Committee approves revised float nurse assistant job description to increase coverage flexibility

The Webster School Committee approved an updated float nurse assistant job description intended to give the district more flexibility in covering health-office needs and transportation assignments when nurses are absent or traveling between schools.

Business manager Ponto said the revision was developed with input from school nurses and the director of student support services to reflect actual duties — including assignments on buses and cross-building coverage — and to make the description usable across the district. A committee member requested a minor wording edit to the final bullet and the committee approved the job description with that change by roll call.

The revised description is intended to improve coverage when a nurse is out and to clarify when a nurse assistant may be reassigned to support other buildings or transportation duties.