2026-2027 Substitute School Nurse (RN) Pool ($36.93-$45.33 per hour)- GCPS

Position: SubstituteSchool Nurse RN Pool

Salary: Hourly rate of $36.93-$45.33

Status: Non-Exempt

Terms: Normally 7.5 hours per day but may be greater depending upon the needs of the system

Salary: Hourly

Supervisor: Administrative: Director of Student Services Clinical: Nurse Manager Direct: Building Principal

Availability: 2026-2027 School Year

Job Description: The school nurse will plan, implement, coordinate, and evaluate school health services within the context of the Coordinated School Health Program and Comprehensive Student Services Program Model.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current Maryland RN License in good standing
• CPR/First Aid Certified
• Willing to serve as a Case Manager/Delegating Nurse to CMT's and other unlicensed staff in accordance with the Nurse Practice Act and other pertinent sections of COMAR
• Serve as a Wellness Champion for your school
• Excellent written and verbal skills
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions
• Outstanding organizational and interpersonal skills, including, but not limited to, the ability to interact successfully with diverse stakeholders (i.e., students, staff, administration, parents, general public, community agencies, etc.)
• Proficiency in a variety of technology and applications
• Successful management of confidential information and materials
• History of initiative, discretion, leadership, and independent judgment
• Demonstrated understanding of and attention to detail, especially as it relates to student safety and well-being
• History of professionalism and strong work ethic
• Ability to work independently and as a team player
• Ability to serve as a positive role model for students, staff, and other stakeholders
• Ability to maintain emotional control while addressing stressful situations
• Ability to stand, sit, walk, climb stairs, stoop, bend, push, pull, and move objects
• Ability to lift and transport heavy to moderately heavy objects physical education-related materials
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate equipment and provide subject-related demonstrations
• Regular and predictable attendance
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job either with or without reasonable accommodations
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Two (2) years RN experience with young children and adolescents
• Understanding and knowledge of the following in context of a school environment: Pediatric/adolescent nursing
• Public health/community health nursing
• Health counseling, including mental health and crisis intervention
• Communicable diseases
• Applicable laws, regulations and standards pertaining to school nursing practice (Maryland Nurse Practice Act, Standards of School Nursing Practice, and the Eight Components of a Coordinated School Health Program, FERPA, and HIPPA)
• School health law
• Special education and 504 legislation and services, particularly as related to the role of the school nurse
• Case finding, case management, and health advocacy
• Health room management, including personnel supervision of LPNs and CMTs Family theory, assessment, and intervention
• Networking and collaboration
• Ethnic and cultural sensitivity and competence
• Contemporary health and psychosocial issues that influence children, families, and the community
• Health care delivery systems and the concepts of the primary health care
• Building student, staff and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, selfadvocacy, and learning
• School as a non-traditional healthcare setting
• Environmental health within the school community Familiar with electronic health records
  
  

Duties And Responsibilities

The following duties and responsibilities are intended only as examples. The omission of a specific duty or responsibility does not exclude it from the position if the work is a similar, related, or logical assignment.

The School Nurse Will

• Plan, implement, coordinate, and evaluate school health services within the context of the Coordinated School Health Program Model.
• Collaborate with the school-based Pupil Services Team to identify and provide for student health care needs as part of comprehensive Student Services case management. Make appropriate, independent, and timely nursing decisions.
• Administer medications and provide appropriate services in accordance with students' needs.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with students, staff, and other stakeholders.
• Maintain accurate and complete records as required by the school, applicable programs and agencies, law, Board Policy, and Administrative Procedure.
• Collect data to direct evidence-based practice.
• Interpret and explain records, reports, activities, healthcare plans, accommodations, and medical interventions.
• Identify health-related barriers to student learning (i.e., at-risk behaviors, financial, cultural, economic, etc.).
• Maximize in-class time by reducing the incidence of health-related absenteeism.
• Eliminate or minimize health problems which impair learning.
• Promote the highest degree of independent student functioning.
• Promote student, staff, and other stakeholder awareness of and participation in healthy behaviors and wellness to improve attendance and student performance and outcomes.
• Serve on special committees, as necessary.
• Monitor appropriate use and care of equipment, materials, and facilities.
• Account for and order program equipment and supplies, as necessary.
• Attend and actively participate in staff/faculty meetings and appropriate job-related professional development, as approved.
• Contribute to the short-term and long-term successes of students, staff, school, and the system in general.
• Maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Engage in life-long learning of professional and technical knowledge by attending appropriate workshops, reviewing professional publications and websites, establishing personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.
• Present courteous and professional demeanor at all times.
• Demonstrate proficiency, flexibility, self-motivation, accountability and ownership, and positive demeanor.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
  
  

Questions: Should you have questions and/or require assistance with accessing or completing the on-line application, contact the Office of Human Resources and Employee Relations at 301-334-8904.

Accommodation Requests: In the event you are contacted for an interview, please notify the Office of Human Resources and Employee Relations at that time of any reasonable disability-related accommodation requests.

The Garrett County Board of Education does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, and gender identity, status as a veteran or disability in matters affecting employment. Question about this policy should be directed to the Director of Human Resources and Employee Relations at 301-334- 8904.