School Nurse
$33.01 - $66.01
Mid
Providence, RI, USA
In Person
Medical, Clinical & VeterinaryNursing & Frontline Patient Care
About the job
Requirements
- Licensure as a Registered Nurse in Rhode Island by the Rhode Island Board of Nursing, or licensure as a Registered Nurse under the Nurse Licensure Compact agreement of the National Council of State Boards of Nursing.
- Experience in nursing practice, preferably in a school setting or with children and adolescents.
- Ability to work with administration, colleagues, parents, and students in high-stress situations.
- Strong oral and written communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Positive, non-judgmental attitude.
- Knowledge of psychiatric, behavioral, and developmental conditions in children and adolescents.
- Basic computer skills.
- Ability to work in an alternative school setting that requires standing, walking, and occasional lifting of students.
- A strong background and experience working with students with emotional and behavioral disorders and developmental disabilities, such as autism spectrum disorders, is desired.
- Maintain current CPR certification.
Responsibilities
- Provide nursing care for Bradley School students during the school day, consistent with affiliate quality standards and Rhode Island school health program rules and regulations.
- Focus on student and school health issues affecting students’ safety and ability to learn.
- Promote health, prevent illness, and support a healthy environment through early detection, health education, and assessment of the school environment.
- Collaborate with students, parents, and outside community health and educational providers.
- Participate in developing school health standards, policies, and procedures.
- Assess students’ immunization, tuberculosis, and lead exposure status.
- Offer vision, hearing, dental, and scoliosis screenings in accordance with Rhode Island School Health Regulations.
- Reinforce positive self-health management measures.
- Assess and intervene to stabilize or resolve students’ urgent health concerns related to illness, injury, or altered health status.
- Manage students’ chronic or ongoing health problems with students, parents, and community healthcare providers, including administering medications at school.
- Manage care for students with medically fragile conditions, such as diabetes and asthma.
- Refer students to community providers for diagnosis and resolution of abnormal health findings.
- Communicate students’ health status to parents and school personnel as needed.
- Educate school personnel and students on appropriate health management, including administration of emergency medications such as EpiPens or intramuscular glucagon.
- Provide health coaching for non-acute student health problems as determined by the students’ clinical team.
- Facilitate required medical paperwork during student admission, including medication forms, annual medication forms, and over-the-counter forms.
- Participate in weekly medical rounds with Team Leaders and the Medical Director.
- Serve as a health consultant and make recommendations to the school team about student health needs and health issues affecting school performance.
- Develop and implement Individual Care Plans and Emergency Care Plans for students with specific health needs, including allergies/anaphylaxis, asthma, and diabetes.
- Maintain a confidential, cumulative, and current health record for each student.
- Assess school facilities and activities for safety features or hazards.
- Maintain data on school-related injuries involving students and staff.
- Promote control of communicable diseases.
- Maintain first-aid kits for school field trips.
- Collaborate with school staff on school, home, and community health issues affecting students and school personnel.
- Recommend improvements to the school health environment.
- Participate in health curriculum planning and evaluations in accordance with current Rhode Island Educational Standards for teaching health.
- Provide individual or class health instruction for students as needed.
- Serve as a health information resource and consultant for teachers and clinicians by suggesting materials and activities that support the health education curriculum.
- Provide health information for school personnel through in-service training programs.
- Adhere to Bradley School policies and procedures.
- Serve as a Safe Patient Handling Specialist.
- Attend assigned school staff development activities.
- Work collaboratively with nurses at other Bradley School sites and provide coverage there as needed.
- Provide medical assessment for student restraints.
- Provide regular updates to the Clinical Director on issues and concerns affecting students, parents, staff, or the school environment.
- Perform other duties assigned by direct supervisors.
Desired Qualifications
- Nursing experience in a school setting or with children and adolescents is preferred.
About the company
Memoir Health provides a behavioral healthcare platform that enables home-based care for behavioral health and substance use issues. It helps health systems remotely manage patients with tools like remote patient monitoring, scheduling, virtual care, and outcomes management, powered by a data analytics engine that highlights cost-saving opportunities and supports automated workflows and one-click referrals. The platform differentiates itself by automating care journeys and delivering integrated, outcomes-focused care within managed care and other healthcare networks, reducing administrative workload for clinicians. Its goal is to make care more proactive, accessible, and coordinated from patients’ homes, improving outcomes while lowering costs, and Memoir Health was later acquired by Lumeo Health in 2020.
Company Size
1-10
Company Stage
Seed
Total Funding
$7.5M
Headquarters
New York City, New York
Founded
2018
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- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
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- 401(k) Retirement Plan
- Flexible Work Hours
- Remote Work Options
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Holidays
- Paid Sick Leave
- Productivity Bonus
- Stock Options
- Company Equity