Substitute School Nurse

Boone Community School District; Waukee (IA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

Boone Community School District is seeking a District Wide Substitute Nurse to provide essential health services for students across the district. The substitute nurse will conduct health assessments, develop student health plans, and collaborate with school staff and families to ensure student well-being.

The role requires an active Registered Nurse license and BOEE recognition, with strong communication and the ability to implement health policies and emergency procedures as needed.

Qualifications

• RN license required.
• BOEE Statement of Professional Recognition required.
• Experience in school health or pediatrics is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Promote and protect students' health; perform health assessments.
• Develop and implement student health plans.
• Communicate health status to parents and staff.
• Refer to health resources as needed.
• Provide health counseling and education to students and families.
• Coordinate health services within school and community.

Skills

Oral and written communication

Relationship building

Curriculum development

Physical stamina

Safety and classroom environment

Age-appropriate curriculum

Collaboration

Lifelong learning

Education

RN license

BOEE recognition

Job description

District Wide Substitute Nurse Position

• Position Type: Substitute/ Substitute Nurse
• Date Posted: 10/13/2026
• Location: Boone Community School District

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 isvoted #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: Listed below are the essential tasks required for this job.

Job Tasks Descriptions

1. Promotes and protects the optimal health status of school-age children

2. Provides health assessments

3. Provides health assessments, observes the child for development and health patterns in making nursing assessment, and identifies abnormal health findings

4. Develops and implements a student health plan

5. Interprets the health status of students to parents and school personnel

6. Initiates referral to parents, school personnel or community health resources for intervention, remediation and follow through.

7. Provides ongoing health counseling with students, parents, school personnel or health agencies

8. Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students

9. Maintains, evaluates and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students

10. Plans and implements school health management protocols

11. Develops procedures and provides for emergency nursing management for injuries/illnesses

12. Provides direct health education and health counseling to assist students and families in making decisions on health and lifestyles that affect health

13. 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

14. Serves as a resource person to the school staff members in health instruction

15. Coordinates school and community health activities and serves as a liaison health professional between the home, school and community

16. Acts as a resource person in promoting health careers

17. 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.

18. Where applicable, participates in the IEP plan development

19. Assist with the Medicaid claiming process and do claiming on qualified students

20. Perform other duties as assigned.

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

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].