Qualifications

We are seeking a warm, calm, proactive, and highly organized health professional who enjoys working with children and adolescents and values building strong relationships with students, families, and colleagues. The successful candidate will bring sound clinical judgment, excellent communication skills, careful attention to detail, and the ability to manage both the immediate needs of a busy school day and the ongoing administrative responsibilities of the health office.

Qualifications include:

• Current license as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
• Minimum of one year of professional experience as a Registered Nurse; experience in school nursing, pediatrics, community health, or another setting involving children and adolescents is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to relate warmly and appropriately to children from early childhood through early adolescence and to communicate effectively with parents and caregivers.
• Current CPR and First Aid certification.
• Strong organizational and administrative skills, with demonstrated attention to detail and the ability to maintain accurate, complete, confidential, and up-to-date student health records.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate health information clearly, thoughtfully, and appropriately to students, families, faculty, staff, and administrators.
• Strong computer skills, including comfort working with electronic student health records, databases, email, shared documents, and other school-based technology systems.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment, take initiative, manage competing priorities, and work independently while collaborating effectively as part of a school team.
• Knowledge of, or willingness to become thoroughly familiar with, Massachusetts requirements and best practices related to school health services, including student health records, immunizations, medication administration, health screenings, communicable disease, and student health and safety.
• Interest in maintaining professional connections with local health agencies, health care providers, and school nursing organizations and resources.