Lead Nurse - Itinerant

Lead Nurse—Itinerant

The Lead Nurse position is housed at a location to be determined based on district need. Rather than serving a single assigned building, this position provides leadership and nursing support across the district, working under the direction of the Director of Health Services & Wellness and the Medical Director. This role encompasses both direct student care and district-level leadership responsibilities, requiring flexibility to respond to health service needs across all district buildings on a rotating or as-needed basis.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Acts as a clinical consultant to nurses and district staff concerning acute and chronic health problems and provides guidance for appropriate intervention, management, or referrals; including training of staff supporting students with diabetes, allergies, or seizure disorder to administer medications (e.g. epi-pen, glucagon).
• Assist nurses in school buildings with immunization compliance.
• Assist nurses in school buildings with mandated screenings (hearing, vision, scoliosis).
• Provides guidance to building nurses regarding baseline and updated medical histories in relation to CSE meetings involving Individualized Education Plans or 504 plans.
• Provides guidance to building nurses re:
  Emergency Action Plans (EAP) and Individualized Health Care Plans (IHCP).
• Participates in nursing recruitment and hiring processes.
• Orients and trains new substitutes, building, and 1:1 nurses for essential nursing functions.
• Works with the Director of Athletics and Wellness and district medical director to ensure standing orders are in place before each school year.
• Collaborates with the Director of Athletics and Wellness to provide in-service education for nurses and other personnel to increase their knowledge and skills in the area of student health maintenance.
• Provides annual in-service session for the district transportation department (bus drivers) at the start of each school year to review the process for communication of medical alerts and medically fragile students.
• Assists with the planning and facilitation of department meetings and professional development.
• Maintains communication with the Director of Athletics and Wellness, district medical director, principals, counselors, staff and parents/guardians of student health needs or concerns as they develop.
• Assists the Director of Athletics and Wellness with the scheduling of nurses to ensure that each school building is covered by a nurse.
• Provides input for school nurse policies and protocol development.
• Provide input and feedback on employee performance based on observed behaviors, contributions, and achievements.
• Collaborates with the public health and medical community to enhance the overall health and safety of the Ithaca school community (e.g. attend Immunization Coalition Meetings).
• Other duties may be assigned

Location(s):
DeWitt Midle School

Anticipated

Start Date:

09/01/2026

Posting Dates: 05/22/2026
- Until Filled

Number of Vacancies: 1

Hours per day: 40 hours per week

Civil Service Jurisdictional Class:
Non-Competitive

Required Qualifications:

• The Ithaca City School District is committed to eliminating race, class, and disability as predictors of academic performance, co-curricular participation, and discipline. Qualified candidates will demonstrate a basic awareness of these commitments and a strong willingness to support these efforts.
• Must be eligible for appointment as a Registered Professional Nurse by Civil Service

Civil Service Requirements:

• Good knowledge of nursing principles and techniques and their relation to medical practices and skill in their application; knowledge of policies and procedures for health offices and first aid mandates; working knowledge of materia-medica, dietetics, sanitation and personal hygiene; skill in the application of nursing techniques and practices; ability to administer first aid and perform CPR; ability to understand and follow technical, oral and written instructions;
  
  ability to keep records and make reports; ability to get along well with students, teachers, parents and others; ability to carry out successfully the measures prescribed; good observation; mental alertness; firmness; initiative; patience; sympathetic attitude toward the sick; physical condition commensurate with the demands of the position.
• Graduation from a school of nursing approved by the State Education Department from a course approved by such department as qualifying for Registered Professional Nurse.
• Candidates must possess a license issued by the State of New York to practice as a Registered Professional Nurse at the time of appointment and must maintain said license for the duration of employment

Salary Range: $35.15 Based on the 20–26 EA salary grid, a new contract is currently in negotiations.