Position Type:
Student Support Services/School Nurse

Date Posted:
7/8/2026

Location:
Bound Brook School District

Date Available:
09/01/2026

Closing Date:
until filled

TITLE: SCHOOL NURSE
QUALIFICATIONS:

1. Valid New Jersey School Nurse Certificate
2. Demonstrated expertise in school health nursing
practice and emergency procedures
3. Knowledge of child growth and development,
community and family dynamics, current health
issues, and wellness education
4. Knowledge of community health and social
services resources and ability to communicate
effectively with nonschool health professionals
and social service agencies
5. Required criminal history background check and
proof of U.S. citizenship or legal resident alien status

REPORTS TO: Principal and School Counseling Services Director

SUPERVISES: Health Room Aide

JOB GOAL: To promote health and safety in the school
environment and provide health services to
students, faculty and staff; to assist with the
teaching of sound health practices.

PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Works in cooperation with the school physician, other school health
professionals (e.g. dentist, noncertified nurses, optometrist), members of
the staff, parents and community health professionals to ensure a healthy
school climate and to minimize absence due to illness.
2. Conducts health services and screening programs as required by law
and/or board policies.
3. Schedules and supervises health surveys of students and staff. Assists
the school physician with physical examinations; makes referrals and
conducts follow-up activities as necessary.
4. Provides emergency care in case of sudden illness and administers
first-aid in case of injury to students or staff according to established
policies and procedures. Is responsible for the availability and
maintenance of required medical supplies and equipment.
5. Maintains up-to-date health records on all students, maintains separate
records of immunizations for the purpose of immunization record auditor
and ensures their confidentiality.
6. Helps prevent and control communicable disease through lectures,
inspections, exclusion and re-admission of students and staff in keeping
with state and local health regulations and school policies.
7. Notifies principal or his/her designee to arrange for immediate
examination of any pupil who appears to be under the influence of
alcohol or other drugs.
8. Confers with and advises students, parents, and staff members on matters
pertaining to the health and safety of students. Participates in the
development and implementation of the district's emergency and crisis
management plan.
9. Assists the principal and the child study team in the identification and
placement of students with disabilities who need special education
services.
10. Participates in the development of a comprehensive health education
curriculum and serves as a health/safety education resource person to
teachers. Upon request, assists teachers with instruction of certain health
units.
11. Promotes healthy/safe school environment by assisting the
administration and staff to maintain safe and sanitary conditions
throughout the school. Reports problems promptly to the principal.
12. Administers prescribed medication to students in accordance with law
and board policy. Provides training and supervision of the emergency
administration of epinephrine for designated school staff.
13. Collaborates with community and other nonschool health agencies to
meet the health needs of children and families.
14. Provides special health care and related services to meet the needs of
students with disabilities.
15. Assists the principal with the preparation of the school's health budget.
16. Maintains professional competence through inservice education and
participation in other professional development activities. Receives
training in the treatment of asthma and maintains a valid current
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation certificate as required by law and
administrative code.
17. Assists in the development of policies and procedures for comprehensive
health education and services.
18. Develop and maintain the annual School Nursing Plan in conjunction
with the Chief School Administrator and the school physician. The
annual School Nursing Plan will include a description of basic nursing
services provided; a summary of specific medical needs of individual
students and how they will be addressed; a description of emergency
nursing services; detailed nursing assignments for all school buildings;
and a description of nursing and additional medical services to nonpublic
schools.
19. Prepares health and safety reports as required by law and/or requested by
the principal.
20. Reports any suspicion of child abuse to the Division of Youth and Family
Services and building principal or his/her designee.
21. Performs such other appropriate duties as required under law or as may
be assigned by the principal or student personnel services director.
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TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: Salary and work year to be established by the board of education.

EVALUATION:Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in
accordance with state law and the board's policy on
evaluation of certified staff.

APPROVED BY: __BOARD OF EDUCATION________ DATE: __4/27/09___
REVISED:

Legal References:
N.J.S.A. 18A:6-7.1 Criminal history records; employee in regular
contact with pupils; grounds for disqualification
from employment
N.J.S.A. 18A:16-1 Officers and employees
N.J.S.A. 18A:16-2 Physical examinations; requirement
N.J.S.A. 18A:17-46 Violence, vandalism and substance abuse incident
report
N.J.S.A. 18A:27-10 Nontenured teaching staff member; offer of
employment for next succeeding year or notice of
termination before May 15
N.J.S.A. 18A:28-5 Tenure of teaching staff member
N.J.S.A. 18A:29-4.2 Payment of school nurse according to teachers
salary guide
N.J.S.A. 18A:37 Discipline of pupils
N.J.S.A. 18A:40 Promotion of health and prevention of disease
N.J.S.A. 18A:40A Substance abuse
See particularly:
N.J.S.A. 18A:40A-12 Reporting of pupils under influence or believed to
be using anabolic steroids; examination; report;
return home; treatment; evaluation of possible
need and referral
N.J.S.A. 18A:40A-13 Immunity for educational and medical personnel,
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officers or agents because of actions taken by
virtue of act
N.J.S.A. 18A:40A-14 Civil immunity for educational personnel
reporting pupils
N.J.A.C. 6A:9 Professional licensure and standards
See particularly:
N.J.A.C. 6A:9-3.3 Professional standards for teachers
N.J.A.C. 6A:9-5 General certification policies
N.J.A.C. 6A:9-8 Requirements for instructional certificate
N.J.A.C. 6A:9-13.3 School nurse
N.J.A.C. 6A:9-15 Required professional development for teachers
N.J.A.C. 6A:14-3.4 Evaluation
N.J.A.C. 6A:16 Programs to support student development
See particularly:
N.J.A.C. 6A:16-1.4 District policies and procedures
N.J.A.C. 6A:16-2 General provisions for school health services
N.J.A.C. 6A:16-3 Comprehensive alcohol, tobacco and other drug
abuse program
N.J.A.C. 6A:16-4 Procedures for alcohol, tobacco and other drug
abuse intervention
N.J.A.C. 6A:16-5.1 School safety and security plans
N.J.A.C. 6A:16-5.3 Incident reporting of violence, vandalism and
substance abuse
N.J.A.C. 6A:16-8 Intervention and referral services
N.J.A.C. 6A:16-11 Reporting potentially missing or abused children
*N.J.A.C. 6A:24 Urban education reform in the Abbott districts
N.J.A.C. 6A:32-4 Employment of teaching staff
N.J.A.C. 6A:32-4.4 Evaluation of tenured teaching staff members
N.J.A.C. 6A:32-4.5 Evaluation of nontenured teaching staff
members
N.J.A.C. 6A:32-5.1 Standards for determining seniority
N.J.A.C. 6A:32-6 School employee physical examinations
N.J.A.C. 6A:32-7 Student records
N.J.A.C. 8:6.1-1.1(j) Universal precautions
N.J.A.C. 8:57-4.1-4.16 Immunization monitoring
N.J.A.C. 12:100-4.2 Adoption by reference
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*Applies to Abbott districts only
20 U.S.C. 1400 et. seq., Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA),
reauthorized 1997, P.L. 105-17 (formerly the Education for All Handicapped Act)

Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, 8 U.S.C.A. 1100 et. seq.
No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, P.L. 107-110, 20 U.S.C.A. 6301 et seq.,
Title X Part F Section 1061 Health Services and Section 9526 Sex Education
Occupational exposure to hazardous chemicals in laboratories standard,
29 CFR 1910.1450

BBEA Teachers:
Salary: Following the established BBEA Salary Guide ranging from $61,825 to $105,620. Stipend opportunities.
Benefits: Full time staff are eligible for Medical, Prescription, Vision, and Dental Benefits. Sick, Personal, Serious Family Illness and Bereavement Days are included.

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