School Nurse (Registered)

The School Nurse will provide a clinically effective and high quality nursing care and welfare service to students, and first aid care to all members of the school community as required. The School Nurse will also provide a holistic approach to the care of children, including health promotion and the assessment and treatment of illness and injury.

• Attend to children's injuries, illness, and assist in handling outbreak cases, such as hand, food and mouth disease.
• Assist in taking of children temperature daily.
• Provide first aid and emergency care and treatment as required;
• Provide a confidential counselling and health advice service as required;
• Ensure care plans are developed and written for children requiring them, eg. in the case of asthma, epilepsy, diabetes and anaphylaxis;
• Lead and operate procedures for control of infectious diseases;
• Administer...