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Job Posting Title:Substitute - Nurse
Job Description:Modify or remove health-related barriers to learning; and promote an optimal level of wellness to enhance the educational process of students. Develops and promotes good community relations among community and school clientele.
Position Specific Information (if Applicable):
Responsibilities:
--- Track, monitor and enter data for immunizations and compliance with State mandates.
--- Complete, update and maintain student records (accident reports, health records).
--- Provide well student care, health care, first aid, immunizations and assistance to students as well as screen for nuisance diseases such as lice or ringworm. Implement Infection Control Procedures as necessary.
--- Promote student responsibility and healthy consumer decision making.
--- Documents health related services in Designated Medicaid documentation system for the DCSD School Medicaid Reimbursement Program.
--- Collaborate with other school and health care staffs to maintain and promote a safe and healthy environment.
--- Establish procedures for and/or provides for emergency care and management of illnesses and injuries in the local school. Provide emergency care that includes timely and appropriate referral.
--- Interpret and educate school personnel in department policies, related school district policies and Colorado State Laws (significant Health Conditions List, child abuse reports, emergency procedures, health screenings and assessment, immunizations, substance abuse, medication use, first Aid training).
Certifications:Special Services Provider License - School Nurse - Colorado Department of Education
Education:Bachelor's Degree: Nursing
Skills:Position Type:Substitutes
Primary Location:Variable Location Employee - Schools
One Year Only (Yes or No):No
Approx Scheduled Days Per Year:0 Work Days
- (260 days indicates a year-round position. Time off [or Off-Track Days] are then granted based on the position. Any exceptions to the normal off-track time will be noted in the Additional Position Details section above, as scheduled work days.)
Minimum Hire Rate: $90.00 USD Daily
Maximum Hire Rate: $170.00 USD Daily
Full Salary Range:$90.00 USD - $190.00 USD Daily
- All salary amounts listed above are based on a full-time (1.0) FTE. If applicable, part-time salaries will be prorated according to the assigned FTE.
Benefits:This position is eligible for voluntary 401(k), 403(b) and 457 retirement plans.Time Off Plans:This position is eligible for paid sick time.This position will be open until filled, but will not be open past:October 14, 2026
Skills Required
- Special Services Provider License - School Nurse, Colorado Department of Education
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing
- Ability to provide first aid and immunizations and manage student health care
- Experience tracking, monitoring, and entering immunization data and compliance with state mandates
- Experience completing and maintaining student health records and accident reports
- Ability to document services in designated Medicaid documentation system
- Knowledge of Colorado State health-related laws, district policies, and infection control procedures
What We Do
The Douglas County School District is Colorado's third-largest school district, serving 61,000 students in preschool through twelfth-grade. Its mission is to provide an educational foundation that allows each student to reach his or her individual potential, ensuring that every student receives the education needed to have the brightest future possible.
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