School Nurse - RN
Somerset-Berkley-and-Somerset-Public-School
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Job summary
Somerset Berkley Regional High School in Somerset, Massachusetts seeks a School Nurse (RN) to promote student health and well-being. This full-time position involves health assessments, screenings, health plan development, and collaboration with families and staff.
The role requires MA School Nurse and RN licenses, with duties spanning health record management, student counseling, and coordination of health services within the school district.
Qualifications
- Massachusetts School Nurse licensure and RN licensure required.
- Licenses must be current and in good standing.
- Citizenship, residency or work visa required.
Responsibilities
- Promotes and protects the optimal health status of children.
- Provides health assessments and screens students for vision, hearing, scoliosis, growth, dental, etc.
- Develops and implements health plans and coordinates crisis intervention for acute illness or injury.
- Maintains and interprets student health records and health office communications.
- Provides health counseling to students, parents and school personnel; refers to community resources as needed.
- Supports safe school environment and health education initiatives.
Education
Job description
Somerset Berkley and Somerset Public Schools Somerset Berkley Regional High School - Somerset, Massachusetts Open in Google Maps
Somerset Berkley and Somerset Public Schools Somerset Berkley Regional High School - Somerset, Massachusetts Open in Google Maps
Job ID: 5920916
Application Deadline: Posted until filled
Posted: Sep 10, 2026 12:00 AM (UTC)
Starting Date: Immediately
To provide the fullest possible educational opportunity for each district student by creating a climate of health and well-being in the schools.
- PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- 1.Promotes and protects the optimal health status of children.
- 2.Provides health assessments.
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- a.Obtains a health and developmental history.
- b.As mandated by the State, screens students for vision, hearing, scoliosis, growth, dental, etc., and evaluates findings.
- c.Observes the child for development and health patterns in making nursing assessment and nursing diagnosis.
- d.Identifies deviant health findings.
- 3.Develops and implements a health plan.
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- a.Interprets the health status of students to parents and school personnel.
- b.Initiates referrals to parents, school personnel and community health resources for intervention, remediation and follow-through.
- c.Provides on-going health counseling with students, parents, school personnel and health agencies.
- d.Recommends and helps to implement modification of school programs to meet students’ health needs.
- e.Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students.
- 4.Maintains, evaluates and interprets student health records.
- 5.Plans and implements school health management protocols for the child with special health needs, including the administration of medication.
- 6.Develops procedures and provides for crisis intervention for acute illness, injury and emotional disturbances.
- 7.Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases through preventative immunization programs, early detection, surveillance, and reporting and follow-up of contagious diseases.
- 8.Recommends provisions for a safe school environment conducive to learning.
- 9.Provides health education.
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- a.Reinforces parenting skills as they relate to child development and health needs of children.
- b.Provides direct health education and health counseling to assist students and families in making decisions on health and life styles that affect health.
- c.Counsels with students concerning chronic health conditions, mental health issues, problems such as pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and substance abuse or any other emotional issue that impedes a student’s ability to function in the classroom.
- d.Serves as a resource person to the classroom teacher and administrator in health instruction and as a member of the health curriculum development committees.
- 10.Coordinates school and community health activities and serves as a liaison person between the home, school, and community.
- 11.Acts as a resource person in promoting health careers.
- 12.Provides health counseling for staff.
- 13.Provides leadership and/or support for staff wellness.
- 14.Engages in research and evaluation of school health services to act as a change agent for school health programs and school nursing practices.
- 15.Assists in the formation of health policies, goals and objectives for the school district.
- 16.Manages the health office budget making sure that the appropriate medical supplies are on hand and restocked when necessary.
- 17.Assists with other office responsibilities as directed by the principal, such as lunch coverage, answering phones, etc.
Position Type: Full-time
Salary: $57,109 to $102,182 Per Year
Job Categories:
Student Services > School Nurse
Welcome to Somerset Berkley Regional High School!Located in southeastern Massachusetts, Somerset Berkley Regional High School provides a comprehensive liberal arts education to 9-12 grade students from the towns of Somerset and Berkley. SBRHS became a regional high school in 2010. In 2014, a new $82.5 million facility with 21st century, state-of-the-art technologies and infrastructure opened, thanks to the support and commitment to education from both towns. SBRHS are looking for staff to facilitate classroom instruction and management strategies based on technology, research, critical thinking, problem solving, decision-making, communication, collaboration, creativity, and innovation.
Somerset Public Schools/Somerset Berkley Regional School District is in compliance with the U.S. Civil Service Rights Act of 1964 and the Title IX Educational Amendments of 1972, Part 86 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The School Districts provides equal employment opportunity to all individuals and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, active military/veteran status, marital status, familial status, pregnancy or pregnancy-related condition, homelessness, ancestry, ethnic background, national origin or any other category protected by state or federal laws in the administration of its educational and employment policies, or in its programs or activities.
- Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education School Nurse License
Massachusetts Registered Nursing License - Citizenship, residency or work visa required
- Erica Figuerado , Lead/Float Nurse
- 1141 Brayton Avenue
- Somerset, Massachusetts 02726
- Phone: 508-324-3140
- Email: erica.figuerado@sbregional.org
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