School Nurse Needed at Total Teachers Education

Total Teachers supports schools to attain and maintain the highest possible standards

Trading since 2010, Total Teachers utilises the latest thinking and innovation from countries with highly developed educational systems to engender creativity in the classroom, impacting upon school
standards and maximising school improvement. From its headquarters in the Abuja and Lagos, Total Teachers works with over 300 schools to develop this agenda and has developed an empathy and understanding of the specific requirements of Nigerian schools as they move from 20th Century methodologies to 21st Century methodologies with the learner at the centre.

Job Title: School Nurse
Total Teachers Education – Lagos, NG

Responsibilities

This professional school nursing position is responsible for planning, implementing, coordinating and evaluating school health services that:

    Maximize the quantity of in-class time by reducing the incidence of health related absenteeism,
    Eliminate or minimize health problems which impair learning
    Promote the highest degree of independent functioning possible
    Promote student, staff and community awareness of and participation in healthy behaviors

The School Nurse Will Provide

Standards of Care

    Assessment: Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the client’s health or situation
    Diagnosis: Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or issues
    Outcomes Identification: Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the client or situation
    Planning: Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes
    Implementation: Implements the identified plan through coordination of care, health teaching and health promotion and consultation to influence the identified plan, enhance the abilities of others and effect change.
    Evaluation: Evaluates progress towards attainment of outcomes

Standards of Professional Performance

    Quality of Practice:
    Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice
    Education:
    Attains knowledge and competency that reflects current school nursing practice
    Professional Practice Evaluation:
    Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules and regulations
    Collegiality:
    Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and school personnel as colleagues
    Collaboration:
    Collaborates with the client, the family, school staff and others in the conduct of school nursing practice
    Ethics:
    Integrates ethical provisions in all areas of practice
    Research:
    Integrates research findings into practice
    Resource Utilization:
    Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost and impact on practice on the planning and delivery of school nursing services
    Leadership:
    Provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession
    Program Management:
    Manages school health services

Requirements

Auxiliary Nurses/Trained Nurses

How to Apply

All serious applications should be forwarded to totalteachersed@gmail.com