Substitute School Nurse

- Position Type:
Substitute/Substitute Nurse - Date Posted:
10/13/2026 - Location:
Boone Community School District - Registered Nurse License
- BOEE Statement of Professional Recognition
- Highly developed oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to build relationships effectively and professionally with families and students.
- Experience developing and implementing curriculum.
- Physical ability to handle frequent sitting, stooping, bending, pushing, pulling, and moving throughout the room.
- Proven ability to maintain a safe and studious classroom environment.
- Demonstrated ability to develop and implement age-appropriate curriculum.
- Ability to collaborate within the school and instructional setting.
- Demonstrated desire to be a life-long learner.
| Substitute School Nurse | JobID: 803 |
District Wide Substitute Nurse Position
The Boone Community School District has made a significant effort to live our motto Expect the Best...Achieve Success.
Boone Community School District is located 10 minutes west of Ames and roughly 1 hour north of the Des Moines Metro Area. Our staff work daily to Value the Uniqueness of All, Give a Fresh Start Each Day, Partner with Families, Develop Positive Character, and Ensure Learning. We have earned a reputation for being an innovative and progressive school district that includes $43+million in building projects completed in the fall of 2024. This includes a Pre-K-1st grade early childhood learning center and a multipurpose education center.
The City of Boone is a great place to live, grow and play. Boone is voted #1 Affordable Small Town... Where You'd Actually Want to Live by Realtor.com.
As needed nurse within the Boone School District
EDUCATION AND RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE:
TECHNICAL SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, AND ABILITIES:
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Listed below are the essential tasks required for this job.
| Job Tasks Descriptions |
| 1. Promotes and protects the optimal health status of school-age children |
| 2. Provides health assessments |
| 3. Provides health assessments, observes the child for development and health patterns in making nursing assessment, and identifies abnormal health findings |
| 4. Develops and implements a student health plan |
| 5. Interprets the health status of students to parents and school personnel |
| 6. Initiates referral to parents, school personnel or community health resources for intervention, remediation and follow through. |
| 7. Provides ongoing health counseling with students, parents, school personnel or health agencies |
| 8. Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students |
| 9. Maintains, evaluates and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate individual needs of students |
| 10. Plans and implements school health management protocols |
| 11. Develops procedures and provides for emergency nursing management for injuries/illnesses |
| 12. Provides direct health education and health counseling to assist students and families in making decisions on health and lifestyles that affect health |
| 13. Participates in health education directly and indirectly for the improvement of health by teaching persons to become more assertive health consumers and to assume greater responsibility for their own health |
| 14. Serves as a resource person to the school staff members in health instruction |
| 15. Coordinates school and community health activities and serves as a liaison health professional between the home, school and community |
| 16. Acts as a resource person in promoting health careers |
| 17. Engages in research and evaluation of school health services to act as a change agent for school health programs and school nursing practices |
| Provides consultation in the formation of health policies, goals and objectives for the school district. |
| 18. Where applicable, participates in the IEP plan development |
| 19. Assist with the Medicaid claiming process and do claiming on qualified students |
| 20. Perform other duties as assigned. |
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORKING CONDITIONS:
| PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES | Amount of Time | |||
| None | Under 1/3 | 1/3 to 2/3 | Over 2/3 | |
| Stand | X | |||
| Walk | X | |||
| Sit | X | |||
| Use hands to finger, handle or feel | X |
| PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES | Amount of Time | |||
| None | Under 1/3 | 1/3 to 2/3 | Over 2/3 | |
| Reach with hands and arms | X | |||
| Climb or balance | X | |||
| Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl | X | |||
| Talk | X | |||
| Hear | X | |||
| Taste | X | |||
| Smell | X |
| WEIGHT AND FORCE DEMANDS | Amount of Time | |||
| None | Under 1/3 | 1/3 to 2/3 | Over 2/3 | |
| Up to 10 pounds | X | |||
| Up to 25 pounds | X | |||
| Up to 50 pounds | X | |||
| Up to 100 pounds | X | |||
| More than 100 pounds | X |
| MENTAL FUNCTIONS | Amount of Time | |||
| None | Under 1/3 | 1/3 to 2/3 | Over 2/3 | |
| Compare | X | |||
| Analyze | X | |||
| Communicate | X | |||
| Copy | X | |||
| Coordinate | X | |||
| Instruct | X | |||
| Compute | X | |||
| Synthesize | X | |||
| Evaluate | X | |||
| Use Interpersonal Skills | X | |||
| Compile | X | |||
| Negotiate | X |
| WORK ENVIRONMENT | Amount of Time | |||
| None | Under 1/3 | 1/3 to 2/3 | Over 2/3 | |
| Wet or humid conditions (non-weather) | X | |||
| Work near moving mechanical parts | X | |||
| Work in high, precarious places | X | |||
| Fumes or airborne particles | X | |||
| Toxic or caustic chemicals | X | |||
| Outdoor weather conditions | X | |||
| Extreme cold (non-weather) | X | |||
| Extreme heat (non-weather) | X | |||
| Risk of electrical shock | X | |||
| Work with explosives | X | |||
| Risk of radiation | X | |||
| Vibration | X |
| VISION DEMANDS | REQUIRED TO PERFORM ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS OF THE JOB |
| No special vision requirements | |
| Close vision (clear vision at 20 inches or less) | X |
| Distance vision (clear vision at 20 feet or more) | X |
| Color vision (ability to identify and distinguish colors) | |
| Peripheral vision | |
| Depth perception | |
| Ability to adjust focus |
| NOISE LEVEL | Level of noise typical in the work environment for this job |
| Very quiet | |
| Quiet | X |
| Moderate | X |
| Loud | |
| Very loud |
Boone Community School District is an equal opportunity employer. If you have questions or a grievance, contact the BCSD Equity Coordinator Mrs. Jill Janes, [email protected], at BCSD, 500 7th Street, Boone, Iowa 50036; (515) 433-0750.