Program Nurse (Immediate Opening)
Program Nurse (Immediate Opening)
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14-08-2025
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CASE is seeking a dynamic and compassionate Registered Nurse for our Acton MA location to provide quality medical care in order for students to participate in all aspects of their school day. The nurse is to work closely with students with disabilities in an effort to provide them with medical physical instructional and emotional support needed for progress toward IEP goals and to assist the special and regular education staff in implementing activities within the school setting. The students have multiple medical/physical needs including but not limited to; seizures diabetes gastrostomy tubes (G tubes) gastrojejunostomy tubes (GJ tubes) ketogenic diets dysphagia daily medications and emergency medications. Position is for the academic year (182 days) with the option to work extended school year (ESY) summer program. PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Follow individual protocols and procedures for identified special education students requiring medical or health interventions including emergency guidelines.
- Assess students health conditions for any changes in their health status and to determine if identified health needs are being appropriately met.
- Administer necessary nursing procedures based on students needs and doctors orders.
- Responsible for students supplies and daily medications.
- Maintain up-to-date cumulative health records nurses notes medication orders individual health care plans and emergency plans on all assigned students.
- Report to parents school personnel physicians clinics and other agencies on school medical matters.
- Provide non-nursing personnel medically necessary training as it is warranted (i.e. seizure management EpiPen)
- Provide supervision of the classrooms during times in which the special educator is required to be elsewhere in the building.
- Attend planning meetings in-service workshops/trainings team meetings and parent-teacher conferences when requested by direct supervisor and/or the Program Administrator.
- Consult with the classroom teacher and therapists around designated students on a regular basis to discuss student progress and to support and carry over classroom and therapy goals and strategies per IEP goals.
- Maintain and use adaptive equipment and materials.
- Supervise students with disabilities outside of regular class times including but not limited to the transition from and to transportation and school lunch recess field trips assemblies emergency drills and hallway passing.
- Assume assigned duties in another classroom if requested by the Program Administrator.
- Maintain the high level of confidentiality and professionalism expected of the teaching staff.
- Perform other related duties as assigned by the Program Administrator and/or Executive Director.
- Requires good physical condition in order to support lifting positioning and transitioning students as needed according to caseload/classroom assignment. Demands of lifting may be up to 50 pounds.
- Ability to: use hands to finger handle or feel objects tools or controls see (including close vision distance vision peripheral vision depth perception and the ability to adjust focus) hear and speak; e.g. computer calculator telephone.
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