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About the Role
Mary McDowell Friends School (MMFS) invites applications for a part-time School Nurse beginning immediately. The School Nurse will support the mission of the school by ensuring the health and wellness of the school community, providing daily and ongoing health care, and maintaining accurate health records.
Responsibilities
- Oversee afterschool at the Lower School and Middle School across both divisions/buildings
- Promotes and protects the optimal health status of school-age children
- Provides health assessments
- Obtains an annual health history and updates as necessary
- Observes the child for development and health patterns in making a nursing assessment
- Identifies abnormal health findings
- Develops and implements student health plans
- Interprets the health status of students to parents and school personnel
- Initiates referral to parents, school personnel, or community health resources for intervention, remediation, and follow-through
- Provides ongoing health counseling for students, parents, and school personnel
- Utilizes existing health resources to provide appropriate care of students
- Maintains, evaluates, and interprets cumulative health data to accommodate the individual needs of students
- Plans and implements school health management protocols
- Develops procedures and provides for emergency nursing management for injuries/illnesses
- Promotes and assists in the control of communicable diseases
- Provides health education and anticipatory guidance
- Provides direct health education as needed, and health counseling to assist students and families in making decisions on health and lifestyles that affect health
- Participates in health education directly and indirectly for the improvement of health by teaching persons to become more assertive health consumers and to assume greater responsibility for their own health
- Serves as a resource person to the school staff members in health instruction
- Coordinates school and community health activities and serves as a liaison health professional between the home, school, and community
- Acts as a resource person in promoting health careers
- Engages in research and evaluation of school health services to act as a change agent for school health programs and school nursing practices
- Manages and administers medication (including controlled substances) as prescribed by physician or designee
- Monitors parameters and reports to parents, physicians, and teachers as necessary
- Accompanies students and faculty on day trips
- Ensures first aid bags are prepared with appropriate supplies, emergency medications and medications needed for trips
- Completes accident reports for employees injured onsite timely
- Order supplies for the nursing office as needed
- Meets and communicates regularly with Senior School RN
- Updates administration regarding emerging health issues for emergencies
Requirements
- Registered Nurse in New York State
- 2+ years of direct experience in a pediatric or urgent care setting
- Familiarity with professional and technical emerging knowledge
- Problem-solving skills and ability to multitask
- Compassionate with good communication skills
- Ability to work cooperatively and collaboratively with school-age children (K-12) and external agencies
- Willingness to learn and adapt to a new environment
- Experience in the private education sector (preferred)
- Independent school system experience (preferred)
Skills
- Communication Proficiency
- Ethical decision-making
- Confidentiality (HIPAA/FERPA)
Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Work Type
- Part-time
- Exempt
- 10-month position
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 2+ years of direct experience in a pediatric or urgent care setting
Education Level
- Registered Nurse in New York State
Salary/Compensations
- $36,000
About the Company
- Mary McDowell Friends School is a K-12 college preparatory program dedicated to the success of students with learning disabilities.
- Grounded in the Quaker values of equality, integrity, and social responsibility, we cultivate a diverse community in which all students can reach their full potential.
- Our specialized teaching methodologies and challenging curricula empower students to become academic achievers, creative thinkers, and contributing members of a global society.
- We offer a rewarding work experience in downtown Brooklyn, NY, where we encourage employees to bring their whole selves to work.
- We recognize, appreciate, celebrate, and honor our diverse community as we build an awareness of who each individual is and who we are collectively.
Equal Opportunity
- Employment at Mary McDowell Friends School is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position, without regard to race, color, ethnic origin, nationality, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability, familial status, or any other category protected by the law.
- Mary McDowell Friends School’s policy of non-discrimination extends to all employment practices, including but not limited to hiring, transfer, promotion, training, compensation, benefits, layoffs, and termination.