Nurse

OUR SCHOOL:

Reddam House Bedfordview is a premium, co-educational, private school situated near the prestigious Kensington Golf Course.

Providing a balanced, holistic, innovative learning experience, encouraging students to realize their unique gifts, talents and abilities in pursuit of academic excellence, Reddam House Bedfordview school has two extensive campuses with phenomenal facilities for academics, sport and the creative arts. Our BCC Campus for ELS and Junior Preparatory students includes vibrant classrooms, spacious playgrounds, sports fields, cricket nets and tennis courts.

ROLE SUMMARY:

School Nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success, and lifelong achievement of students. To that end, the school nurse must facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management services, and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self- advocacy and learning.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• • Provides care to students and staff who need emergency care due to injury or who present with an acute illness
  • Coordinate care and student emergency action plans related to diabetes, seizures, asthma, allergies and use of emergency medications

2. • Assures that school policies and procedures adhere to legal and regulatory statutes and ethical standards of nursing practice
   • Assist with the development of school emergency response plan for emergencies and disasters and the training of staff to respond appropriately within applicable state laws

3. • Address potential health problems that are barriers to learning or symptoms of underlying medical conditions by coordinating and assisting with mandated screenings.

4. • Provide staff educational in-services (but not limited to), i.e. CPR training and infection control updates
   • Review immunization records for compliance to laws and school policies
   • Provides health education information directly to individual students, groups of students, or classes or by providing guidance and consultation about health education curriculum;
   • Promotes health awareness activities such fairs for staff and families; consultation with other school staff, i.e. food service personnel or physical education teachers, regarding healthy lifestyles and staff wellness programs

6. • Provides case management by communicating with the family through telephone calls, written communication as needed

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE WILL HAVE:

• Must be registered with SANC
• Must hold a suitable qualification
• Must hold a dispensing license. 

Soft skills:

• Diplomacy
• Fairness
• Firmness
• Tolerance
• A sense of humour
• Ability to be both a leader and a key team player.
• Support the Heads of Schools and Leadership Team in accounting for the efficiency and effectiveness of the school to all relevant stakeholders on a day to day basis

SAFEGUARDING STATEMENT:

Inspired Education Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff, volunteers and other third parties to share this commitment. Safer recruitment practices and pre-employment background checks will be undertaken before any appointment is confirmed.