About Mirman School

Mirman embraces, supports, and values the many facets and faces of giftedness as we nurture our students’ abilities to reach their highest potential. As an educational institution, we are committed to personalizing our curriculum through depth and complexity, while celebrating the intellectual, creative, and kinesthetic dimensions of childhood and adolescence. We foster a culture of inclusivity and connectivity in which our students’ academic, co-curricular, and socio-emotional experiences and needs are supported. Mirman’s faculty and staff model empathy and respect in our communal effort to enhance whole-child learning. Our goal is to inspire lifelong curiosity and learning, the continuous pursuit of excellence, and ethical leadership among our students and graduates.

We are looking for a School Nurse to join our administrative team. The position is available immediately and is on-site during the week, Monday – Friday. The position is classified as a regular, full-time, exempt position. Compensation is $90,000 – $125,000 depending on experience.

Responsibilities

• Duties of the School Nurse will involve health care delivery, health education and program, and policy development.

• Oversee Mirman’s wellness program and First Aid training for staff; maintain all first aid and medical supplies as needed.

• Provide emergency or basic first aid to students, including everyday illnesses such as sore throats, rashes, minor injuries, or potential allergic reactions from bee stings or consumed food.

• Assess communicable diseases and infection-control issues; send parent notices required for certain communicable diseases.

• Oversee and coordinate sensory and other health screenings.

• Implement specialized healthcare procedures such as blood sugar testing, insulin administration, seizure procedures, concussion procedures, or others as needed.

• Update student medical records and clinical records and maintain meticulous notes about

  confidential student information.

• Ensure we have necessary paperwork and medical authorizations to store/administer student meds.

• Serve as project manager for on-campus flu and Covid vaccination events.

• Communicate effectively and proactively with students, parents, faculty and administration.

• Participate actively on the Emergency Operations Plan team to help oversee planning for

  emergencies and coordinate training and all-school emergency drills.

• Monitor and update the applicable technology platforms and databases (i.e., MAGNUS, August Schools, SchoolPass) pertaining to student health and emergency drills or actual incidents.

• Maintain school health and wellness policies and procedures, including but not limited to Narcan policies, COVID-19 and pandemic policies, and school medications policies.

• In the event of a pandemic, work with the appropriate school taskforce on all related matters including staying up to date on and implementing local, state and federal pandemic response policies, i.e., contact tracing, notifications, maintaining testing kits and mask inventories.

• Other duties as assigned.