School Nurse
School Nurse
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11-06-2025
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11-06-2025
Job Description
New Heights Charter School is Massachusetts only public school that involves all grades (6-12) in the Early College approach. Nearly all our 11th and 12th graders are full-time students on a college campus with younger students earning college credits at the school. You will join a committed creative team of educators who provide academic and social-emotional support to young people coming from high-need backgrounds ensuring they are college and career ready. We support our staff with a wide array of professional development opportunities and coaching. As a teacher or staff member you will have the opportunity to join in the development and fine tuning of our curriculum school policies and enrichment activities. At New Heights we respect and honor all community members their diverse backgrounds knowledge and nursing is a dynamic discipline embracing a variety of functions which fall under the broad categories of health assessment planning implementation and evaluation as well as study and research. Due to academic preparation and professional skill in these areas the school nurse is a faculty member qualified to assume responsibility for various aspects of the school health services. Type: Full-time (10 months) Position Responsibilities:
- Assess and evaluate students health status
- Serve as health advocate and provide primary and emergency health care to students staff and visitors
- Provide appropriate staff with student medical information and guidance related to student health issues as needed
- Provide consultation relevant teaching counseling and guidance to assist students and their parents in assuming responsibility for health care
- Provide consultation for staffing team meetings core evaluations and kindergarten screening
- Serve as a resource person in school health education programs for students school personnel and parents
- Administer medication in accordance with school policies
- Conduct screening of students for vision hearing and scoliosis including follow-up retests appropriate referrals and notification of parents
- Conduct screening for height/weight/BMI and report results to parents and state
- Confirm student eligibility for sports
- Teach students and staff various health topics including prevention and control of illness communicable disease pediculosis dental problems and skin protection
- Assist in determining the presence of significant psycho-educational disturbances in the school-aged child
- Participate in the modification of the school program to meet the needs of children with disabilities and medical conditions that require modifications in school
- Develop Individual Health Care Plans Asthma Health Care Plans and 504 plans
- Act as an advocate and consultant for children suspected of being abused or neglected
- Serve on building and system wide committees as needed
- Precept nursing students from various colleges/universities providing education and guidance on the role of a school nurse
- Maintain continuing education requirements for recertification by DESE
- Maintain supplies take inventory and order necessary equipment for health office
- Utilize SNAP software to document and maintain accurate health records for students
- Maintain health room statistics as required for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and for the NRPS system
- Promote a healthful and safe on-site environment for students and staff Position Positions
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