Summer Nurse
Thomas Road Ministries & LCA
Location
Lynchburg, Virginia
Quick overview
The Summer Nurse is responsible for planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating school health services to help students and staff achieve optimal physical, social, and emotional health. Key duties include communicating with parents and physicians, managing student medications, maintaining health records, and responding to on-campus injuries.
Requirements summary
Candidates must be a born-again Christian and a Registered Nurse holding a current Virginia license along with current BLS Certification. Experience working with pediatrics is preferred for this summer-only position.
Job description
Summer Nurse
Department: Nurse
Reports To: Elementary Principal
MISSION
Liberty Christian Academy exists to support parents and guardians in their biblical responsibility to nurture and train their children. Thus, LCA provides opportunities which allow students to realize their God-given potential and to live lives that glorify God in the spiritual, academic, social, physical and vocational realms.
Position summary
The professional Summer Nurse is a seasonal summer position that runs Monday through Friday, with work hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.and is responsible for helping in the planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating of school health services. The Summer Nurse helps students and staff attain an optimum level of physical, social, and emotional health.
Position qualifications
- Born again Christian
- Registered Nurse with a current Virginia license and current BLS Certification
- Experience with pediatrics preferred
Essential duties and responsibilities
The following are the responsibilities of the Summer Nurse in relation to
- Spiritual leadership -
- Act as the spiritual leader of school and community
- Show evidence of a consistent time of personal Bible study, prayer and outreach
- Maintain a Christ-like attitude
- GENERAL –
- Communicates with parents, physicians and public health offices in order to ensure an accurate diagnosis and treatment of a student's presenting medical condition
- Documents all medications brought to the nurse’s office and ensures the safe keeping and distribution of such medications
- Ensures applicable student medications, copies of medicine consent forms, first aid kits, and dispensing instructions are provided for field trips
- Updates and maintains student health records for those at school during the summer, which includes documenting all visits to the nurse’s office
- Alerts teachers/staff/administrators via email and/or in person of any special medical needs students may possess
- Take care of any injuries that may happen to students on the LCA campus and contact necessary personnel if needed