Job Title:  Substitute Nurse 

Supervisor:  Principal and Lead Nurse 

Terms of Employment:  Temporary (as needed) 

Wage Category:  Non-Exempt 

Qualifications:  

• LPN Required, RN Preferred  
• Acute Care, Emergency Room and/or Pediatric Experience preferred 
• Current license to practice as a nurse in the State of South Carolina 
• Current CPR Certification  

Job Summary: 

Maintains standard clinic activities in the absence of the school nurse by promoting the health and well-being of all students within the scope of the South Carolina School Nurse Standards of Practice

Essential Duties Functions and Responsibilities 

• Assumes responsibility for maintenance for the health room in the absence of the full-time school nurse

• Administers first aid, care and comfort to ill or injured students as stipulated by school policies/procedures, SC DHEC School Exclusion List, and South Carolina School Nurse Practice Laws.
• Maintains appropriate documentation of all students/staff seen in the health room, includes date, name, reason for visit and disposal  and reports to the full-time school nurse

• Assesses students suspected of communicable disease in school setting according to the South Carolina DHEC School Exclusion list.

• Discusses with students’ parents/ guardian any significant deviation from normal and suggests necessary formal examination and treatment by physician or dentist or other professional health care provider.

• Monitors, supervises and/ or administers prescribed medication and treatments as ordered by the student’s physician and in accordance with current South Carolina School Nurse practice laws.

Other: 

• Additional duties as assigned by supervisor  

Physical Requirements 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. Must exhibit manual dexterity to enter data into a computer; to see and read a computer screen and printed material with or without vision aids; hear and understand speech at normal workplace levels, outdoors and on the telephone; speak in audible tones so that others may understand clearly in normal workplaces, outdoors and on the telephone; physical agility to lift up to 25 pounds.  

Work Environment 
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Duties are normally performed in a school/classroom environment. Duties may be conducted in work-related community settings and/or occasionally performed on study trips away from the school. 

Salary: Hourly / Temp. 

Last Updated 

02/2024