Nurse

Job responsibilities include:

· Functions independently with supervision from Academic Program Director.

· Maintains flexibility and organization in a work environment with multiple assignments and changing priorities.

· Receives, logs and administers all medication based on prescription, doctors orders and parental consent.

· Logs and files all necessary paperwork for students.

· Triages urgent and emergency patient complaints, implements emergency protocols as needed

· Improves quality of care and clinical outcomes for children with chronic/acute care needs that increase in complexity by coordinating care with caregiver/guardian and health care delivery system using a collaborative approach

· Coordinates and collaborates with multi-disciplinary team members

· Assesses and determines needs, development of care plan, identifies knowledge gaps of disease process, treatments, medications, and determines appropriate resources and services required to meet health needs.

· Provides education of disease self-management with patient/caregiver/counselor and discharge plan of care

· Promotes health and health maintenance, monitors patient progress, provides quality cost-effective outcomes with goal of improved care coordination.

· Increases involvement of patient/family/caregiver with education and in decision making process to decrease emergency hospitalization, hospitalization, and/or re-admission

· Skilled in patient assessment and safe utilization of medications

· Responds to all emergency and first-aid calls 24 hours a day

· Maintains patient privacy with medical conditions and documents

· Operates within the California RN scope of practice

· Must be a registered nurse in the state of California.

· Must be willing to live on site during schools week.

· Must enjoy working with kids.

Visit our website at www.outdooreducationcenter.org

Applications and resumes will be accepted until September 5th, 2016