School Staff Nurse: Float
LOCATION: Akron, Ohio
CATEGORY: nursing


Overview
At Akron Children’s, careers in nursing feel different. You make an impact on a daily basis, face-to-face, on children and their families. You do much more than treat patients. As the individual your patients come to recognize, rely on and smile at, you go beyond the title of nurse. Because this is more than a job. It’s what you were meant to do.
Success Profile
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- Compassionate
- Helpful
- Personable
- Positive
- Sincere
- Understanding
Job Description
Job Requisition Number 29266PRN/ As Needed
6 shifts per month
Monday-Friday
While school is in
Summary:
The School Staff Nurse is responsible for the provision of school health services to the student population serviced.
Responsibilities:
1. Provides school health services as directed by department and contracts.
2. Provides the clinical care necessary within the department, including routine, special needs, and emergency first aid.
3. Maintains appropriate student health records and documents services rendered
4. Participates in the educational efforts of the department and the hospital.
5. Communicates effectively with management, parents/guardians, school authorities, and allied personnel.
6. Demonstrates the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care for the physical, psychological, social, educational, and safety needs of the patients served regardless of age.
7. Demonstrates knowledge and compliance with departmental/school/State and Federal, and Human Resource policies, procedures and guidelines.
8. Other duties as required.
Other information:
Technical Expertise
1. Experience in a school setting is preferred.
2. Experience in pediatric nursing is preferred.
3. Experience working within a multidisciplinary team is preferred. Minimum of one year experience in healthcare is required.
4. Proficiency in MS Office [Outlook, Excel, Word] or similar software is required.
Education and Experience
1. Education: Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) required or must be obtained within 5 years of date of hire.
2. Certification: BLS certification is required. Registered Nurse licensure is required.
3. Years of relevant experience: 1 to 2 years is preferred.
4. Years of experience supervising: None.
On Call
FTE: 0.001000
Status: Onsite
Grow Your Career with Akron Children’s
Here at Akron Children's, we offer many ways for our nurses to succeed and grow professionally. There are multiple ways to grow your nursing career into areas such as leadership, education/professional development, advanced practice, informatics, research, quality, and more.
Benefits
Benefits for Akron Children’s team members go far beyond their compensation. Our comprehensive benefits program offers coverage, connections and resources that enable you to live your best life while growing your career.
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Employee Highlight
What inspires me as a nurse manager is my team of staff nurses and how dedicated they are. It doesn't matter how busy we are. They work and continue to work until the job is done.Karan Johnson
Nurse Manager, Adolescent Unit

Our Promises
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To treat every child as we would our own.
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To treat others as they would like to be treated.
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To turn no child away.
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