Nurse

Village Korbouli N2 Public School announces a vacancy for a nurse position

Working as a school nurse requires: not being incompatible a person with higher medical education who has a state certificate confirming the right to independent nursing activities in the nursing specialty defined by this rule and performs leading, main activities at school within the competence established by this rule in a higher educational institution, a document confirming medical education recognized by the legislation of Georgia and a state certificate confirming the right to independent nursing activities in one of the following specialties:

• "Pediatrics";
• "Family Medicine";
• "General Profile Doctor-Pediatrician".

The competence of the school nurse is

• to respond immediately to an emergency situation related to the health of a student or school staff (trauma, injury, burn, acute pain, poisoning, asphyxia, cramp, shock, loss of consciousness, fever, and other similar conditions);
• to assess the severity of the condition and make a decision to call emergency medical assistance;
• within the access to the electronic management system of the primary healthcare medical institution, if necessary, in accordance with the procedure established by the legislation, to search for existing information about the student's/staff's health and to consider it when making decisions related to treatment;
• considering the student's condition, to address the school administration (in a form agreed upon by the school management) to release them from the educational process, to address the student's parents/legal representative and to provide information about the student's health condition;
• to record medical appeals in the medical case record journal and to enter information about the provided medical assistance in the accounting form of medical services provided at school (Annex N1.1);
• to assess environmental factors at school that contain risks of physical injury (falling from a height, falling, inflicting a wound, burning, etc.); to take preventive measures; to notify the relevant responsible person at school about the existence of a danger and to supervise the process of complete elimination of the danger;

Periodically perform medical examination measures:

• To detect and prevent complications of diseases common in children, such as scoliosis, flat and/or valgus foot, other disorders related to posture, visual and speech impairments, oral diseases;
• To assess the student's anthropometric data to determine compliance with age norms;
• To prevent pediculosis;
• To provide medical supervision to students with chronic diseases and frequent illnesses, based on information received from parents/legal representatives;
• To communicate with parents/legal representatives of students identified with health problems during medical examinations and provide necessary recommendations;
• To implement necessary measures to prevent the spread of infectious diseases in the school. If necessary, contact relevant authorities;
• To supervise issues related to student immunization (requesting and reviewing documents from parents/legal representatives that reflect the history of planned and unplanned vaccinations, providing information to parents/legal representatives about the need for vaccination according to the national vaccination calendar);
• To conduct awareness-raising activities with students, parents, and teachers on issues such as healthy lifestyle, overcoming bad habits, personal hygiene, health promotion, including adolescent reproductive health, risks of early marriage, and others;
• To supervise the sanitary and hygienic conditions of the school. Provide information to the cleaning staff on cleaning procedures, solutions, cleaning regime, waste management, and other related details;
• To supervise compliance with requirements for ensuring safe drinking water and food in the school;
• To participate in developing the student's daily routine, class schedule, and break schedule;
• In cases of violence, abuse, or similar facts against a student, inform the school administration, social services, and other relevant authorities in accordance with the law;
• In cases of suspected, grounded suspicion, or confirmed violence against an adolescent, complete documentation on violence against children/sexual violence, along with the medical service record form provided in the school, in accordance with the "Procedure for Maintaining Ambulatory Medical Documentation";
• Analyze accumulated information throughout the year
• Protect personal data in accordance with the law.

Additional requirements

• The school nurse is not allowed to engage in parallel professional activities during the working hours determined by the educational institution.
• It is desirable to have at least one year of experience working in a hospital/polyclinic or working with children in the medical field.
• Have simple communication skills.
• Constantly take care of their professional development.
• Be responsible for their activities.

Stages of the competition

• Selection of applications
• Interview

Documentation to be submitted by the candidate

• A copy of the document confirming higher medical education.
• A copy of the identity document