Position Purpose In collaboration with the other SCH health staff, the School Nurse directs the Lower and Middle School health services program and provides medical care and services to students, faculty and staff according to physician-prescribed medical care and treatment using established procedures and protocols.
Essential Functions
Establishes, reviews, and maintains medical and health services programs for the Lower and Middle School.
Implements COVID procedures including isolation of students who become ill during the school day.
Works closely with the Philadelphia Department of Health to initiate and communicate quarantine recommendations in order to prevent potential outbreaks within the SCH community.
Provides medical care and services to students according to physician-prescribed medical care and treatment orders. Creates and maintains documentation of all treatment and medical services activity.
Maintains student immunization and other medical records, which includes gathering records over the summer.
Follows confidentiality and privacy rules and regulations.
Confers with students, parents, and teachers regarding medical treatment; follows confidentiality policies and regulations.
Coordinates with local health agencies and medical treatment facilities as necessary.
Monitors, provides assistance, and administers insulin to diabetics, as required. Provides other treatment as necessary.
Responds to emergency medical situations; performs first aid as needed; coordinates with local emergency personnel and agencies as required.
Administers the school’s Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure Control Policy and Plan.
Maintains the inventory of supplies and materials needed in the nurse’s office; develops and monitors procedures for maintaining adequate supplies in all school first aid kits.
Follows required cleaning and sanitization procedures.
Assists with checking absentees in Lower and Middle School and uploads accurate information into the computer on a daily basis.
*Start date may be Spring, 2023 or late August 2023, depending on candidate availability.
Qualifications
Licensed Registered Nurse (RN). BSN preferred.
State licensing requirements must be met and maintained.
Demonstrates initiative, is conscientious, and provides complete follow-through on areas of responsibility.
Demonstrated sensitivity, knowledge, and understanding of the diverse backgrounds of community members with a continuous focus on healthy relationship building.
Strong knowledge of personal computer skills with experience in the use of web-based applications.
Ability to use basic office equipment.
Ability to communicate effectively with all constituents in a school environment.
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy’s Pre-K–12 program is informed by what today’s students need to thrive in college and beyond and is supported by nearly 300 combined years of academic leadership in boys’ and girls’ education.
Through a rigorous college-preparatory curriculum grounded in project- and passion-based learning, SCH students build resilience and a sense of agency while gaining an unparalleled intellectual foundation for lifelong learning and growth.
Students who attend SCH experience a robust, state-of-the-art academic program intently focused on preparing them for their future. The SCH experience is designed for those who are willing to be challenged, work hard, cultivate an independent mind, and exercise their creativity and curiosity will find the curriculum engaging and rewarding. At the same time, they will discover a nurturing and stimulating learning environment led by a dedicated, passionate, and highly educated faculty. At SCH, the community created by students and faculty is authentic and strong. It is a community in which each student’s unique gifts and capabilities are respected and valued and given just the right combination of challenge and support to... ensure that each student thrives.
SCH’s educational model is distinguished by single-sex education for the lower grades (Pre-K through 8) followed by a coed Upper School. This unique structure expresses SCH’s belief in the benefits of single-sex academic instruction in the lower and middle grades and recognition of the value of coeducation in a student’s final preparation for college and beyond.
Through this unique structure, SCH is able to offer age-appropriate learning environments for every stage of a child’s social and intellectual development. Faculty in the Lower and Middle Schools are experts in the different ways that boys and girls learn and have designed their curriculum to support these different learning styles. Beginning with the merging of gender cultures in Upper School, students are exposed to an ever-widening array of perspectives and opinions as part of their final preparation for becoming citizens of a global community.
