Substitute School Nurse

Position Type:
Substitute / Substitute Nurse

Date Posted: 9 / 2 / 2025

Location:

District Wide

Date Available:

SY25-26

Revised:
August 2025

Perm / contract: SY25-26

Department:
Health Services

FLSA Status:
Exempt

Reports to:

Core Instruction Administration

Primary Reporting

Location:

TBD

Level: PK-8

Compensation: $225 / day

Date Available:

SY25-26

Bargaining Unit & Classification: N / A

Supervisory Responsibilities:

None

Benefits: N / A

• The ideal team member in District 97 is a visionary and equity-centered leader who inspires excellence and fosters collective responsibility for student success. This individual :
• Champions the district's vision and drives forward-thinking, innovative practices that anticipate future educational needs.
• Steward public trust and resources with fiscal responsibility and ethical transparency.
• Demonstrates relentless commitment to student success, ensuring that every decision supports equitable opportunities and outcomes for all learners.
• Organizes and empowers teams to work collaboratively toward shared goals, recognizing the interdependence of roles across departments and schools.
• Fosters a culture of care, learning, and service, grounded in authentic engagement with students, families, staff, and community members.
• Models integrity, professionalism, and confidentiality, serving as a role model for ethical and respectful conduct at all levels.
• Thrives in a culturally, racially, and linguistically diverse environment, showing a deep passion for inclusive practices and building belonging for all team members.
• Seeks and embraces feedback, especially when it challenges them to grow and improve in service of students and colleagues.
• Understands the powerful intersection of leadership, learning, and equity, and aligns their work to dismantle systemic barriers.
• Courageously addresses unprofessional behavior, holding self and others accountable to high standards in service to the community and students.

Join our dynamic school district team as a substitute nurse! In this crucial role, you will provide care for sick and injured students, maintaining health records, performing medical procedures per provider orders, and promoting healthy practices in alignment with our district's equity commitments as expressed in the Board Policy 7 : 12 :
Ensuring Racial and Educational Equity. Your responsibilities include providing health care and emergency care to the pediatric population and serve as a resource to health and safety related concerns in the elementary school setting.

• Provide daily and as needed / emergency medication.
• Provide care for student illness and accidents and consult / emergency care to staff in urgent situations.
• Administer care based on Individual Health Care Plans, Emergency Care Plans and Medical Section 504 Plan accommodations.
• Serve as liaison between home and school for health related care and concerns. Provide clear and thorough communication to the building nurse so that the communication chain remains intact.
• Document all student health office visits / student encounters in the electronic record.
• Follows communicable disease procedures and reports all protocols and instructions to building administration / guardians and building nurses for all exclusion and readmission guidelines.
• Follows all rules for sending children home according to sick child guidelines.
• Follow blood borne pathogen rules and communicate with the front office for custodian / building engineer to provide safe cleaning needs.
• Maintain organized and safe office space and leave in orderly condition.
• Maintain dignity and confidentiality for students and staff.

• basic first aid and emergency medical procedures, including the administration of daily, as-needed, and emergency medications.
• Illinois Department of Public Health guidelines and school district policies regarding communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens, and sick child protocols.
• standard medical documentation procedures and electronic health record systems.
• Individual Health Care Plans (IHCPs), Emergency Care Plans (ECPs), and Medical Section 504 Plan accommodations.

• providing prompt and appropriate care for student illnesses and accidents.
• maintaining accurate and detailed electronic health records for all student encounters.
• communicating clearly and effectively with students, staff, parents / guardians, and building administrators regarding health concerns and protocols.
• implementing health and safety protocols, including those related to communicable diseases and blood borne pathogens.

• follow and administer care based on specific student health plans and 504 accommodations.
• serve as a liaison between home and school, ensuring clear and thorough communication.
• manage a safe, organized, and confidential health office environment.
• maintain the dignity and confidentiality of all students and staff.

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