Nurse - Substitute

Job Details Job ID: 4669956 Application Deadline: Posted until filled Re-Posted: Jan 5, 2026 Starting Date: Immediately Locations Administration/Central Office - Culpeper, Virginia Job Description GENERAL DEFINITION AND CONDITIONS OF WORK To assist in providing and maintaining a school health clinic and program that promotes optimum health for each student while they are under the school’s jurisdiction. ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/TYPICAL TASKS The minimum performance expectations include, but are not limited to, the following functions/tasks: - Assist with setting and maintaining standards of emergency care to minimize the effects of accidents and illness in the school. - Respond to calls for emergencies in assigned school to evaluate the illness or injury. - Administer first aid wherever necessary. - Provide physical inspection for all referred students to include as needed, teeth, blood pressure, temperature, throats, vision, and posture. - Assist with preschool registration. - Inform parents of preschoolers of health regulations for entry into school. - In case of emergency, transport students to a doctor’s office or hospital emergency room when the rescue squad is not needed. - Make referrals for home visits to the Home School Coordinator to investigate school health concerns and do a follow-up visit with the Registered Nurse or Home School Coordinator, as appropriate. - Secure copies of medical records and birth certificates for cumulative folders and keep current. - Send notes, mail letters, and make phone calls to parents regarding health concerns or illness. - Refer students with physical or emotional illness to the health department, mental health agency, school counselor or school psychologist. - Keep a list of all students’ health problems with direction from parents or a family physician on action to be taken in case of emergencies (i.e., students with known physical illness such as diabetes, epilepsy, severe allergies to bee stings, etc.) - Serve as a resource speaker or team-teach in a classroom to present certain health units to educate students in becoming knowledgeable health consumers. - Follow-up with parents of children who have a prolonged absence due to illness. (Home School Coordinator or attendance clerk will be making referrals.) - Maintain standards of emergency care to minimize the effects of accidents and illness in school. - Coordinate other agencies’ health related referrals and services. - Assist Principals with evaluation and identification of communicable diseases and coordination of services to the students. - Delivery of medications to students as required by Board policy. - After approval, report the student’s health status and reaction at school to medication(s) or those factors in the school that might affect their condition to the student’s physician. - Provide screening(s) to all students as required by Board policy. - Assist in the development and periodic revision of first aid policies and policies for caring for ill students. - Other related duties as assigned by the Principal and/or Director of Special Education. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES Persons employed as a primary School Nurse in Culpeper County Public School shall: - Present acceptable recommendations from persons, preferable former employers, who can attest that the applicant possess the personal characteristics and competence necessary for satisfactory performance of assigned duties. - Have the ability to exhibit skills in the proper use of English language. - Have the ability to participate in professional development activities to meet the needs of the school system’s health program. - Maintain good working relationships with all employees and the public. - Communicate openly and effectively with students, parents, community patrons, staff and administration as a positive representative of Culpeper County School system. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE All applicants are required by the state of Virginia to have, at a minimum, an L.P.N. license. PHYSICAL DEMANDS/REQUIREMENTS This is sedentary work requiring stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, pulling, routine lifting up to 20 pounds, grasping and repetitive motions; vocal communication is required for expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word, and conveying detailed or important instructions to others accurately, loudly, or quickly; hearing is required to perceive information at normal spoken word levels, and to receive detailed information through oral communications and/or computer data, operation of machines, and determining the accuracy and thoroughness of work. Position Type: Substitute Salary: $117 to $194 Per Day Job Requirements Citizenship, residency or work visa required Contact Information Michelle Metzgar, Executive Director of HR 471 James Madison Highway Culpeper, Virginia 22701 Phone: (540) 825-3677 Email: [email protected]