How Do people find School Nurse positions?

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I am curious if being a school nurse is a job that people usually find through word of mouth or do they post them online? I think it would be a good job for me but I am new to the area I live in now and haven't really had any luck asking around. Thank you for any info.

Specializes in Pedi.

They're posted online around here. That's how I got my per diem school nurse position last year.

Check with your local school districts. I found mine on the website and it was as a sub covering maternity leave for 3 months, then it turned permanent at another school in district without lapse. I got lucky. Check around! Good luck!

Specializes in School nursing.

I found my current position at Find teaching jobs, school jobs, education jobs at SchoolSpring.com!. You can sign up for an account and then set up a filter to look only for school nursing positions (vs. teaching, etc.) in your area. Some positions you apply for through Schoolspring, others have a link to apply through a district web system, and some have an outside email address listed to apply through.

Happy searching and good luck!

Around here the permanent positions are posted online, but only from June until they're filled (for the upcoming school year). It's usually a 2-3 week window and if you miss it, you're out of luck for the year. (I was pretty much checking every district's HR postings daily in June, I really wanted this job!)

For substitute positions (a good way to get yourself known to the local districts), there usually isn't an online "official" opening, but calling HR can get you in touch with the person in charge of the nurses and they are usually open to taking information for new subs. I know my district is pretty lucky in that there's a nurse at every school, and all the middle and high schools have health clerks as well, but even so there's only 5 sub nurses for 60 schools. New sub applications are always welcome.

Specializes in kids.

I was lucky enough to be approached by a teacher in the distric/buildingt who gave me a heads up about the position, so I then made an appointment to go in and speak with the nurse who was retiring. When the job posted I applied and Voila! 20 years later, here I am....

I found out about my job through word of mouth. My suggestion would be to call local schools and ask if they have any available positions or if they are looking to ad School Nurse subs to their list. I am ALWAYS looking for subs and it's a great way to get your foot in the door. Even if a job doesn't come up in my district (which wont unless I leave) I seem to find out when other positions in local districts are coming up so I would always recommend my subs apply if they want a FT position.

Good Luck!

I ran into the nurse coordinator for our district over the summer and she asked me to sub, since I wasn't working full time anywhere. I subbed all last school year and this school year started out slow but now I have subbed at the same school for this entire month! I love it! I am so glad I said yes to subbing!

Specializes in Peds, Oncology.

Last year I got my sub job from word of mouth, basically. There was a posting in my child's school newsletter that said they were looking for sub RN's. My permanent position this year, I found out from a newspaper article that they were going to be hiring 8 RN's, I checked their site the next day and there it was. I was hired in May and started August 5th.

ETA: My new job is in the neighboring school district where I subbed. I was offered multiple permanent positions in the district I subbed for, but I declined. I held out for better pay (year round salary rather than hourly, not year round) and benefits. Point is, subbing is a great way to get your foot in the door! My new boss loved the fact that I had subbed.

Specializes in family practice and school nursing.

I found my position in the classified ad in the local newspaper. I also know of nurses who have volunteered in schools,worked as a sub, get known, then when positions open they get them. I think alot of time it does boil down to who you know.

i actually found out about my job via an old high school friend on facebook! It was for the school nurse position at our old high school. Her mother is the health aide at our middle school, so she knew about it.

But it was also posted on the county's BOCES website, which lists all the open positions at all the participating school districts/schools in the county. So that's the site I went to to apply, I already had an account there because I had been scoping out school nurse positions for awhile, and actually had been hired as a sub in a different district. I applied and got a call for an interview, they were interviewing all the canidates on the same day so I saw some of my competition in the waiting room lol... I was interviewed by the director of pupil services and by the districts NP (who i work closely with and we "mesh" really well - I could tell she liked me at the interview too). A few weeks later I was called and offered the job! (i had to do background checks, and be fingerprinted, meet with assistant superintendent, and be approved by the school board before I was considered "official.")

Find out how schools in your area do their hiring, and go from there... it can be really confusing.

Specializes in School Nursing, Public Health Nurse.

I found out about my first school nurse position through Facebook and it was for working with an agency. My 2nd job I found out about because the District I was working for hired another a nurse from another District to replace me in the Fall (otherwise they would have to pay the agency again or pay them a finder's fee to hire me directly). Once I found who the new nurse nurse was and where she worked I asked her if she notified her District yet and said yes so I called them, applied on Edjoin, and got the job after 2 interviews. Most of the School Nurse positions I've seen have been on Edjoin. Search under Other Positions for Certificated-Nurses/Health Services: Advanced Search You can narrow it down by State and County. Good luck!

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