FY27 Registered School Nurse

The Kodiak Island Borough School District is looking for the following position for the 2026-2027 school year.

Registered School Nurse

Location: Kodiak High School, Kodiak Alaska

Start Date: 8/24/2026

Hours: 7 hours; 5 days/week; 9 months

Salary: Entry Range 30, Step 1: $37.56 per hour (Associates RN degree)

Entry Range 31, Step 1: $43.02 per hour (Bachelors RN degree)

Position Summary: The Registered School Nurse will work under day-to-day supervision provided by the building principals. General responsibilities entail the promotion of health education, care, counseling and crisis intervention to all students, parents and staff.

Qualifications

• Ability to work well with students, teachers, and parents.
• Possess a current Alaska R.N. license.
• Background, training and experience in public health preferred.
• Full knowledge of methods and techniques of screening pupils for many health-related conditions.
• Extensive knowledge of first aid techniques and ability to apply them.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of students, staff, school business, materials, and information.
• Ability to work well with public, students, staff and parents.
• Ability to safely, regularly lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or moves up to 50 pounds.
  
  

Responsibilities

• Conduct school health services with students including screening for physical examinations, immunizations, hearing and vision tests, and dental clinics.
• Refer students who are in need of medical and dental care to parents.
• Report to parents, school personnel, physicians, clinics, and other agencies on school medical/health matters, including suspected child neglect and abuse.
• Maintain current cumulative health records on all students.
• Provide immediate first aid care until a parent or physician is available to students and staff members who have suffered injury or emergency illness.
• Participate with school staff in developing a total school health program and maintain close working relationships with other health care providers in the community.
• Participate, under the supervision of health teachers, in teaching health topics.
• Conduct and/or assist in training school staff with required CPR and first aid.
• Contact or visit homes of children referred by principals and teachers regarding health or medical concerns.
• Advise on modification of the educational program to meet the health needs of individual students (i.e., classroom placement of hearing or vision impaired students).
• Prepare and submit reports to the Director of Federal Programs, Superintendent, the State Boards of Health or Education, and the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services as required.
• Authorize exclusion and readmission of students with infectious and contagious diseases in accordance with statute, regulation, and policy.
• Administer medications according to School Board Policy.
• Order and inventory school health-care materials and supplies.
• Assist with administration of federal school lunch programs.
• Initiate and assist with organization of athletic physicals.
• Participate in relevant services and training programs at the direction of the Director of Federal Programs.
• Conduct TB testing, health screening and staff/student education at rural schools.
• Maintain confidentiality of students, staff, school business, materials, and information.
• Other duties as assigned from time to time.
  
  

Application Instructions: All applicants are required to submit a new or updated District application at the https://www.applitrack.com/kodiakschools/onlineapp/ website.

The Kodiak Island Borough School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer.