School Nurse (191 Days) 2026-2027 School Year

BASIC FUNCTIONS

• Establish and maintain a comprehensive school health program on a school campus research, investigate and formulate plans of actions
• 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.
• Demonstrated effective communication through written, verbal, nonverbal and computer usage skills
• Attend staff meetings for the department of Health Services and Special Education as directed
• Regular and punctual attendance at the worksite is required for this position
  

WORK ENVIRONMENT\:

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Travel throughout the district is integral to this job. A remote working environment /alternate work arrangement is not an option for campus-based employees/campus-based positions because regular and punctual attendance at the worksite and performing all duties at the worksite are essential job duties for all campus-based personnel.