School Nurse Rebecca Johnson Elementary School

School Nurse (Full time)-Rebecca Johnson Elementary School

Springfield Public Schools SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES
- Springfield, Massachusetts

Job : 5812605

Final date to receive applications: Jul 15, 2026 11:59 PM (Eastern Standard Time)

Posted: Jul 01, 2026 4:00 AM (UTC)

Starting Date: Immediately

DEPARTMENT:
Nursing

REPORTS TO:

Principal / Sr. Nursing Administrator

SALARY:
School Nurse (RN) Salary Schedule

WORK SCHEDULE:

To be arranged with the Principal and Nursing Administration of Nursing (In accordance with contract requirements).

The School Nurse is responsible for direct and indirect nursing care to enhance the wellbeing, academic success, and life‑long achievements of students. The School Nurse facilitates positive student responses to normal development, promotes health and safety, intervenes with actual and potential health problems, provides case management services, and actively collaborates with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self‑management, self‑advocacy, and learning.

• Assess and evaluate students’ health pertinent family history and home factors, counsel students, parents and school personnel about health problems and issues.
• Maintain health records, conduct required research, and evaluate school health programs.
• Coordinate health resources of school, home, community and allied health agencies/hospitals by making necessary arrangements, maintaining records, notifying and counseling students, parents/guardians and health personnel.
• Develop an individual health care plan as needed and coordinate with the other providers and school personnel. Initiate a plan of care with students and family to best meet individual needs.
• Provide emergency care for all students and staff on school premises in the event of injury or sudden illness.
• Administer prescribed and approved medications to students with parent/guardian and physician consent.
• Perform mandated screenings in vision, hearing, scoliosis, and height and weight as deemed appropriate by state and city departments of public health.
• Document pertinent information in student records in accordance with Standards of Practice and safeguards documentation utilizing HIPAA and FERPA regulations.
• Conduct home visits to initiate or follow up on the health care needs of students.
• Prepare regular written reports for supervisor, MDPH and other relevant agencies.
• Notify appropriate individuals, e.g., parents, staff, physicians of immediate and potential health related concerns.
• Participate in school health related activities as deemed appropriate by the principal/supervisor.
• Provide information about health and disease prevention in cooperation with health education programs within Springfield Public Schools.
• Promote healthy programs in collaboration with coalitions, associations, CDC and Department of Public Health.
• Act as a resource in health education to students and families and refer to appropriate help agencies when necessary.
• Initiate, promote, maintain and implement programs for the recognition, prevention and control of disease, including giving immunizations.
• Sport physical clearance coverage as needed.

• Responsible for providing the optimum quality of health care to students.
• Participate in direct and indirect nursing care, health maintenance, teaching, counseling, collaborative planning and rehabilitation.
• Promote student and family education to involve them and significant others within the school system to establish and implement health goals.
• Conduct self in a professional manner as evidenced by appropriate attire, punctuality and a strong work ethic.
• Report and be administratively accountable to Nursing Administration and to the building principal for provision of health services in the building.

• Must have a current valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Massachusetts.
• A minimum of one to two years of child health, community health or other related field. Three years of responsible professional experience in school nursing or a related field preferred.
• Current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation.
• Must be DOE certified…