School Nurse

Job description

Start Date: 9/2/2025

Benefit Eligible: Yes

Hours: 8:15am – 3:25pm Job Type: Full-time, 10 month position*
• ESY School Nurse position available starting on 6/30/2025 through 7/31/2025

JOB REQUIREMENTS:
• Candidate must have a valid New Jersey School Nurse Certificate.
• Demonstrated expertise in school health nurse practice and emergency procedures.
• Knowledge of child growth and development, community, current health issues, and wellness education.
• Candidate must be able to pass a NJDOE criminal history background check.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

– Provides health services to students, manages health records, and promotes wellness in the school

environment ensuring a healthy atmosphere for learning.

– Conducts health services and screening programs as required by law and/or board policies.

– Refers families in need to health agencies and conducts follow-up activities as necessary.

– Provides emergency care in case of sudden illness and administers first-aid in case of injury to students or

staff according to established policies and procedures. Is responsible for the availability and maintenance of

required medical supplies and equipment.

– Maintains up-to-date health records on all students, maintains separate records of immunizations for the

purpose of immunization record auditor and ensures their confidentiality.

– Helps prevent and control communicable diseases through lectures, inspections, exclusion, and re-admission of students and staff in keeping with state and local health regulations and school policies.

– Participates in the development of a comprehensive health education curriculum and serves as a health/safety

education resource person to teachers. Upon request, assists teachers with instruction of certain health units.

– Promotes a healthy/safe school environment by assisting the administration and staff to maintain safe and

sanitary conditions throughout the school. Report problems promptly to the principal.

– Administers prescribed medication to students in accordance with law and board policy. Provides training and

supervision of the emergency administration of epinephrine for designated school staff.

– Provides special health care and related services to meet the needs of students with disabilities.

– Develop and maintain the annual School Nursing Plan in conjunction with the Chief School Administrator

and the school physician.

– Performs such other appropriate duties as required under law or as may be assigned by the principal or

student personnel services director.

SUBMIT RESUME AND LETTER OF INTEREST TO:

resume@npelem.com