Substitute Nurse

Substitute Nurse

Location:

Founders Classical Academy of Lewisville, TX.

• Job
• Final date to receive applications:
  Posted until filled
• Posted:
  Jul 20, 2026 5:00 AM (UTC)
• Starting Date:
  Jul 28, 2026
• Position Type:
  Substitute
• Salary: $100 to $150 per day

Position Summary: Provides preventative health services to facilitate the student’s optimal physical, mental, emotional, and social growth and development. Identifies problems and disabilities and provides case finding, health education, referrals, and care to prevent serious health problems. Supports the education process by assuring student health.

• Education/Certification: Qualified to practice as a licensed or registered nurse in Texas and holds an unrestricted license.
• Certified in CPR or BLS (or obtain in the first 6 months).

• Experience: Minimum of one (1) year experience in public health nursing, community health nursing, school health nursing, or pediatric nursing.

• Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs):
• Knowledge of principles and practices underlying the special field of school health.
• Knowledge of current trends in nursing and literature in the fields of school health.
• Knowledge of organization and administration of cooperating agencies.
• Knowledge of state and local laws relating to health and social issues.
• Ability to participate cooperatively in a program of school health nursing.
• Ability to exercise professional judgment in making decisions.
• Ability to communicate appropriately and effectively with students, parents, administrators, other school personnel, etc.
• Demonstrate a genuine interest in the student population and its health needs.

• Promotes and protects the optimal health status of school-age children.
• Provides health assessments.
• Obtains a health history.
• Screens and evaluates findings of deficits in vision, hearing, scoliosis, growth, etc.
• Observes the child for development and health patterns to make nursing assessments.
• 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.
• Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students.
• Provides ongoing health counseling with students, parents, school personnel, or health agencies.
• Maintains, evaluates, and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual student needs.
• Plans and implements school health management protocols.
• Participates in home visits to assess family needs related to the child’s health.
• Develops procedures and provides for emergency nursing management for injuries or illnesses.
• Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases.
• Provides health education and anticipatory guidance.
• 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 to improve health by teaching persons to become more assertive health consumers and to assume greater responsibility for their own health.
• Counsels with students concerning problems such as pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and substance abuse to facilitate responsible decision‑making practices.
• 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 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 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.
• Travel as required.

• All equipment required to perform job duties and tasks previously described.

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