2026-27 School Nurse

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (R.N.) Licensed by the Oklahoma Board of Nursing.
• Certified, or eligible to be Certified, as a School Nurse by the Oklahoma State Board of Education.
• Maintains, or able to obtain, current CPR instructor certification.
• Experience in the public health and/or school district health fields preferred.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Assists in developing school health programs.
• Conducts school programs of hearing and vision screening, scoliosis screenings, pediculosis screenings as required.
• Conducts age appropriate health related educational programs including but not limited to CPR, HIV-Aids, nutrition, general health and well-being, dental health, and growth and development to students.
• Provides a standard of care for students and staff in the case of injury or emergency illness within the RN’s scope of practice.
• Administers first aid in accordance with established first aid procedures.
• Implements Board policy and the school health guidelines on exclusion and readmission of students in connection with infectious and contagious diseases.
• In compliance with the Oklahoma Health Department, supervises student immunization compliance, including providing resources, exempting and readmitting students.
• Gives injections/medications following physician’s orders. These may include but are not limited to anaphylaxis medication, allergy solutions, and insulin.
• On-site supervision and coordination of health education by non-district personnel; to include nursing students, respiratory therapy students and volunteers.
• Inspects, monitors, and/or prepares 504 plans, Individual Healthcare Plans or physician orders for care of medically sensitive students.
• Additional duties that may be assigned by the immediate supervisor.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls;
• Reach with hands and arms;
• Talk or hear.
• Frequently required to stand, walk, climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl;
• Occasionally required to sit;
• Frequently lift and/or move up or more than 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to or more than 50 pounds.

Work Environment

• Regularly exposed to fume or airborne particles.
• Frequent exposure to high, precarious places and in outside weather conditions.
• Frequent exposure to moving mechanical parts, extreme cold (including outdoors), extreme heat (including direct sunlight), risk of electrical shock and vibration.
• Noise level in the work environment will vary from somewhat loud to extremely loud.