School Nurse (RN) - An Achievable Dream Middle and High School
Newport News, Virginia
Posted Sep 5
- Unit
- School Clinic
What the listing says
Role
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- Hospital
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 1+ years
- Patients
- The Care Coordinator works in collaborate with the Newport News Public Schools' Health Services Supervisor to provide professional nursing care to both students and staff at An Achievable Dream Academy, Middle and High School.
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Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Virginia is $36/hr, across 391 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Newport News, Virginia
Hiring Range $30.60 - $42.08/Hourly Actual pay is determined based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, education, credentials, skills, internal equity, and business needs.
Overview
The Care Coordinator works in collaborate with the Newport News Public Schools' Health Services Supervisor to provide professional nursing care to both students and staff at An Achievable Dream Academy, Middle and High School. Performs and interprets health screenings, assesses student's health care needs, administers medication, classroom education and health counseling. The Living Healthy well care model will be used to provide facilitation of individualized goal achievement to improve health and wellness for students and staff. Initiates programs for development and implementation based on clinic needs.
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What you will do
- Collaborates with the Newport News Public Schools' Health Services Supervisor to supervise and provide professional nursing care to both students and staff at An Achievable Dream Academy, Middle and High School.
- Performs and interprets health screenings. Assesses the healthcare needs of the students.
- Participates in health fairs and education programs that are offered to our local community.
- Develops surveys to assess the needs of students, staff and or community members and evaluates results. Initiates programs for development and implementation based on clinic needs.
- Creates and maintains an environment that produces a service that is efficient, competent and professional.
- Administers medication.
- Provides classroom education and health counseling.
- Manage supplies and control expenses.
Qualifications
Education
- Program Graduate, Nursing (Required)
- Bachelors Degree, Nursing (Preferred)
Experience
- 1 year experience in well care or community health setting (Required)
- 1 year classroom teaching (Preferred)
Licenses and Certifications
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) (Required)
- CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Required)
To learn more about being a team member with Riverside Health System visit us at https://www.riversideonline.com/careers.
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Requirements
- Program Graduate, Nursing (Required)
- Bachelors Degree, Nursing (Preferred)
- 1 year experience in well care or community health setting (Required)
- 1 year classroom teaching (Preferred)
- Registered Nurse (RN) - Virginia Department of Health Professions (VDHP) (Required)
- CPR/BLS Certification - American Heart Association/American Red Cross/American Safety and Health Institute (AHA/ARC) (Required)
Place
- City
- Newport News, Virginia
- Median rent
- $1,339/mo
- Local household income
- $69,634/yr
- State price level
- 1% above the national average
rent and tenant-paid utilities · Census ACS 2024
all local households, not nurse pay · Census ACS 2024
Virginia index 101.1, where 100 is the national average.
Newport News sits along the James River in Virginia's Hampton Roads region, offering nurses a waterfront lifestyle steeped in maritime and military heritage. The city provides easy access to Norfolk and Richmond, a growing healthcare sector, and the natural beauty of the Tidewater area—making it an appealing mid-Atlantic relocation option.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities.
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