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QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Current, valid Tennessee LPN or RN certification
2. Current Driver’s License
3. Ability to communicate effectively with students, school personnel, and parents
4. Ability to maintain a cooperative, harmonious relationship within the school setting which fosters recognition and respect for every individual
5. 2025-2026 Grant Funded Contract Position Only (181 Days)

REPORTS TO: Coordinator of School Health 

JOB GOAL: This nurse will utilize the mobile clinic to perform telemedicine visits for students and staff throughout the district to improve access to care for acute healthcare needs. The nurse will also function as a health team member and resource among other school-level nurses. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

1. Ensures compliance with procedures, protocols, and other instructions provided by the District or Coordinator of School Health
2. Maintains the mobile health clinic
3. Promotes, and performs telemedicine services
4. Follows individual school policy regarding contacting parents and releasing students
5. Maintains a professional relationship with stakeholders 
6. Documents nursing interventions on computer software
7. Provides reports as required by Coordinated School Health
8. Maintains up-to-date health records for patients
9. Assumes responsibility for monitoring student and staff immunizations as required by law
10. Assumes responsibility for ensuring completion of student and staff injury reports
11. Keeps individual schools informed of any health-related issues in the school community
12. Orders supplies for the mobile clinic through the Coordinated School Health Office
13. Maintains capability of securing EMS support via 911
14. Maintains student and staff confidentiality, as mandated by both State and Federal law, at all times
15. Assumes responsibility for professional growth
16. Assumes responsibility for public health education to students and staff
17. Performs any other duties as may be assigned by the Coordinator of School Health.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

This job may require lifting objects that exceed 50 lbs., with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs. Other physical demands that may be required are as follows:

1. Pushing and/or pulling
2. Climbing
3. Stooping and/or kneeling
4. Reaching
5. Talking
6. Hearing
7. Seeing

TEMPERAMENT (Personal Traits)

1. Adaptability to perform a variety of duties, often changing from one task to another of a different nature without loss of efficiency or composure
2. Adaptability to accept responsibility for the direction, control, or planning of an activity
3. Adaptability to deal with people beyond giving and receiving instruction
4. Adaptability to make generalizations, evaluations, or decisions based on sensory or judgmental criteria

CAPACITY AND ABILITY REQUIREMENTS

Specific capacities and abilities may be required of an individual to learn or perform adequately a task or job duty.

1. Intelligence: Ability to “catch on” or understand instructions and underlying principles and ability to reason and make judgments
2. Verbal: Ability to understand meanings of works and the ideas associated with them
3. Numerical: Ability to perform arithmetic operations quickly and accurately
4. Data Perceptions: Ability to understand and interpret information that may be presented in the form of graphs, charts, or tables

WORK CONDITIONS

Normal working environment

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this position.  They are not intended to be a complete list of responsibilities, duties, and skills required of the principal so assigned.

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