Itinerant School Nurse

BEDINGTON ELEMENTARY; Martinsburg (WV); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Bedington Elementary in Martinsburg, WV seeks an Itinerant School Nurse to support student health across multiple schools. The role is based at Bedington with travel to other campuses as needed to provide required health services.

Applicants will hold a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing, an active WV RN license, and WV School Nurse Certification. Two years of nursing experience is preferred to address preventive care, health assessments, and crisis response within the school setting.

Qualifications

• Must hold a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing and an active RN license.
• West Virginia School Nurse Certification is required.
• Two years nursing experience preferred, preferably in school health.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and protects the health status of students.
• Provides health assessments and history taking.
• Screens and evaluates health issues such as vision.
• Interprets health status to parents and staff; coordinates referrals.
• Implements health plans and administers medications as needed.
• Participates in IEP/504 planning as health team member.
• Maintains confidentiality and promotes preventive health services.

Skills

RN license

School health experience

Itinerant duties

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

West Virginia School Nurse Certification

Job description

Berkeley County Schools (WV) Bedington Elementary - Martinsburg, West Virginia Open in Google Maps

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

SCHOOL NURSE

POSITION: Itinerant School Nurse

PRIMARY

LOCATION: Bedington is the primary location; however, school nurses will provide health care support at additional school locations as needed for required health services of students.

QUALIFICATIONS: Bachelor's Degree in nursing, RN license, West Virginia School Nurse Certification, 2 years nursing experience preferred.

EMPLOYMENT

TERM: 200 Days

ROLE: School nurses strengthen and facilitate the educational process by improving and protecting the health status of children and by identification and assistance in the removal or modification of health‑related barriers to the learning process for individual children. The major focus of school nursing services is the prevention of illness and disability and the early detection and correction of health problems while maintaining strict confidentiality. The school nurse may provide direct or indirect medical services to students and oversee others trained to do so. The school nurse is responsible for upgrading and maintaining professional skills.

Functions and Duties

• Promotes and protects the optimal health status of children.
• Provides health assessments.
• Obtains a health and developmental history, as needed.
• Screens and evaluates some health issues such as vision.
• Observes the child for development and health patterns in making nursing assessment and nursing diagnosis.
• Identifies deviant health findings and makes appropriate referrals.
• Develops and implements a health plan, as needed.
• Interprets the health status of pupils to parents and school personnel.
• Initiates referrals to parents, school personnel and community health resources for intervention, remediation, and follow through.
• Provides on‑going health counseling with pupils, parents, school personnel, and health agencies.
• Recommends and helps to implement modification of school programs to meet students’ health needs.
• Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students.
• Maintains, evaluates, and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students.
• Participates as the health team specialist on the child education evaluation team to develop the Individual Education Plan (IEP), or 504 plan, as needed.
• Plans and implements school health management protocols for the child with special health needs, including the administration of medication.
• Participates in home visits to assess the family’s needs as related to the child’s health.
• Develops procedures and provides for crisis intervention for acute illness, injury, and emotional disturbances.
• Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases through preventive immunization programs, early detection, surveillance, and reporting of contagious diseases.
• Recommends provisions for a school environment conducive to learning.
• Provides health education which may include:
• Teach parenting skills as they relate to child development and health needs of children.
• Provides direct health education and health counseling to assist students and families in making decisions on health and lifestyles that affect health.
• Participates in health education directly and indirectly for the improvement of health by teaching persons to become more assertive health consumers and to assume greater responsibility for their own health.
• Counsels with students concerning problems such as pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, mental health issues, and substance abuse in order to facilitate responsible decision‑making practices.
• Serves as a resource person to the classroom teacher and administrator(s) in health instruction and as a member of the health curriculum development Committees.
• Coordinates school and community health activities and serves as a liaison person between the home, school, and community.
• Acts as a resource person in promoting health careers.
• Provides health counseling for staff.
• Provides leadership and/or support for staff wellness programs.
• Engages in research and evaluation of school health services to act as a change agent for school health problems and school nursing practices.
• Assists in the formation of health policies, goals, and objectives for the school district.

These positions will be filled based on the priority vote held on December 19, 2025. This vote was held in response to the consolidation of Gerrardstown Elementary and Inwood Primary Schools at the end of the 2025-2026 school year in accordance with the 2022 approved Bond measure; the teachers in the affected schools shall receive priority in filling classroom teaching positions at Mountain Ridge Primary School in compliance with WV Code 18A-4-8f.

Any positions not filled through the use of the priority vote will be reposted on or after April 1, 2026 and filled using the hiring matrix associated with WV Policy 5000.

Position Type: Full‑Time

Job Categories: Student Services > School Nurse

Contact Information

• Lee‑Dorah Wokpara , Coordinator of Recruitment
• Berkeley County Schools
• Martinsburg, West Virginia 25405
• Phone: 304-267‑3500
• Email: [e-mail]