CLOVIS MUNICIPAL SCHOOLS
Position: School Nurse
Supervisor: Director of Health Services/Building Principals
General Job Description: To strengthen and facilitate the educational process by improving and protecting the health status of all children, and promoting an optimal level of wellness for all students and staff. The major focus of school nursing services is to provide the fullest possible educational opportunity for each student by minimizing absence due to illness and injury through prevention, early detection, correction and appropriate referral of health problems.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Establish and maintain a comprehensive school health program that promotes health and prevents illness and injury.
- Administer first aid to students and staff members.
- Evaluate students? complaints of illness and make decisions about them utilizing the nursing process.
- Collect information about the health and development status of students in a systematic and continuous manner.
- Monitor compliance with immunization requirements:
- Understand state laws, regulations, and rules that require schools to collect immunization history.
- Notify parents when students need to acquire additional vaccinations.
- Report immunization data to local and state level agencies as appropriate.
- Serve as a resource to families regarding community clinics where immunizations may be obtained.
- Administer vaccines to students with appropriate parent/guardian consent while following all ?Vaccines for Children? program rules and regulations.
- Make referrals to health agencies when appropriate:
- Establish a network of support services outside the school where students, staff and families can be referred.
- Coordinate school and community health activities and serve as a liaison between the home, school, and community. Recommend provisions for a school environment conducive to learning.
- Participate in the health instruction program:
- Serve as a resource person to the classroom teacher and administrator in health instruction. b. Provide for both formal and informal health education/counseling for students, parents, and staff.
- Teach skills as they relate to child development and the health needs of children.
- Plan, implement, and supervise school health screening programs (vision, hearing, etc.) in accordance with state and district requirements and recommendation.
- Alert school administrators to health trends and problems.
- Maintain and update cumulative health records.
- Participate as the health team specialist on the child education evaluation team to develop the Individual Education Plan (IEP).
- Plan and implement school health management protocols for the child with special health needs, including the administration of medicine.
- Secure parent permission and physician authorization for medication administration in accordance with school policy. Establish a quality control system for the administration and documentation of medications.
- Maintain, evaluate, and interpret cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students.
- Participate in home visits as needed to assess the family?s needs as related to the child?s health.
- Develop procedure and provide crisis intervention for acute illness, injury, and emotional disturbances for students and staff.
- Promote and assist in the control of communicable diseases:
- Monitor students and adult populations for communicable disease symptoms.
- Educate students and staff in basic hygiene and on the use of Universal Precautions and OSHA regulations.
- Coordinate care of communicable disease problems and the care of students or staff with immunosuppressive conditions.
- Order and maintain adequate supplies in the health office:
- Promote efficient utilization and prevent waste.
- Maintain all equipment in good repair.
- Review, revise, and implement emergency policies, including in-service health and safety programs for school personnel.
- Report suspected cases of child abuse and neglect according to state laws and district guidelines. 22. Maintain client confidentiality.
- Act as a resource person in promoting health careers.
- Keep the health office attractive and orderly while maintaining a friendly atmosphere.
- Conduct oneself in a professional, ethical and responsible manner.
- Provide health services to schools (in addition to regularly assigned schools) when a staff nurse is ill or absent from duty.
- Prepare and submit reports as required or requested by the Director of Health Services.
- Maintain professional competence through in-service educational activities or in self-selected professional growth activities.
- Communicate accurately and effectively.
- Comply with all School Board policies and administrative regulations.
- Work cooperatively with colleagues, supervisors, and administrators.
- Participate in planning health service units for new or remodeled facilities.
- Maintain a current NM School Health Manual for School Nurses in each office.
- Maintain an adequate supply of bandages, ice packs, cotton balls, thermometer covers, etc.
Additional Duties and Responsibilities:
- Must drive from building to building.
- Perform other tasks as may be deemed appropriate and necessary by the supervisor.
Qualifications:
- New Mexico School Nurse license by the Public Education Department.
- Current RN licensure by the State Board of Nursing.
- Bachelor?s Degree in Nursing or a health related field.
- Minimum of two years RN experience.
- Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Superintendent may find appropriate and acceptable.
- Valid drivers? license.
Physical Requirements: Sitting, standing, lifting and carrying (up to 50 pounds), reaching, squatting, climbing stairs, crawling, kneeling, and moving light furniture may be required.
Safety and Health Requirements:
- Knowledge of safety, communicable and contagious diseases.
- Current CPR certification.
- Knowledge of Universal Hygiene Precautions.
Equipment/Material Handled: Must know how to properly operate or be willing to learn to operate equipment including laptop computers, cellular phones, vision and hearing equipment, and other equipment as needed for emergency response. Must also be able to operate a vehicle to drive from site to site.
Work Environment: The work environment varies greatly in the place of work from solitary office work to working in school facilities with large numbers of people. School nurses are required at times to use very limited work areas. Must be able to work within various degrees of noise, temperature, and air quality. Interruptions of work are routine. Flexibility and patience are required. Must be self-motivated, well-organized, and able to complete job assignments without direct supervision. After hours work may be required. May make site or home visits when needed and appropriate. Job responsibilities include both inside and outside duties. Must be able to work with people in high stress situations and make critical, independent judgments under high stress and in life threatening situations.
Terms of Employment: Salary and work year to be established by the Board.
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Job start date: 9/16/2026Location: Clovis Municipal Schools, 1009 N Main St, Clovis, New Mexico 88101Recruiter: Krystal Gutierrez