policy not to discriminate in such a manner (not all prohibited bases apply to all programs).

Health Services (934)
9400 N CENTRAL EXPRESSWAY
SUITE 1212
Dallas, 75231