About the Role
St. Michael’s Prep is seeking a substitute school nurse to serve as the health and wellness expert for approximately 900 students across PreK-12th grade. This part-time, on-call position offers the opportunity to work 10 months of the year.
Responsibilities
- Provide quality nursing care to ill or injured students or faculty/staff.
- Provide health information and in-service programs on health topics to students, parents, and faculty.
- Manage school health records in accordance with State of Texas and Diocese of Austin requirements.
- Maintain accurate medical records for compliance with state mandates including immunizations, physical examinations, and medical conditions.
- Act as a liaison between home, school, community health agencies, and the private medical sector to enhance health and wellness.
- Maintain electronic health records within the school website system (Experience with Magnus).
- Communicate with administrators, teachers, staff, and families to meet student health and safety needs.
- Aid in the development and maintenance of school health policies.
- Coordinate student health curriculum with the physical education department.
- Multitask and manage the simultaneous needs of diabetic students and medication or first aid administration for other students.
Requirements
- Knowledge of children's intellectual, social, emotional, and physical development.
- Excellent communication, oral, written, and interpersonal skills with children and adults.
- Care, good judgment, and confidentiality in working with students and parents.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Experience with diabetic children and their daily health care needs.
- Experience with managing other unique medical conditions.
- Experience with managing a peanut “aware” environment.
- Complete an online application for employment and attach a cover letter and résumé.
Skills
- Registered Nurse (RN) licensure-Current in the State of Texas
- Current First Aid certification
- Current Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation certification
- Magnus (for electronic health records)
Location
- Austin, Texas
Work Type
- Part-time
- On-call
- 10 months of the year
Experience Level
- Minimum of two years' professional nursing experience, preferably in a school or pediatric setting
Education Level
- Registered Nurse (RN) licensure
About the Company
- St. Michael’s Catholic Preparatory School is an outstanding co-educational Independent Catholic school serving students from Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade.
- The school cultivates a transformative, Independent school experience rooted in Catholic spirituality.
- St. Michael’s Prep seeks excellence in every pursuit and forms virtuous leaders who positively impact the world.
- The school is distinguished by its Catholic tradition, a welcoming and diverse community, excellent academic programs, and a variety of extracurricular activities.
- It is one community, on two campuses, with three divisions, united in its commitment to put students first as it educates them in mind, body, and spirit.
Equal Opportunity
- St. Michael’s Catholic Preparatory School is an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers equal employment opportunity to all applicants for employment and all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, military service, application for military service, or any other status protected by applicable law.
