School Nurse
Philip's Academy Charter School
Newark, NJFull-time$70K/yrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 2 days ago
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Job overview
The School Nurse leads healthcare services for the school community, collaborating with school personnel, families, community agencies, and healthcare providers. The role supports student and staff health, school health compliance, and a healthy school environment. The nurse works with the Operations Team and school leaders to address medical needs, maintain health records, and advocate for students.
Skills & qualifications
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Qualifications
Full job description
Experience Required
1-2 years of School Nurse Experience
Minimum Education Required
Bachelor's of Nursing
License(s) Required
Licensed Registered Nurse
Expected Start Date
11/26/2026
Compensation
$70,000.00 / Yearly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Shift
First Shift (Day)
Job Description
Nature and Scope of Job:
Under the supervision of the Principal- Head of School, the School Nurse will be the healthcare leader of our school community. The School Nurse collaborates with the entire PACS community to provide expertise and oversight for the provision of school health services and acts as a liaison between school personnel, family, community, and healthcare providers to advocate for healthcare and a healthy school environment.
The Nurse works directly with our Operations Team to support the health of our students and staff and to ensure the school is in compliance with all health regulations and policies.
Philip’s faculty participate in extensive professional development, collaborate with other faculty and staff, promote rigorous learning opportunities, and look out for the collective and individual interests of Philip’s students as well as the schools’ greater community.
Responsibilities:
-Develop and maintain an accurate, complete file on each student with documentation of relevant health records, required immunizations, and information on pre-existing medical conditions.
-Conduct all necessary screenings and maintains accurate documentation in a timely manner
-Accept, keep, and dispense prescribed medications at appropriate intervals after obtaining required documentation from families and/or physicians.
-Work closely with the Student Enrollment Team to ensure timely and accurate transmission of student health records.
-Create and revise, in collaboration with school leaders and relevant departments, a professional development plan that will ensure continued advancement in the field for the benefit of all students and community members.
-Develop and maintain advisory and educational displays related to student and community health throughout the school.
-Collaborate with and support the Physical Education department in meeting their quarterly goals around student health.
-Conduct outreach with community service agencies to provide relevant information regarding student health.
-Complete other duties upon request by the School Leaders.
-Initiate contact with families or alternate contact persons in the event of serious illness, injury, or other medical emergencies.
-Serve as the primary liaison between the school and family for medical 504s.
-Join the Child Study Team to address medical concerns for students with disabilities.
-Accompany students and staff to the hospital during health emergencies.
Qualifications:
-Bachelor’s degree in nursing required
-Hold a valid NJ State School Nurse Certification
-CPR/AED Certified
-1-2 years School Nursing experience preferred.
-Commitment to ensuring academic success for all students.
-Shared dedication to Philip’s Academy’s philosophy and mission.
-Excellent teamwork, work ethic, and organizational skills.
-Communicate effectively in English, both orally and verbally. Bilingual a plus.
-Possess excellent integrity, a gentle spirit, and demonstrate strong moral character and initiative.
-Be able to kneel, bend, squat, lift, push, pull, and carry students up to 70lbs.
-Have dependable transportation.
The salary range for this position starts at $70,000 and is commensurate with the candidate's professional experience.
Philip’s Academy Charter School provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
001
Job Type
Full Time
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How this job compares
Set against the 417 open School Nurse jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$70K/yr
- US median$55–79K/yr35 salary ranges
This rate, $70K, is 4% above the US median midpoint ($67K) — in the middle half of School Nurse salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 18 open School Nurse jobs in New Jersey and 417 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most across the US
- Amergis126 open
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- Experience
- School Nurse postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (58 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 36 of the 417 open School Nurse jobs (9%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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