School Nurse Academy-Fall Cohort
CSNO is pleased to start our next round of School Nurse Academies for the 25-26 school year. The intent of these modules is to help new school nurses bridge their role and practice until they are enrolled in a school nurse credentialing program. There are 9 modules that vary in length and content. The introductory first module spans over two nights and offers 7 contact hours through the California Board of Registered Nursing. The remain modules are online. Each module stands independent of the others. School nurses are eligible to receive BRN Contact Hours.
The modules include: Immunizations and Communicable Diseases; Vision Screening; Health Assessment of the School Age Child; Legal issues inclusive of HIPAA, FERPA and PHI; Special Education; Disaster Preparedness; Medication Administration; and the Role of the Professional School Nurse.
Please register below:
The California School Nurses Organization is an approved provider of Contact Hours by the California Board of Registered Nursing CEP #04269.
25-26 CSNO Happy Hours!!!!
All Happy Hours offer 1.5 Contact Hours. The California School Nurses Organization is an approved provider of Contact Hours by the California Board of Registered Nursing CEP #04269.
Please note: You can find the CH certificates for the past Happy Hours HERE
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California State School Nurse Consultant
Position Posted
Great news! Here is the posting for the Nurse Consultant position: CalCareers.
Job Posting: Nurse Consultant III (Specialist)
Department of Education JC-497700
Nurse Consultant III (Specialist)
NURSE CONSULTANT III (SPECIALIST)
$8,567.00 - $11,329.00 per Month
Final Filing Date: Until Filled
Job Application Package Checklist
The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:
https://calcareers.ca.gov/pdf/std678.pdf
- All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
- Resume is optional. It may be included, but is not required.
- Degree and/or School Transcripts
- Statement of Qualifications -
Interested individuals MUST submit a Statement of Qualifications (SOQ) with their application. Resumes, letters, and other materials do not take the place of the SOQ. The SOQ should have a title of “Statement of Qualifications, Your Name,” be no more than 1 page, no smaller than 12-point font, and address the following:
- Provide a brief background of your experience working as a school nurse, and what qualifications you bring to the position to support the health and wellness of the school com munity.
- Other - Cover Letter
- Other - School Nurse Services Credential
Applicants requiring reasonable accommodations for the hiring interview process must request the necessary accommodations if scheduled for a hiring interview. The request should be made at the time of contact to schedule the interview. Questions regarding reasonable accommodations may be directed to the EEO contact listed on this job posting.
Duty Statement
Nurse Consultant III (Specialist)
Positions at this level function as nonsupervisory technical specialists in difficult and/or sensitive program and policy development or in a coordinating role where the level of expertise required is definitively greater than that for any other supervisory position at this level. Incumbents serve as highly skilled technical program consultants, or as recognized authorities in areas of extreme sensitivity or complexity, or in areas of high specialization. Typically, incumbents have statewide responsibility for the nursing and related components of a major statewide program with coordinating or lead responsibility for nursing and other professional/technical staff. Under general direction, incumbents provide the most complex, difficult, and sensitive consultation; develop, plan, organize, coordinate, implement, and evaluate the nursing and related components of a major statewide program; evaluate and ensure statewide program consistency; provide professional guidance to nursing and other health professional staff; and do other related work.
CSNO is willing to review your resume/vitae and provide feedback. Your resume must mirror the expectations of the job as well as the Duty Statement. Please send to [email protected]
Minimum Qualifications-Please include in your resume/vitae
1. Possession of an active valid license as a registered nurse in California.
2. A baccalaureate or higher degree in nursing from a school of nursing accredited by the National League for Nursing (NLN) or its equivalent for foreign graduates or California State Public Health Nurse Certificate may be substituted for the baccalaureate in nursing
3. A master's degree in a health-related field such as: nursing, public health, health care services, health care administration, or hospital administration.
4. Two years of professional registered nursing experience which must have included responsibility for health services program planning and implementation or an administrative, consultative, teaching, or supervisory capacity.
5. Four years of professional registered nursing experience, at least two years of which shall have been in an administrative, consultative, teaching, or supervisory capacity. (One additional year of graduate work in group dynamics, interpersonal relations, or other courses relating to the consultative process in nursing may be substituted for one year of the required general nursing experience.)
6. Management problem-solving methods; principles and methodology of research; current trends in the fields of nursing education and health care services; interagency and interdiscipline relationships.
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