What are the responsibilities and job description for the 2025-2026 High School Nurse position at i3 Academy?
Position Title: School Nurse
Contract: 9 months (190 Days)
Reports To: School Principal & Head of School
Qualifications:
- Must possess a current, unencumbered license as a Registered Nurse ( including ASN, ADN, BSN, MSN, DNP) or a Licensed Practical Nurse from the Alabama Board of Nursing
- Current Basic Life Support (BLS) CPR certification
- Minimum of one year prior nursing experience preferred
- Experience with the pediatric population preferred
Job Goals: To serve as a wellness provider by treating students for medical issues, help prevent physical issues and disease, and coordinate routine health assessments.
Supervisory Responsibilities: None
Performance Responsibilities:
- Provide healthcare to students
- Coordinate vision, hearing, and orthopedic screenings and health assessments
- Write referrals for health services
- Develop and monitor health plans for students
- Maintain a safe, clean, and confidential Health Room
- Promote programs on health-education and immunization
- Maintain clinical records and medications
- Use technical devices and tools, especially the Student Information System, effectively
- Coordinate vision, hearing, and orthopedic screenings and health assessments
- Provide emergency aid to students and school staff
- Assist teachers in instructing students in health and nutrition education
- Arrange for health coverage for student field trips as needed
- Assess the overall condition of an injured or ill child and take appropriate action, providing skillful management of childhood emergencies until additional assistance is available
- Communicate clearly, concisely, and timely with parents, students, colleagues, and supporting healthcare professionals using the most appropriate mode of communication
Required Skills & Abilities:
- Problem solving, particularly
- Analysis of situations
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Working collaboratively and independently as needed
- Exercise good judgment
- Employ good decision-making skills
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
- Prolonged periods of standing, reaching, and bending
- Walking on level grounds, halls, and stairwells
- Must be able to lift up to 50 pounds at times
Attire: Appropriate attire for the nursing profession
