Substitute School Nurse

Boone Community School District; Boone (IA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Boone Community School District in Boone, Iowa seeks a District Wide Substitute School Nurse to support student health services across schools. The district highlights its motto and recent facilities growth, and emphasizes collaboration with families and staff.

The role requires a Registered Nurse License and BOEE Statement of Professional Recognition, with responsibilities including health assessments, developing student health plans, referrals, and health education.

Qualifications

• RN license required.
• BOEE professional recognition required.
• Strong communication and relationship-building with families and students.

Responsibilities

• Promotes and protects the health of school-age children.
• Provides health assessments and develops student health plans.
• Interprets health status to parents and staff; initiates referrals as needed.
• Provides ongoing health counseling and utilizes health resources to care for students.
• Maintains health data and participates in development of health policies for the district.

Education

Registered Nurse License

BOEE Statement of Professional Recognition

Job description

Substitute School Nurse

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Job Details

Job ID: 5959267

Application Deadline: Posted until filled

Posted: Yesterday

Job Description

District Wide Substitute Nurse Position

The Boone Community School District has made a significant effort to live our motto Expect the Best...Achieve Success. Boone Community School District is located 10 minutes west of Ames and roughly 1 hour north of the Des Moines Metro Area. Our staff work daily to Value the Uniqueness of All, Give a Fresh Start Each Day, Partner with Families, Develop Positive Character, and Ensure Learning. We have earned a reputation for being an innovative and progressive school district that includes $43+million in building projects completed in the fall of 2024. This includes aPre-K-1st grade early childhood learning center and a multipurpose education center. The City of Boone is a great place to live, grow and play. Boone is voted #1 Affordable Small Town... Where You'd Actually Want to Live by Realtor.com.

As needed nurse within the Boone School District

Education and Related Work Experience

• Registered Nurse License
• BOEE Statement of Professional Recognition

Technical Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities

• Highly developed oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships effectively and professionally with families and students.
• Experience developing and implementing curriculum.
• Physical ability to handle frequent sitting, stooping, bending, pushing, pulling, and moving throughout the room.
• Proven ability to maintain a safe and studious classroom environment.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement age-appropriate curriculum.
• Ability to collaborate within the school and instructional setting.
• Demonstrated desire to be a life-long learner.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Promotes and protects the optimal health status of school-age children
• Provides health assessments
• Provides health assessments, observes the child for development and health patterns in making nursing assessment, and identifies abnormal health findings
• Develops and implements a student health plan
• Interprets the health status of students to parents and school personnel
• Initiates referral to parents, school personnel or community health resources for intervention, remediation and follow through.
• Provides ongoing health counseling with students, parents, school personnel or health agencies
• Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students
• Maintains, evaluates and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students
• Plans and implements school health management protocols
• Develops procedures and provides for emergency nursing management for injuries/illnesses
• 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
• Serves as a resource person to the school staff members in health instruction
• Coordinates school and community health activities and serves as a liaison health professional between the home, school and community
• Acts as a resource person in promoting health careers
• Engages in research and evaluation of school health services to act as a change agent for school health programs and school nursing practices
• Provides consultation in the formation of health policies, goals and objectives for the school district.
• Where applicable, participates in the IEP plan development
• Assist with the Medicaid claiming process and do claiming on qualified students
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS: PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES Amount of Time None Under 1/3 1/3 to 2/3 Over 2/3 Stand X Walk X Sit X Use hands to finger, handle or feel X PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES Amount of Time None Under 1/3 1/3 to 2/3 Over 2/3 Reach with hands and arms X Climb or balance X Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl X Talk X Hear X Taste X Smell X WEIGHT AND FORCE DEMANDS Amount of Time None Under 1/3 1/3 to 2/3 Over 2/3 Up to 10 pounds X Up to 25 pounds X Up to 50 pounds X Up to 100 pounds X More than 100 pounds X MENTAL FUNCTIONS Amount of Time None Under 1/3 1/3 to 2/3 Over 2/3 Compare X Analyze X Communicate X Copy X Coordinate X Instruct X Compute X Synthesize X Evaluate X Use Interpersonal Skills X Compile X Negotiate X Work Environment Amount of Time None Under 1/3 1/3 to 2/3 Over 2/3 Wet or humid conditions (non-weather) X Work near moving mechanical parts X Work in high, precarious places X Fumes or airborne particles X Toxic or caustic chemicals X Outdoor weather conditions X Extreme cold (non-weather) X Extreme heat (non-weather) X Risk of electrical shock X Work with explosives X Risk of radiation X Vibration X Vision DEMANDS REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB No special vision requirements Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less) X Distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more) X Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors) Peripheral vision Depth perception Ability to adjust focus NOISE LEVEL Level of noise typical in the work environment for this job Very quiet Quiet X Moderate X Loud Very loud

Boone Community School District is an equal opportunity employer. If you have questions or a grievance, contact the BCSD Equity Coordinator Mrs. Jill Janes, [e-mail], at BCSD, 500 7th Street, Boone, Iowa 50036; [phone].

Position Type: Full-time

Student Services > School Nurse

Substitute > Substitute

Contact Information

• Julie Trepa
• 500 7th St
• Boone, Iowa 50036
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: [e-mail]