School Nurse

Richmond Senior High; Rockingham (NC); On-site; USD 41,000 - 55,000; Full time

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Job summary

Richmond County Schools seeks a qualified School Nurse for Richmond Senior High School in Rockingham, NC. The nurse will coordinate health services across elementary through high school levels under the Coordinated School Health Program.

The role requires NC RN licensure, a minimum of 3 years nursing experience, and a BSN in progress with certification expected within 3 years. Salary is determined by NC DPI with benefits offered.

Qualifications

• Current North Carolina RN license required.
• Minimum of 3 years RN nursing experience.
• BSN in progress within 3 years of hire date.
• Registered nurse working toward national school nurse certification within 3 years.

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement, coordinate and evaluate school health services.
• Maximize in-class time by reducing health-related absenteeism.
• Promote independent functioning and health education.
• Collaborate with students, staff and families on health goals.
• Provide supervision and program management of school health services.

Skills

RN nursing

NC license

Pediatric/Adolescent health

Crisis intervention

Health counseling

Collaboration

Data collection for evidence-based_prn

Health program management

Leadership

Education

NC-licensed RN

BSN in progress

National school nurse certification recommended

Job description

School Nurse

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This job is also posted in North Carolina School Jobs , and Richmond County School District

Job Details

Job ID: 5903603
Application Deadline: Posted until filled
Posted: Aug 26, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

Job Description

POSITION: SCHOOL NURSE

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: 10-month

Job title and Classification

• The school nurse is employed by Richmond County Schools.
• The school health program is within Student Support Services.
• The school nurse will serve elementary, middle and/or high schools.
• The position is full-time with benefits.
• The salary range is determined by the North Carolina Dept. of Public Instruction.

Primary Purpose Statement

• The professional school nurse is responsible for planning, implementing, coordinating and evaluating school health services within the context of the Coordinated School Health Program Model.
• The school nurse serves in the roles of program manager/coordinator, case manager/direct care provider, collaborator/advocate, educator and counselor for Richmond County Schools in assigned schools.

III. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

The complex role of the school nurse demands, but is not limited to, an understanding and knowledge of:

• Community, including community as a system and aggregates as clients
• Pediatric/Adolescent Nursing
• Public Health/Community Health Nursing
• Health counseling, mental health, and crisis intervention
• Communicable Disease

Applicable laws, regulations and standards pertaining to school nursing practice

(NC Nurse Practice Act, Standards of School Nursing Practice and the Eight Components of a Coordinated School Health Program)

• School Health law
• Special education legislation and services
• Case finding, case management and health advocacy
• Program management, including personnel supervision
• Family theory, assessment, and intervention
• Leadership, networking, and collaboration
  Ethnic and cultural sensitivity and competence
• Contemporary health and psychosocial issues that influence children, families, and the community
• Health care delivery systems and the concepts of the primary health care
• Building student, staff and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy, and learning
• School as a non-traditional health care setting
• Development, management, and evaluation of school health programs
• Environmental health within the school community

Skills related to this important role include the ability to:

• Plan, coordinate and supervise the work of others
• Deal tactfully with others and exercise good judgment in appraising situations
• Make independent and timely nursing decisions and to triage
• Secure the cooperation and respect of students, faculty, and staff
• Elicit needed information and maintain effective working relationships
• Collect data to direct evidence-based practice
• Record accurately services rendered and interpret and explain records, reports, activities, health care plans, accommodations, and medical interventions
• Identify health related barriers to learning (i.e., at risk behaviors, financial, cultural, economical, etc.)

Duties, Responsibilities and Essential Job Functions

This professional school nursing position within Richmond County Schools is responsible for planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating school health services that:

• Maximize the quantity of in-class time by reducing the incidence of health-related absenteeism,
• Eliminate or minimize health problems which impair learning
• Promote the highest degree of independent functioning possible
• Promote student, staff and community awareness of and participation in healthy behaviors
• Other duties as necessary and assigned

The school nurse will provide:

Standards of Care

• Assessment: Collects comprehensive data pertinent to the client’s health or situation
• Diagnosis: Analyzes the assessment data to determine the diagnosis or issues
• Outcomes Identification: Identifies expected outcomes for a plan individualized to the client or situation
• Planning: Develops a plan that prescribes strategies and alternatives to attain expected outcomes
• Implementation: Implements the identified plan through coordination of care, health teaching and health promotion and consultation to influence the identified plan, enhance the abilities of others and effect change.
• Evaluation: Evaluates progress towards attainment of outcomes

Standards of Professional Performance

• Quality of Practice: Systematically enhances the quality and effectiveness of nursing practice
• Education: Attains knowledge and competency that reflects current school nursing practice
• Professional Practice Evaluation: Evaluates one’s own nursing practice in relation to professional practice standards and guidelines, relevant statutes, rules, and regulations
• Collegiality: Interacts with and contributes to the professional development of peers and school personnel as colleagues
• Collaboration: Collaborates with the client, the family, school staff and others in the conduct of school nursing practice
• Ethics: Integrates ethical provisions in all areas of practice
• Research: Integrates research findings into practice
• Resource Utilization: Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, cost and impact on practice on the planning and delivery of school nursing services
• Leadership: Provides leadership in the professional practice setting and the profession
• Program Management: Manages school health services

Performance and Workload Standards

At a minimum, the school nurse may be expected to:

• Attend the New School Nurse Orientation and follow up session (new school nurses)

• Collect data for the NC DHHS School Health Nursing Survey and Program Summary (End of Year of Report)
• Complete other tasks as assigned by the principal, School Nurse Lead and/or Director of Student Services

VI. Job Qualifications

• Required: Registered nurse, currently licensed in North Carolina
• A minimum of 3 years RN nursing experience
• Registered nurse working toward baccalaureate degree in nursing to be completed within 3 years of hire date
• Baccalaureate-prepared registered nurse in nursing working toward national school nurse certification with the stipulation that certification be completed within 3 years of hire date. In accordance with National Board Certification, it recommended that the nurse sitting for the exam have 1,000 clinical practice hours of school nursing experience.

Working Environment

The usual and customary methods of performing the job's functions require the following physical demands: some lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; and significant fine finger dexterity. Work in this classification is considered light physical work requiring the exertion of up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to move objects. Generally, the job requires sitting, walking, and standing. This job is performed in a generally clean and healthy environment.

*All employees are to adhere to ALL of Richmond County Schools Board of Education Policies. They are located on the RCS County website here: Richmond County Schools

Employment will require extensive background check.

Position Type: Full-Time
Salary: $48,000 Per Year

Job Requirements

• Citizenship, residency or work visa required

Contact Information

• Joyce McRae , Principal
• Richmond Senior High
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]