School Nurse - Webster Elementary School
Listed on 2026-08-07
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Nursing
Public Health Nurse, Pediatric Nurse, Healthcare Nursing
School Nurse – Webster Elementary School
Job . Final date to receive applications:
Sep 08, 2026 11:59 PM (Mountain Standard Time). Posted:
Jul 09, 2026 6:00 AM (UTC). Starting Date:
Jul 31, 2026.
Employment Type:
Full-time.
Base Salary: $55,886.00 per year.
Calendar:
Certified Exempt, 187 workdays.
Benefits:
Sick leave, holidays, matched retirement through the Arizona State Retirement System, health, and life insurance.
Performance Pay:
Available annually.
New Hire
Experience:
$500 for each full-time year of certified teaching or equivalent experience.
New Hire
Education:
$65 per hour of graduate level credits (BA +45 hours max, MA +60 hours max, $1,000 for advanced degrees).
The primary purpose of the professional school nurse is to intensify the educational process through enhancement of the health status of children and youth. The school nurse carries out functions requiring nursing judgment, uses initiative based on nursing experience and has the education and the ability to maintain interdependent relationships with colleagues in health, education, and related professional fields.
Candidates must complete an online application which requires appropriate Arizona certification, valid IVP Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card, evidence of highly qualified status, three letters of recommendation, and transcript of credits.
Key Responsibilities- Demonstrates knowledge and skills in planning health programs in coordination with the administrator (e.g., health curriculum, disease prevention, and promotion/maintenance of student health).
- Conducts student health screening programs to assess physical, mental, and emotional health.
- Administers appropriate medications to students according to district policies and procedures; has knowledge of medication’s use, action, contradictions, and side effects.
- Coordinates health services information among home, school, private physician, clinic, and other community agencies.
- Assists teachers in planning health curriculum by providing valid resource materials and presenting demonstrations in the classroom that are relevant to healthful living.
- Interprets and alerts the staff to school health laws, health trends and school health problems.
- Utilizes assessment skills to plan and provide care for ill and injured students and staff; develops nursing care plans for special needs students.
- Assists parent/guardian with health-related referral resources.
- Collects social/developmental history information for student evaluations and participates in Medicaid billing when appropriate.
- Provides health counseling for students to encourage and maintain optimum health practices.
- Functions as a member of the school child abuse team and other district intervention teams as directed by the site administrator.
- Functions as a member of the school safety committee and serves as a resource to maintenance, cafeteria, and other services involved in maintaining a healthful physical environment.
- Responsible for maintaining accurate health documentation and continuous required health records.
- Compiles accurate yearly reports to document student encounters and nursing activities; provides results to district health services.
- Maintains professional growth through continuing education and support of professional organizations.
- Supervises health assistants while on site; building administrator supervises the health assistant in the absence of the nurse.
- Implements state and district guidelines for control of communicable disease, including state rules for immunization compliance.
- Adheres to all Professional Standards set forth by Mesa Public School and the Arizona State Board of Nursing.
- Assists with other assigned duties as appropriate to the area of assignment and Mesa Public Schools.
- Bachelor’s degree, preferably in nursing including public health nursing, theory and practice.
- Valid Arizona Registered Nurse License.
- Arizona IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card.
- Experience in school nursing or public health nursing.
- Experience in caring for children and adolescents, often in clinical or hospital settings, is highly valuable.
- Experience in public health or community settings helps school…
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