RN-School Nurse-Whitewater School District

Fort HealthCare is a patient-centered hospital and healthcare system serving individuals, businesses and families in Jefferson, Dane, and Walworth Counties, and we are seeking a School Nurse to join our School Nursing team with the Whitewater Area School District. 

Shift:
80 hours per bi-weekly pay period
Full time
Day shift

Fort HealthCare is proud to be named a 15-time award winner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Top Workplace award for Southeastern Wisconsin, a 5-time award winner of the USA Top Workplaces award, and a 2-time winner of their Top Workplaces Culture Excellence award for Purpose & Values.

In addition, Fort HealthCare is proud to be awarded the inaugural 2024 Wisconsin Hospital Association (WHA) Hospital Mentorship and Quality Champion Award. The Hospital Mentorship and Quality Champion award recognizes a hospital for demonstrating mentoring relationships and engagement through active participation, collaboration and the sharing of tools and resources with other hospitals.

Our Mission Statement is our daily guide to provide the best health care possible. We promote it widely for all we serve to read, understand and to help our public hold us accountable for the promises we make.

Our Mission Statement - Improve the Health and Well-being of Our Community

Our Vision Statement provides each of us at Fort HealthCare with a goal. It is our motivation to improve constantly upon the level of care we provide, and the quality of services delivered.

Our Vision - Be the Healthiest Community in Wisconsin.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, education, and resources you need to perform your job and ample opportunities for professional growth.

The school nurse is responsible for planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating school health services to maintain and/or improve the health status of students and/or staff enabling them to fully benefit from the educational experience. The school nurse performs a critical role within school health services by addressing chronic and/or acute health problems experienced by students and staff and ensures that all health services comply with Federal and State Laws and Standards. The school nurse provides assistance and care to sick and injured students and staff, maintains health and medical documentation for the school, performs medical procedures as necessary, and reviews content and material for health education, health promotion, and wellness.  This role includes providing preventive and screening services, health education, assistance with policy and decision-making as it relates to health, and immunization against preventable diseases. The school nurse provides staff education and training for responding to emergency situations, first aid, CPR, AED use, bloodborne pathogens, communicable disease, medication administration and student specific issues. In addition, School Nurse may provide skilled nursing interventions for acute and chronic illness, injuries, emergencies, communicable diseases, obesity, substance use, adolescent pregnancy, mental health, dental disease, nutrition, and sexually transmitted infections. The school nurse may delegate some of the essential duties to a health aid or other trained school staff as appropriate.

Responsibilities of this position include:

• Administration of School Health Program: The school nurse addresses system-wide health services issues that affect the entire school population. The school nurse must be competent to function independently as they are often the only licensed health care provider in a district. Coordinate and participate in the establishment, review, and implementation of school health services, emergency health, and crisis plan policies and procedures in adherence to legal and regulatory requirements and ethical standards of nursing practice. Develops and reviews school nurse budget for the district's School Health Services. Bills third party payers for services that qualify.
• Care Provider: The school nurse provides assistance and addresses the health care needs of sick and injured students and staff. Develop a process to identify students with known chronic illness and special health needs. Create a comprehensive Individualized Health Plans (IHP) and develop Emergency Action Plans (EAP) as appropriate. Invasive procedure-delegation training and follow-up; instruct school personnel how to manage students with chronic illness.
• Community Collaborator and Advocate: The school nurse functions as the liaison between the school and local health service agencies and medical providers. Interpret health mandates, recommendatio