Manager – School Health RN

Health Care District of Palm Beach County

Nurse Manager overseeing School Health Program for Health Care District of Palm Beach County. Provides leadership, compliance, and quality care in school health services across the county.

Posted 6/23/2026full-timeWest Palm Beach • Florida • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Provides supervision, guidance and direction to the assigned team daily;
Train, coach, and mentor to improve the quality of student outcomes;
Collaborate to ensure coordinated delivery of the school health services;
Integrate continuous quality and performance improvement process in daily activities.
Provides oversight, compliance and direction on the delegation of nursing tasks to certified nursing assistants acting as unlicensed Assistive Personnel;
Ensures non-delegated tasks are completed by the registered nurse.
Actively participates in meetings and conference calls with the School District of Palm Beach County, Health Department and other community partners, representing the Health Care District's School Health Program.
Maintains compliance with regulations, statutes, and nursing practices by writing and updating policies, procedures and protocols;
Enforces staff adherence with training, competencies and assessments.
Maintains school health staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting, and training;
Evaluates employees through established criteria and competencies;
Ensures health rooms are appropriately staffed;
Occasionally visits health rooms to ensure nursing standards of practice and specific health room procedures are met.
Analyzes trends, incidents and reports of heath room volumes, support center calls, audit results and quality data to identify corrective action, risks and training improvement opportunities;
Prepares written and oral reports for the monthly Risk and Quality Review Meetings;
Evaluates assigned performance (KPI, Budget, Quality Metrics) and takes necessary corrective action.
Participates or leads committees, and quality and service delivery improvement initiatives internally and with partners to improve student care outcomes.
Develops and monitors financial performance and identifies and implements strategies to reduce costs and improve quality of care/service.
Exemplifies the HCD mission vision and values related to the delivery of health services county wide.
Participates in the planning, coordinating, developing and executing of monthly staff development days.
Ensures care is delivered to each student in accordance with established regulations, policies, and clinical and quality standards and is documented in student health records and nursing care plans.
Partners with staff and school health leadership to ensure streamlined and collaborative communication, timely problem resolution, and positive relationships with providers, parents/guardians, and school administration, so that nurses are supported, engaged, and effective in delivering exceptional care.
Addresses escalated inquiries/incidences from principals, parents and teachers as needed, ensuring consultation and involvement from the Medical Director and the School Health Director of Nursing, as needed.
Maintains, monitors and assesses the parent complaint registry, reporting medical errors as necessary;
Recommends and implements changes based on an assessment of recurring parent complaints.
Communicates regularly with employees both individually and in staff meetings;
Monitors staff time and attendance daily utilizing the electronic software provided;
Develops a plan to evaluate and counsel staff related to requests for time off during the school session if students are present.
Counsels staff about professional growth and advanced education;
Encourages staff to attend continuing education programs to meet licensure requirements;
Monitor and report required educational compliance of nursing staff to meet licensure needs, keeping all parties informed of impending needs;
Ensure staff attend HCDPBC nurse development days
Oversees and participates in emergency and disaster planning activities with community organizations and partners such as the Hospital Emergency Resource Coalition (HERC) and supports activities of ESF8 at the Emergency Operations Center.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor's degree in nursing is required.
Master's of Science in Nursing Education preferred.
A minimum of 5 years of equivalent combination of experience may substitute for minimum education requirements
Three (3) to four (4) years of experience in a healthcare setting (school health clinic, provider's office, etc.) is required.
Five (5) years of experience in school health, emergency, or pediatric nursing is preferred.
Two (2) to five (5) years as a lead or supervisory capacity of nursing staff with multiple skill levels is required.
National school nursing certification is preferred.
Current CPR certification through American Heart Association approved agency is required.
Maintain appropriate certifications and continuing education credits.
State of Florida Registered Nurse license required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Professional development opportunities
Drug-Free Workplace

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Hard Skills & Tools

nursingquality improvementperformance evaluationstaff trainingpolicy writingcompliance monitoringdata analysisfinancial performance monitoringemergency planningstudent health record management

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationcollaborationmentoringproblem resolutioncoachingorganizational skillsinterpersonal skillsstaff developmentconflict resolution

Certifications

Bachelor's degree in nursingMaster's of Science in Nursing EducationNational school nursing certificationCPR certificationState of Florida Registered Nurse license