School Nurse at Mabest Academy

Mabest Academy is an exceptional educational experience that prepares students for success in their future careers and beyond. We believe in nurturing each child's potential while instilling values that will guide them throughout their lives.Mabest Academy is home to both Mabest Elementary and Mabest Academy, offering a seamless educational journey from early childhood to high school. In Mabest Elementary, we embrace the Montessori curriculum, focusing on practical life, sensorial learning, mathematics, language, and cultural studies to cultivate a strong foundation for our pupils. This hands-on approach encourages curiosity and creativity, allowing our young learners to thrive.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: School Nurse

Location: Akure, Ondo
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Responsibilities

• Develop, update, and maintain health related policies, protocols, and procedures based on evidence based research, standards of care, and with input from the Medical Advisor and associated committees/boards.
• Perform nursing tasks consistent with educational preparation commensurate with certification/licensure.
• Provide emergency care of student illness or injury and in procedures of emergency care.
• Communicate with parents/guardians and children regarding health problems with cultural competence.
• Participate in student evaluations and develop student health care plans for students with significant chronic health needs.
• Refer emergency situations to parents, physicians, and hospitals, referring non-emergency situations to parents and appropriate personnel.
• Maintain connections with community agencies, schools and families to provide on-going health support.Support wellness and health activities to improve and maintain a healthy school environment.
• Assist in the prevention and control of communicable diseases.While maintaining student confidentiality, act as a resource for teaching staff in appropriate medical processes and/or procedures.
• Initiate teaching of nursing tasks to staff members.
• Act as a resource person to staff members for materials pertaining to various health units.
• Conduct informational/educational program(s) on human growth and development, physiology and hygiene, and/or other curricular health needs as directed by the curriculum director or administrator.
• Assist in obtaining and maintaining emergency cards, immunization records and other appropriate medical documents for students and personnel.
• Monitor students' health status during periods of short-term rest or recovery; follow up on medically excused absences as necessary.
• Assist in preparing preliminary budget for supplies, materials and equipment.
• Assists with inventorying of supplies and equipment.
• Making recommendations toward the purchases of larger medical/office equipment.
• Perform other duties as assigned by the district administrator.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CVs to: [email protected] or [email protected] using the job title as the subject of the mail.