School Nurse Leader (210 Days)

JOB SUMMARY The School Nurse Leader (SNL) actively promotes and models holistic health and wellness for the Sizer School community. The School Nurse Leader provides nursing care for the students and staff and collaborates with staff as well as outside agencies to promote positive health and wellness outcomes for all students and staff of Sizer School. MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES ●Provide consultation on school health issues, both clinical and management, to the students, staff, and parents of Sizer School; ●Conduct physical assessments and interventions on a daily and emergency basis; ●Provide health counseling and information to the student population; ●Manage the School Based Medication Administration Program, including administration of scheduled medications and PRN “as needed” medications; ●Maintain student health records; ●Manage health policies in collaboration with the Wellness Committee and administration; ●Manage and adhere to the maintenance of the 3 AEDs on campus; ●Ensure immunization compliance of incoming and current students; ●Provide first aid response and care to staff and students; ●Ensure compliance with state mandated health requirements (vision, hearing, BMI, and postural screenings); ●Collaborate with the school physician and community resources; ●Educate teachers and staff on CPR, AED, First Aid, Epi-Pen use; ●Manage medical emergencies and respond to emergent crisis situations; ●Advise teaching staff on health and wellness programs as well as train staff on yearly mandatory health trainings (e.g., Universal Precautions); ●Report to state and federal agencies for the good of students and their health; ●Supervise substitute nurses as needed; ●Manage the Comprehensive School Health Services grant; ●Lead the Sizer School Wellness Committee; ●Assist students in accessing health care as needed; ●Collaborate with the Athletic Director to ensure all students have current physical examinations and all coaches are certified in First Aid, CPR, and AED use. About The School Sizer School, now entering it's 20th year, is located in Fitchburg, MA in a new facility and draws from cities and towns in North Central Massachusetts, chartered to serve 400 students in grades 7-12. The school’s faculty and staff are some of the most dedicated professionals in Massachusetts public schools and do whatever it takes to ensure student achievement. The school has recently been renamed in honor of Ted Sizer, and we are known for our commitment to the ten common principles of the Essential School movement. The school boasts small class sizes, a safe and supportive learning environment, and students who outperform their peers from other area public schools. Sizer prides itself on creating a personalized learning plan for each student. Students enter Sizer as early as 7th grade and graduate well prepared for college or furthering their job training skills. Mission We are a public school where students are known personally, challenged intellectually, and participate actively. Guided by its commitment to diversity and inclusiveness, the school seeks to send graduates into the world who THINK for themselves, CARE about others, and ACT creatively and responsibly. What is the Coalition of Essential Schools? Essential Schools follow ten common principles that describe core beliefs, characteristics and a guiding philosophy. There is no one replicable model for essential schools. Essential Schools “are characterized by personalization, democracy, equity, intellectual vitality and excellence. CES practice is exemplified by small, personalized learning communities where teachers and students know each other well in a climate of trust, decency and high expectations for all. Modeling democratic practices with a strong commitment to equity, Essential schools work to create academic success for every student by sharing decision-making with all those affected by the school and explicitly confronting all forms of inequity. Essential schools focus on helping all students use their minds well through standards-aligned interdisciplinary studies, community-based “real-world” learning and performance-based assessment.” (essentialschools.org) “I cannot teach a student well whom I do not know.” ~ Ted Sizer, Founder, Essential Schools Coalition