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School Nurse (Casual) Jobs in Toronto, Ontario at Upper Canada College
Title: School Nurse (Casual)
Company: Upper Canada College
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Employment
TermsCasualStart date:
August 2024The School Nurse provides nursing care to the student body, including assessment, planning, intervention and evaluation of student health and health care programs, direct nursing care, and counseling services, in accordance with the guidelines and requirements of the College of Nurses of Ontario Standards of Nursing Practice, and the Health Discipline Act. Students can access health teaching, nursing assessment, advice and treatment, counseling, and general support in a confidential manner. This is an on-call position, hours are based on coverage as needed.Key
Responsibilities and
Tasks Nursing
Care and
Counseling: Carry out thorough nursing physical and/or mental health assessments of students that present feeling unwell, injured, or expressing concerns about their social-emotional wellbeing;Provide emergency assessment, first aid and health care to ill or injured students, and determine if additional care is required (e.g. doctor, emergency room care);Conduct COVID-19 and Viral Respiratory related assessment, management and monitoring of students who become symptomatic or ill at school;includes supervision of students in a dedicated isolation space on campus and following up and engaging with parents, faculty and staff to ensure local public health authority and ministry guidelines are followed;Plan and implement individual care programs for students to address physical and socio-emotional health concerns, including administering over-the- counter medications and treatments in accordance with UCC policies and protocols, best practice guidelines or as prescribed;Provide counseling to students experiencing mental health problems, and refer forward if necessary to psychologist, counselor or outside support;Partner with the school community, outside professionals and parents to identify general health needs;Collaborate with Health Centre colleagues and Residential team members around boarding students’health and Care Plans;Provide Health Centre support in the boarding houses, including occasional evenings and weekends as required;Complete incident reports and maintain student health records up to date.Coordinate individual health care plans with the athletic therapist where appropriate;Collaborate with Centre for Learning regarding academic support plans where necessary;Communicate where appropriate with faculty regarding Care Plans;Collaborate with Residential team around boarding students’ health and Care Plans;Establish a presence and provide Health Centre support in the boarding houses, including evenings and weekends;Collaborate with Health Centre nurses and other Health Centre personnel as required to provide cross-coverage and continuity of care to the whole school population;Collaborate with the Director, Student Health Services to ensure coverage of both health centers and efficient communication of all Care Plans to administration and necessary faculty, Centre for Learning.Health
Promotion: Develop and deliver health promotion programs to support overall health and wellbeing, including programs on nutrition, physical activity, mental health and wellbeing, healthy relationships, substance use, suicide, self harm and other topics relevant to the student body or specific segments of the student body;Provide education for parents, caregivers and staff on health promotion, disease prevention, childhood illnesses, and the control of communicable diseases;Develop and deliver training programs for sta…
