BenefitsMedical, dental and vision insurance with minimal employee contribution.Exceptional medical, dental, and vision insurance with minimal employee contribution.
BenefitsAccess to the Texas Teacher Retirement System.Access to the Texas Teacher Retirement System
Exceptional medical, dental, and vision insurance with minimal employee contribution
Functions as the campus school nurse when assigned, including nursing assessment, triage, intervention, emergency care, follow-up, and appropriate disposition for students presenting to the school clinic.
Day to day
Triage, emergency care and follow-up for students in the school clinic.
Floating
Covering nurse vacancies, leaves and high-acuity gaps.
Day to day
Coordinating care for students with diabetes, allergies, asthma and seizures.Coordinates care for students with diabetes, severe allergies, asthma, seizure disorders, cardiac conditions, and other significant health needs.
Day to day
Controlled-medication counts, storage and reconciliation.Maintains strict accountability for controlled medications, including receipt, counting, secure storage, administration, reconciliation, and prompt reporting of discrepancies.
Day to day
Emergency response for anaphylaxis, overdose, seizures and cardiac events.
Day to day
Participates in Section 504, ARD, or other student-support processes when health needs affect educational access or school participation, as needed during campus assignments.Participates in Section 504, ARD, or other student-support processes when health needs affect educational access or school participation, as needed during campus assignments.
Day to day
Helping orient and validate competency of new nurses.Assists the North Texas Regional Nurse with new-nurse orientation, onboarding support, competency validation, and follow-up as assigned.
Travel
Regular travel between North Texas campuses.Regular travel among Great Hearts Texas North Texas campuses is an essential function of this position.
Details
Move supplies or equipment up to about 50 pounds.May be required to move or position routine medical supplies or equipment up to approximately 50 pounds.
LOCATION: Great Hearts Texas - North Texas Campuses
REPORTS TO: Director of Health Services
FLSA STATUS: Salaried exempt, benefits eligible
About Great Hearts Academies
Great Hearts Academies is the largest network of classical K-12 schools in the country with academies across Arizona, Louisiana, and Texas. With a mission to cultivate the minds and hearts of students through the pursuit of Truth, Goodness and Beauty, we believe the highest goal of education is to become good, intellectually, and morally.
What does Great Hearts have to offer?
We offer a range of distinctive benefits designed to support the well-being and growth of our faculty and staff:
Comprehensive Health Coverage : Exceptional medical, dental, and vision insurance with minimal employee contribution.
Retirement Planning : Access to the Texas Teacher Retirement System
Supportive & Mission-Driven Culture : Join a workplace centered around true collegiality, collaboration, and opportunities for personal and professional growth.
Position Summary
The North Texas Float School Nurse provides direct nursing coverage and regional Health Services support across Great Hearts Texas campuses in North Texas. The position is designed to provide flexible nursing capacity where needs are greatest, including temporary campus vacancies, employee leaves, periods of high clinical demand, nurse onboarding, and other short-term or emerging coverage needs.
When assigned to a campus, the Float RN functions as the school nurse and provides comprehensive nursing services supporting student health, safety, attendance, and access to education. In addition to direct campus coverage, the Float RN assists the North Texas Regional Nurse and Director of Health Services with orientation, training, quality assurance, emergency preparedness, documentation review, and other Health Services priorities as assigned.
The Float RN practices in accordance with the Texas Nurse Practice Act, Texas Board of Nursing rules and standards, applicable state and federal requirements, and Great Hearts Texas Health Services policies and procedures.
Roles and responsibilities
Provides nursing coverage at Great Hearts Texas North Texas campuses based on operational and clinical need; assignment location may vary from day to day or for extended periods.
Provides temporary coverage for nurse vacancies, leaves of absence, absences, onboarding periods, high-acuity needs, and other staffing gaps as directed by Health Services leadership.
Functions as the campus school nurse when assigned, including nursing assessment, triage, intervention, emergency care, follow-up, and appropriate disposition for students presenting to the school clinic.
Recognizes changes in student condition and escalates significant clinical concerns promptly through established Health Services procedures.
Provides care for students with acute illnesses, injuries, chronic conditions, disabilities, and other health needs that may affect participation in school.
Safely administers medications and nursing treatments in accordance with provider orders, parent/guardian authorization, district procedures, and applicable nursing standards.
Maintains accurate medication records and documents administration, refusal, omission, error, and other disposition as required.
Maintains strict accountability for controlled medications, including receipt, counting, secure storage, administration, reconciliation, and prompt reporting of discrepancies.
Performs skilled nursing procedures and treatments within the RN scope of practice and according to student-specific orders and plans.
Implements and supports Individualized Healthcare Plans (IHPs), Emergency Care Plans (ECPs), and other student-specific nursing plans as appropriate.
Coordinates care for students with diabetes, severe allergies, asthma, seizure disorders, cardiac conditions, and other significant health needs.
Participates in Section 504, ARD, or other student-support processes when health needs affect educational access or school participation, as needed during campus assignments.
Responds promptly and appropriately to medical emergencies and maintains readiness for anaphylaxis, respiratory emergencies, opioid overdose, diabetic emergencies, seizures, cardiac emergencies, significant injury, and other urgent health events.
Maintains emergency medications, equipment, and supplies in accordance with district expectations.
Maintains complete, accurate, timely, objective, and confidential documentation in the district electronic health record.
Supports immunization compliance, state-mandated screenings, communicable-disease response, and required reporting at assigned campuses.
Delegates nursing tasks only when appropriate under the Texas Nurse Practice Act and Texas Board of Nursing rules and provides required training, direction, supervision, and evaluation.
Educates and supports faculty and staff regarding student health needs, emergency plans, medication procedures, and other health-related responsibilities.
Assists the North Texas Regional Nurse with new-nurse orientation, onboarding support, competency validation, and follow-up as assigned.
Assists with Health Services audits and quality-assurance activities, including review of documentation, medication processes, controlled-medication procedures, emergency preparedness, clinic organization, and compliance with district standards.
Assists with staff training, emergency drills, district initiatives, and regional Health Services projects as assigned.
Helps identify operational or clinical concerns observed during campus assignments and communicates them promptly to the North Texas Regional Nurse and/or Director of Health Services.
Supports campus nurses during periods of unusually high acuity or workload when directed by Health Services leadership.
Maintains an organized, safe, appropriately supplied clinic while assigned to a campus and ensures medications, controlled substances, medical supplies, and confidential health records are securely stored.
Communicates professionally and effectively with students, families, campus leadership, Health Services leadership, healthcare providers, and other members of the school community.
Follows Great Hearts Texas Health Services policies, procedures, clinical standards, documentation expectations, and escalation requirements.
Participates in required continuing education, meetings, training, drills, audits, and quality-improvement activities.
Maintains required nursing licensure and certifications and performs other nursing and student-health responsibilities consistent with the position and RN scope of practice.
Qualifications, Competencies, Experience
Provides nursing coverage at Great Hearts Texas North Texas campuses based on operational and clinical need; assignment location may vary from day to day or for extended periods.
Provides temporary coverage for nurse vacancies, leaves of absence, absences, onboarding periods, high-acuity needs, and other staffing gaps as directed by Health Services leadership.
Functions as the campus school nurse when assigned, including nursing assessment, triage, intervention, emergency care, follow-up, and appropriate disposition for students presenting to the school clinic.
Recognizes changes in student condition and escalates significant clinical concerns promptly through established Health Services procedures.
Provides care for students with acute illnesses, injuries, chronic conditions, disabilities, and other health needs that may affect participation in school.
Safely administers medications and nursing treatments in accordance with provider orders, parent/guardian authorization, district procedures, and applicable nursing standards.
Maintains accurate medication records and documents administration, refusal, omission, error, and other disposition as required.
Maintains strict accountability for controlled medications, including receipt, counting, secure storage, administration, reconciliation, and prompt reporting of discrepancies.
Performs skilled nursing procedures and treatments within the RN scope of practice and according to student-specific orders and plans.
Implements and supports Individualized Healthcare Plans (IHPs), Emergency Care Plans (ECPs), and other student-specific nursing plans as appropriate.
Coordinates care for students with diabetes, severe allergies, asthma, seizure disorders, cardiac conditions, and other significant health needs.
Participates in Section 504, ARD, or other student-support processes when health needs affect educational access or school participation, as needed during campus assignments.
Responds promptly and appropriately to medical emergencies and maintains readiness for anaphylaxis, respiratory emergencies, opioid overdose, diabetic emergencies, seizures, cardiac emergencies, significant injury, and other urgent health events.
Maintains emergency medications, equipment, and supplies in accordance with district expectations.
Maintains complete, accurate, timely, objective, and confidential documentation in the district electronic health record.
Supports immunization compliance, state-mandated screenings, communicable-disease response, and required reporting at assigned campuses.
Delegates nursing tasks only when appropriate under the Texas Nurse Practice Act and Texas Board of Nursing rules and provides required training, direction, supervision, and evaluation.
Educates and supports faculty and staff regarding student health needs, emergency plans, medication procedures, and other health-related responsibilities.
Assists the North Texas Regional Nurse with new-nurse orientation, onboarding support, competency validation, and follow-up as assigned.
Assists with Health Services audits and quality-assurance activities, including review of documentation, medication processes, controlled-medication procedures, emergency preparedness, clinic organization, and compliance with district standards.
Assists with staff training, emergency drills, district initiatives, and regional Health Services projects as assigned.
Helps identify operational or clinical concerns observed during campus assignments and communicates them promptly to the North Texas Regional Nurse and/or Director of Health Services.
Supports campus nurses during periods of unusually high acuity or workload when directed by Health Services leadership.
Maintains an organized, safe, appropriately supplied clinic while assigned to a campus and ensures medications, controlled substances, medical supplies, and confidential health records are securely stored.
Communicates professionally and effectively with students, families, campus leadership, Health Services leadership, healthcare providers, and other members of the school community.
Follows Great Hearts Texas Health Services policies, procedures, clinical standards, documentation expectations, and escalation requirements.
Participates in required continuing education, meetings, training, drills, audits, and quality-improvement activities.
Maintains required, active nursing licensure and certifications and performs other nursing and student-health responsibilities consistent with the position and RN scope of practice.
Personal Qualities & Values
Passionately Committed: With humility and curiosity, seeks to know and serve the mission well, takes ownership of responsibilities, and follows through with measurable results.
Servant's Heart: Recognizes the inherent dignity of every person and works to support students, families, colleagues, and the broader school community.
Team Player: Works collaboratively across campuses and roles, communicates clearly, and contributes to shared responsibility for student safety and success.
Neighborhoods+Nurses and young professionals actually land in Las Colinas (waterfront high-rises, corporate campuses, and luxury estates around Mandalay Canal Walk, gondolas, and a small European-city skyline—the most walkable, premium core), Valley Ranch just north of LBJ Freeway (master-planned suburban canals, bike paths, and a neighborhood feel that draws families back generation after generation), and North Irving plus the Hospital District when the goal is stretching a dollar without giving up location. Heritage District is Old Irving: brick streets, century-old trees, and a Trinity Rail Express stop toward Fort Worth; Hackberry Creek is the gated country-club tier. Relocators hunting an easy Westlake commute still cite 2-bed/2-bath apartments in the $1,500–$2,000 range with Walmart and Trader Joe’s nearby.
Nurses and young professionals actually land in Las Colinas (waterfront high-rises, corporate campuses, and luxury estates around Mandalay Canal Walk, gondolas, and a small European-city skyline—the most walkable, premium core), Valley Ranch just north of LBJ Freeway (master-planned suburban canals, bike paths, and a neighborhood feel that draws families back generation after generation), and North Irving plus the Hospital District when the goal is stretching a dollar without giving up location. Heritage District is Old Irving: brick streets, century-old trees, and a Trinity Rail Express stop toward Fort Worth; Hackberry Creek is the gated country-club tier.
Relocators hunting an easy Westlake commute still cite 2-bed/2-bath apartments in the $1,500–$2,000 range with Walmart and Trader Joe’s nearby.
Getting around+Irving sits in Dallas County about 10 miles northwest of downtown Dallas, roughly 20 minutes to downtown Dallas and 30 minutes to downtown Fort Worth off-peak, about 10 minutes to DFW International and 20 minutes to Dallas Love Field. Highways 183 (east-west through the center of Irving), 635, 114, and the President George Bush Turnpike are the named thoroughfares; peak rush hour on those routes is routinely congested, especially toward Dallas. DART Orange and Blue light rail serve Las Colinas; the Orange Line runs from DFW through northern Irving into Dallas, and Trinity Rail Express from Heritage Crossing connects south Irving to Fort Worth. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Irving is a named primary employer, and the Hospital District is flagged as a practical, lower-cost place to live near that work—parking reality is not covered in these sources.
Irving sits in Dallas County about 10 miles northwest of downtown Dallas, roughly 20 minutes to downtown Dallas and 30 minutes to downtown Fort Worth off-peak, about 10 minutes to DFW International and 20 minutes to Dallas Love Field. Highways 183 (east-west through the center of Irving), 635, 114, and the President George Bush Turnpike are the named thoroughfares; peak rush hour on those routes is routinely congested, especially toward Dallas.
DART Orange and Blue light rail serve Las Colinas; the Orange Line runs from DFW through northern Irving into Dallas, and Trinity Rail Express from Heritage Crossing connects south Irving to Fort Worth. Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Irving is a named primary employer, and the Hospital District is flagged as a practical, lower-cost place to live near that work—parking reality is not covered in these sources.
Outdoors+Irving maintains more than 80 parks on about 1,873–2,000 acres plus six full-time recreation centers and named golf courses. Campion Trail is the signature path: 13 miles of walkable, bikeable trail along the Trinity River, and Irving is the first city on a major connection into the regional Trinity Trail System planned to span 250 miles across 16 North Texas counties. Lake Carolyn in Las Colinas is the waterfront for paddleboards, kayaks, and sunset cruises; Mandalay Canal Walk adds gondola rides and waterfront paths that locals treat as Venice-in-Texas. Valley Ranch’s man-made canals and bike paths extend that outdoor fabric into suburban family life, though summer heat limits midday use.
Irving maintains more than 80 parks on about 1,873–2,000 acres plus six full-time recreation centers and named golf courses. Campion Trail is the signature path: 13 miles of walkable, bikeable trail along the Trinity River, and Irving is the first city on a major connection into the regional Trinity Trail System planned to span 250 miles across 16 North Texas counties.
Lake Carolyn in Las Colinas is the waterfront for paddleboards, kayaks, and sunset cruises; Mandalay Canal Walk adds gondola rides and waterfront paths that locals treat as Venice-in-Texas. Valley Ranch’s man-made canals and bike paths extend that outdoor fabric into suburban family life, though summer heat limits midday use.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Irving
Irving sits between Dallas and Fort Worth with DFW on its northern edge—a ~256,000-person corporate and medical hub (ExxonMobil, Fluor, Kimberly-Clark, Baylor Scott & White Medical Center – Irving), not a sleepy suburb. What is distinct is Las Colinas: 12,000 acres of canals, gondolas, Mustangs sculptures, Lake Carolyn, and a skyline locals call Venice-in-Texas, on DART’s Orange and Blue lines. Nurses can rent in the Hospital District or North Irving near $1,350–$2,100 for one- and two-bedrooms, or pay up for Las Colinas walkability and Valley Ranch’s family canals north of LBJ. Off-peak, downtown Dallas is about 20 minutes and Fort Worth about 30 via 183, 635, 114, or the Bush Turnpike; rush hour is a real tax. Eighty-plus parks, 13-mile Campion Trail, Toyota Music Factory, and Irving Arts Center fill days off. Tradeoffs: 100°F summers, occasional ice storms, rising property taxes, and mixed schools—Valley Ranch is the local workaround. No state income tax and a compact RN license help the $80k–$150k math.
