ROANOKE, Va. – Roanoke City Public Schools has decided to hire its own nursing staff following Carilion Clinic’s announcement in May that it would end its contract to focus on improving access to pediatric services across the region. The nurses start on Monday, September 22.
The school division hired 28 nurses. Twenty-four of them were previously employed by Carilion and have worked with the division before. Most of those nurses are still working at the schools where they worked before Carilion’s contract ended.
“The idea is we want to build relationships, nurses knowing our students by name and need, and so that stays intact for at least the 24 that are out there, and we know that we’ll have even with the turnover with Carilion, we turned that over, and we already filled those positions. So, we’re really excited about that,” said Chief Operating Officer Chris Perkins with Roanoke City Public Schools…