Position Type: Student Support Services/ School Nurse

- Date Posted:

9/17/2026

- Location:

Middle School

- Date Available:

2026-2027 School Year

Position Title: School Nurse

Qualifications:

- Registered professional nurse, currently licensed by the State of Connecticut and meeting the State requirements for qualification as a school nurse in Connecticut. [C.G.S. Sec 10-212.]
- No less than one year's full-time experience as a registered nurse within the last five (5) years immediately prior to employment.

Reports To:

Coordinator of Health Services and School Principal

Job Goal:

To promote the health and well-being of students and staff.

Performance Responsibilities:

Promotes and maintains student health through:

- Facilitating positive student responses to typical development;
- Collaborating with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy, and learning;
- Providing health counseling and guidance to students and parents;
- Assisting with the instruction of health education and serving as a resource person in matters pertaining to health education and development of health curriculum;
- Promoting health and safety in the school setting;
- Providing case management services;
- Consulting with community health care providers regarding student health matters;
- Consulting with school staff as necessary related to student health problems.

Additional Responsibilities:

- Provides first aid treatment of accidents and care of illnesses that occur in school.




- Insures that student health assessments and immunizations as required by State law are current according to regulations.
- At the high school, certifies to the athletic coaches that all athletes have obtained a health assessment and are cleared medically to participate in the sports program.
- Conducts district's student health screenings required by current law.
- Maintains up-to-date cumulative health records of all students according to district procedures.
- Maintains data on health interventions for district reporting.
- Reports on student health assessment and health status as necessary to the planning and placement team.
- Initiates staff, student, and visitor accident reports and reports such incidents according to district policy.
- Observes the school setting and recommends changes necessary to maintain optimum health and safety of students and school personnel.
- Provides information necessary for school health surveys and reports as required by Connecticut State Departments of Education and Health.
- Assists with any special immunization clinics as ordered by the school physician.
- Keeps current in best practices in school nursing and in particular, issues regarding the health and well-being of school-aged children.
- Carries out other duties as assigned by the Coordinator of Health Services.

Term of Employment:

Ten-month position

Evaluation:

Performance will be evaluated annually by the Coordinator of Health Services and the Principal.

Postings current as of 9/19/2026 1:19:29 PM CST.

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