School Nurse (191 Days) 2026-2027 School Year
About The Position
Establish and maintain a comprehensive school health program on a school campus. This role involves supervising and evaluating nurse assistants, delegating nursing responsibilities, and providing paraprofessional educational activities. The nurse will provide episodic and emergency health care, develop and implement nursing care plans (Individual Health Plans), and collaborate with school personnel, parents, and community members to ensure optimal health and social services for students. Key duties include assessing student health and developmental status, providing evaluations and health appraisals, documenting health information in electronic health records, and offering health counseling. The position also involves promoting health education and identifying and clarifying the nursing role to ensure quality of care. Effective communication skills, attendance at staff meetings, and regular, punctual attendance at the worksite are required.
Requirements
- Bachelors of Science in Nursing is required
- License Registered Nurse in the State of Texas
- Certified in America Heart Association Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation/AED
- Attend scheduled School Clinical Development sessions and complete required course work
- Maintain certification as a State Screener in Vision, Hearing Spinal and Risk Assessment for Type 2 Diabetes in Children
- Working knowledge and skills of Microsoft Office
- Demonstrated flexibility to cope with the challenges of a rapidly changing world
- Demonstrated willingness to remain current with the latest developments in the profession
- Demonstrated effective communication through written, verbal, nonverbal and computer usage skills
- Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is required for this position
- A security check and disclosure of family relationship information is required for all positions.
Responsibilities
- Establish and maintain a comprehensive school health program on a school campus
- Supervise, monitor and evaluate nurse assistant(s)
- Delegate nursing responsibilities to other unlicensed assistive personnel according to district policy and the Texas Nurse Practice Act.
- Provide paraprofessional educational activities in areas of nursing tasks, health, and communication skills
- Provide episodic and emergency health care to ill or injured students or employees
- Develop and implement nursing care plans (Individuals Health Plans) with specific nursing interventions
- Collaborate with school personnel, parents and members of the community to maximize communication and delivery of health and social services to students
- Assess the health and developmental status of student; provide student evaluations, health appraisals, special procedures and document health information in students’ electronic health record
- Provide health counseling and collaborate with school personnel to promote health education opportunities to forester a safe and healthy environment
- Identify, delineate and clarify the nursing role and provide quality of care.
- Attend staff meetings for the department of Health Services and Special Education as directed
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
