School Nurse

School Nurse

Aga Khan Education Services

The position

Duties

The School Nurse will work closely with the school administration to provide advanced first aid and support to the school, including maintaining and monitoring of the school sick bay. He/she will perform a variety of duties in the following functional areas:

Health Care

• Implement the health section of the health & safety manual in collaboration with occupational health & safety committee
• Care and management of students who become ill during the school day.
• Provides guidance and counselling in the area of health to students, staff, and parents according to professional standards whenever need arises
• Contacting parents when any child needs to be sent home due to sickness, injuries or other health related problem.

First Aid

• Carrying out of all duties relating to nursing and first aid applications.
• Maintain First Aid boxes and necessary supplies in the sickbay.
• Acting on any emergency matter immediately by taking the affected child to the hospital if immediate contact with parents cannot be made or the situation calls for it

Record Keeping

• Maintaining a register of all parents reporting for sickness.
• Maintain accurate nurse’s notes and records, including summaries of services provided.
• Be competent and up to date with current child protection policies and procedures
• Record and report all cases of diagnosed or suspected communicable disease to the school administration.

Sick bay Management

• Maintain an inventory of health room supplies.
• Ensure that the surroundings of the sickbay both within and outside the building are clean.
• Ensuring that the filters of the water coolers and glasses are clean at all times.
• Report environmental conditions which may adversely affect the safety and health of the students and staff.

The requirements

Qualifications / Experience/ Skills

• A Diploma in Nursing. A Bachelor in Nursing is an added advantage.
• Must have a practicing License from the Uganda Nurses & Midwives Council.
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar position.
• A Team player who works productively with a wide range of people
• Demonstrated ability to empathy.
• Good interpersonal and customer care skills.
• Ability to work with children in a multicultural environment.

Sector

Social Development

About The Agency

The Aga Khan Education Services (AKES) is one of the largest private, not-for-profit, non-denominational educational networks in the Global South. AKES currently operates over 190 pre-primary, primary, secondary and higher secondary schools and more than 100 non-formal education programmes in diverse geographic locations in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Uganda and the United Arab Emirates. Most schools offer their respective country’s national curricula, with some schools in East Africa and Bangladesh also offering the International Baccalaureate (IB) and the International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE). AKES employs over 6,500 teachers and staff and educates over 104,700 students. More information…

Region

Eastern Africa

Location

Uganda

Salary

Salary and package to attract the best candidate

Job Expires

06-May-2025