School Nurse - 1.0 FTE
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
RN · School Nursing · Peds · Community Health · Emergency/Critical Care
Posted Jul 23
- Shift
- 8-hour days
- Hours a week
- 40
- Unit
- School Nursing
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- 8-hour days · 5 a week · 40 hours
- Weekends
- No weekends
- Term
- Permanent
- Setting
- School
- Accepts
- RN
- Experience
- 3+ years
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in South Dakota is $32/hr, across 113 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
Our School Nurses play a vital role in supporting the health, safety, and success of students each day. Our nursing team works collaboratively with students, families, staff, and community healthcare providers to help ensure students are healthy, supported, and ready to learn. School nurses in the Sioux Falls School District do far more than care for bumps and bruises - they provide compassionate care, manage student health needs, promote wellness, respond to emergencies, and build trusted relationships that help students thrive academically, socially, and emotionally.
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Requirements
- RN
- South Dakota Registered Nurse license
- Bachelor's degree in nursing (preferred)
- Valid South Dakota Registered Nurse license (required)
- 3 years or more experience in the healthcare field
- Preferred experience in school nursing, pediatrics, community health, emergency/critical care
- Physical ability to assess vision, hearing, carry equipment and perform CPR
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Physical assessment and CPR capability
- Ability to lift up to 35 pounds intermittently
Place
- City
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Rent against this pay
- 21% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $75,970/yr
- Metro price level
- 9% below the national average
$1,035 median rent against $4,853 a month at $28/hr for 40 hours a week, before tax.
all local households, not nurse pay
Sioux Falls area index 90.6, where 100 is the national average.
Sioux Falls blends Midwestern friendliness with urban energy. South Dakota's largest city offers a growing healthcare sector, clean parks along the Big Sioux River, and a vibrant downtown. Nurses enjoy no state income tax, short commutes, and genuine community in this steadily expanding metro.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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You work as a school nurse for Sioux Falls School District in Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57105. On a 1.0 FTE line you hold a full-time Monday–Friday schedule at 40 hours a week; the stated pay range for that path…
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