JOB OPENINGS
School Nurse
Job Responsibilities
- Ensure the smooth operation of Medical Room in order to provide professional, immediate and appropriate medical support to the students and staff of the school
- Promote and protect the optimal health status of students
- Develop health and safety standard protocols and procedures
- Monitor the health status of the school population
- Promote and assist in control of communicable disease through preventative measures, early detection, surveillance and reporting of contagious Diseases
- Provide health education to students, faculty and non-faculty members in both individual and group settings
- Respond to the needs of students reporting sick, prioritise and deal with them as appropriate, including carrying out necessary first aid care and medical treatment
- Make arrangements to contact parents/ sending home/ hospitalisation, where necessary
- Liaise with class teacher, year group teachers, tutors and senior leaders on health problems with students
- Maintain records of all visits to Medical Room and complete accident forms and reports as appropriate
- Provide first aid training for faculty and staff regularly and ensure adequate and appropriate first aid stock in medical room and classroom supplies, such as contents and display etc.
- Provide medical cover for school events and trips where required
Requirements
- Bachelor Degree holder in Nursing; registered with the Hong Kong Nursing Board preferred
- Minimum of 3 years school nurse experience; relevant training in paediatrics and child health would be advantageous
- Able to perform routine medical procedures and first aid treatment
- Excellent interpersonal skills and good command of both written and spoken English, proficient in Chinese (including Mandarin) is preferred
- Caring, organized, patient, responsible, self-motivated, able to work in a team environment and collaborate with colleagues
Please send in your completed forms together with full curriculum vitae and covering letter,
BY EMAIL to: [email protected]
or
BY MAIL to: HR Office, The ISF Academy, 1 Kong Sin Wan Road, Pokfulam, Hong Kong (mark the position’s REF code on the envelope)