School Nurse

Tacoma Public Schools

Expected

Start Date:

October 2, 2026 or as soon as possible

FTE: 1.0

Hours per day: 7.5

Salary Level:Based on preparation level and experience per TEA Collective Bargaining Agreement. Range is $73,549 (BA+0 step
1) through $144,248 (MA+90 step 20)

Union/Days per year: Teacher, 182 workdays, 10-month

Benefits: This job has the full range of benefits offered by Tacoma Public Schools.

Additional Information:School Nurse positions are considered Districted Deployed assignments. These positions are subject to change based on the needs of the District. This position is currently anticipated to support Birney, Manitou Park Elementary Schools and Float School Nurse.

This position implements, manages, delivers and monitors school health services in assigned schools and programs; ensures compliance with professional nursing standards, practices and procedures; provides the fullest possible educational opportunity for each District student by minimizing absence due to illness and creating a climate of health and well-being in the District schools; collaborates with health professionals, agencies, staff, administrators, parents, students, and community partners;

oversees student health information at assigned schools and programs required by District, state, and federal regulations; provides health education programs according to state law and standards for professional nursing.

• 1. Appraises, promotes, and protects the optimal health status of students and staff; gives relevant health instruction and information to individual students and staff; assists in the development of District health and education curricula and integrating health concepts into the total curricula; participates in the development of objectives, standards, and procedures in the school health program and in planning, implementing, and evaluating health services to be provided in each school.
• 2. Assesses the physical and emotional health of students as related to the educational process; manages health concerns within the scope of school nurse practice; initiates referrals for further diagnosis and treatment of identified health needs and provides follow up; coordinates and implements health screenings mandated by law and District policy, including referral and follow up; communicates student health concerns that may impact learning to appropriate staff with parent and/or student consent.
• 3. Obtains a health and developmental history for students, as necessary; uncovers health problems through screening, observations, and interviews; makes appropriate referrals and follow-up; maintains and performs data entry to ensure up-to-date cumulative health records for all students; prepares reports necessary to carry out the activities of the school health program; assists in maintaining all student immunization information; appraises and monitors immunization status of each student.
• 4. Provides individual and/or group health counseling to students, parents, and school personnel; serves as an advocate and resource for the health rights of students and as a professional liaison between the school, family, and the health community; assists students and parents in obtaining adequate medical, dental, and mental health care; maintains confidentiality regarding student and family information; promotes positive health practices through individual contacts and in the classroom;
  
  serves as a resource to classroom teachers; models healthful behaviors.
• 5. Identifies students showing evidence of abuse and/or neglect and reports to the administration and proper law enforcement agencies as required by District policy and state law; participates in school/community programs, including but not limited to, those relating to substance abuse and child abuse, which may include education, case finding, intervention, referral, and follow up.
• 6. Performs professional nursing tasks as needed, including, but not limited to, emergency services and supportive care for both staff and students.
• 7. Provides direction to school staff regarding student and/or staff health issues, e.g., communicable disease control and dispensing of medications.
• 8. Provides lead direction to Health Room Assistant Nurses, Health Clerks, and Office Professionals; delegates health services responsibilities; instructs and evaluates the work performance of health room volunteers; acts as a preceptor for nursing students.
• 9. Performs initial and the re-evaluation of Special Education health…