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Location

Cheyenne, WY | United States

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Job description

Description and Functions

Open Until Filled

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

School nursing services are a critical component of the support required for the health and safety of students and staff while on and off school campuses. SSNCs work with schools and school nurses to promote quality school nursing services and school health programs that address the broad health needs of all students and the school community. The SSNC develops new or analyzes existing continuous systems of accountability for improving student health and educational outcomes in partnership with school nurses and others. The SSNC leads school nurse workforce development activities to orient registered nurses to the specialty of school nursing and to support ongoing professional development. School nursing is best described using the five principles outlined in the Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice (National Association of School Nurses [NASN], 2016; American Nurses Association [ANA] & NASN, 2017). These principles are quality improvement, care coordination, public or community health, leadership, and standards of practice. The SSNC interprets the state's nurse practice acts to support the school nurse's role in assessing (nursing judgment), planning, training, supervising, and evaluating assistive personnel (National Council of State Boards of Nursing [NBCSN], 2016) and resulting student health outcomes.

Human Resource Contact: Alice Saldana / [email protected]

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function which may be performed in the job level.

* Serving as liaison and resource expert in school nursing and school health program areas for local, regional, state, and national school health care providers, and policy-setting groups.
* Data collection and analysis (e.g. health outcomes, social determinants of health, customer satisfaction, effectiveness of services).
* Promoting the Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice (NASN, 2016; ANA & NASN, 2017).
* Develop and/or facilitate the creation of school health and school nursing policies, and procedures.
* Providing consultation and technical assistance to local school districts, parents, and community members.
* Coordinating school health program activities with public health, social services, environmental, and educational agencies as well as other public and private entities.
* Monitoring, interpreting, synthesizing, and disseminating relevant information associated with changes in health and medical care, school nursing practice, legislation, and legal issues that impact schools.
* Facilitating the development of policies, standards, and/or guidelines. Interpreting, updating, and disseminating policies, standards, guidelines and/or procedures to enhance coordinated school health programs.
* Support school nurses in the provision of high-quality school health services in accordance with nursing theory, standards of practice, best practice, and state and federal laws including regulations.
* Fostering and promoting staff development for school nurses. This may include planning and providing orientation, coordinating, and/or providing educational offerings and networking with universities and other providers of continuing education to meet identified needs.
* Promoting best practices in quality assurance in school health services by initiating and coordinating a quality assurance program that includes needs assessment, data collection and analysis, and evidence-based practice research.
* Participating in state-level public interagency/private partnerships with statewide stakeholders to foster a coordinated school health program, representing school nurses in multi-disciplinary collaborations

Qualifications

PREFERENCES:

Preference may be given to individuals with a Master's degree or doctorate in nursing, education with a focus on nursing, public health, public administration, or a related field. National Certification as a School Nurse.

KNOWLEDGE:

* Knowledge of common pediatric illnesses, syndromes, disabilities treatments, and ability to analyze their impact on student health and learning.
* Knowledge of state and federal laws and regulations.
* Knowledge and application of written and oral communication. Knowledge of project management systems and techniques.
* Knowledge of and ability to use current internet and electronic systems and software (e.g., Microsoft applications, Google applications); internet meeting platforms; simple computational and algebraic calculations. Ability to collect and analyze data, evaluate program performance, identify problem areas and recommend reasonable changes
* Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships
* Working knowledge of electronic health records and health information technology

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

None - See "Preferences"

Necessary Special Requirements

PHYSICAL WORKING CONDITIONS:

* Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to perform the work; however, there may be some walking, standing, bending, carrying light items, driving an automobile, etc. Special physical demands are not required to perform the work.

NOTES:

* FLSA: Exempt
* Travel is estimated at 25%
* Applicants may be asked to provide transcripts of any relevant coursework at the time of the interview or hire.
* Successful candidates must pass a fingerprinting, background, and reference check.

Supplemental Information

206-Education - Accountability Division

Click here to view the State of Wyoming Classification and Pay Structure.

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The State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities.

Class Specifications are subject to change, please refer to the A & I HRD Website to ensure that you have the most recent version.

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