Job Summary
Leads the development, implementation and coordination of comprehensive PreK – age 22 school health programs, focused on overall student health services.
Essential Functions
- Supervises and coordinates training for medical staff and other employees who assist with school health, conducts performance appraisals, makes employment and discipline recommendations, and coordinates work assignments.
- Identifies, develops, promotes, and promulgates sound school health programs. Assesses qualifications of nursing and school health related vendors.
- Interacts with outside agencies, businesses and community to enhance understanding of district initiatives and priorities and elicits support and assistance.
- Develops policies and procedures to meet school health related statutory requirements.
- Maintains school related agreements with outside agencies, including the Florida Department of Health – Duval.
- Coordinates the maintenance of student health records in a confidential and accurate manner.
- Prepares and oversees preparation of required reports, submits required reports, and maintains appropriate records.
- Collaborates with other departments internally to address site visit corrective action as needed.
- Develops and manages school health budget.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in nursing or a healthrelated field. Master’s degree preferred.
Experience: Seven (7) years health-related administration experience.
Certifications & Licenses: Must have valid Florida Driver’s License prior to appointment and must be maintained during employment in this class.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- Knowledge of school health statutory requirements
- Knowledge of process for managing the student health records in a confidential and accurate manner
- Strong oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Strong presentation and training skills
- Strong word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to utilize appropriate strategies and problem-solving tools to make decisions concerning planning, utilization of funds, delivering services and evaluation of services provided
- Ability to develop and deploy a health and wellness programs and services
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment with multiple priorities
- Ability to develop and manage influencing relations internal and external to the organization
- Ability to communicate effectively with all employees