School Nurse

Job title: SCHOOL NURSE

Reports To: School Administrator

Supervises: None

Coordinates with: Academic Head

Job Summary:

The school nurse provides the administration of first aid treatment to students, faculty, and staff members and auxiliaries. He/She also acts as a safety officer of the school.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Administers first aid or emergency treatment to students due to accidents or sudden illness such as cuts, bruises, and burns incurred in school.
• Assists the school physician and dentist during consultations, examinations and treatment to students.
• Obtains student's health records from files and notes down student's complaints
• Conducts routine examination of patients such as visual inspection of eye, ears, nose, etc., taking of blood pressure and body temperature, respiration and pulse rates,etc.
• Refers patient's complaints to physician for final diagnosis.
• Assists physician in actual treatment of patient by positioning patient properly, sterilizing necessary medical instruments and preparing prescribed medicines.
• Provides follow-up treatment to patients according to physician's orders by dispensing medicines, giving injections, dressing wounds, etc., as may be required.
• Accompanies seriously injured students to the hospital after administration of first aid.
• Accompanies and keeps files of medical records, forms, reports, circulars, and letter pertinent to the clinic, including those required by the Department of Health.
• Keeps updates health records of all students.
• Maintains a complete up-to-date inventory of medicines and clinical equipment.
• Maintains a ready and adequate supply of drugs, medicines, clinical supplies and similar items for routine or emergency treatment.
• Implements proper housekeeping of clinic by dusting furniture, changing bed linens & towels, arranging and stocking of clinical items, medicines, etc.
• Prepare requests for medicine purchases and job orders with the approval. Keeps records of all purchases for the clinic
• Prepares monthly reports such as Common complaints and accidents reports and Usage/consumption of medicines, drugs, clinical supplies
• Prepares annual reports such as year-end inventory of clinic furniture and equipment and year-end inventory of unused medicines, drugs, clinical supplies
• Implements the Student Manual of Rules and Regulations regarding Clinic Procedure
• Performs other related duties.

Job Specifications:

: Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from a reputable college or university and possesses professional license.

Should have at least one (1) year related experience.

: Good problem solving skills and ability to multi-task; Compassionate with good communication skills

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: Up to Php20,000.00 per month

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Company Christmas gift
• Company events
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Opportunities for promotion
• Paid training
• Pay raise
• Promotion to permanent employee

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Cabuyao A: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Nursing license (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 75% (Preferred)

Work Location: In person