School Registered Nurse (The Schwartz School)

About the role

Meeting Street is a special place of learning where children of all abilities have the opportunities to reach their fullest potential. The organization is seeking Registered Nurses to support student health needs during school hours.

Responsibilities

• Administers medications and performs nursing procedures ordered by the physician to be given during school hours including but not limited to G‑Tube feedings, catheterizations, respiratory treatments, dialysis, dressing changes, wound care, trach care and suctioning, etc.
• Performs ongoing health status evaluations and medication/treatment reviews to identify health needs and potential problems.
• Documents all nursing care and changes in a student’s health status.
• Communicates timely updates to families and applicable school staff regarding health concerns or changes in the health status of the student.
• Collaborates with the other disciplines involved in a student’s care, to optimize the student school experience.

Requirements

• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in Massachusetts
• Willingness to become licensed as a Registered Nurse in Rhode Island
• Maintains current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) or CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) certification.
• Adapts to any medical/technical equipment that is needed to provide health services to our students
• Provides care for students in their classrooms, special activities, and on field trips
• Ability to sit, stand and walk continuously during the workday
• Ability to bend/stoop, squat, kneel, grip with whole hand‑right, left & both hands, finger pinch items‑right, left and both hands, use hand power tools, use a computer, transfer patient, climb stairs, reach above shoulder level‑both right, left & both arms and assist in lifting and carrying students as well as transfers from wheelchairs to equipment

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Generous PTO
• 13 paid holidays
• Medical, dental, vision and more

Pay

Salary range: $70,000 to $90,000 annually, based on related experience.

Schedule

Full‑time position, 40 hours per week.

Learn more about us at https://www.meetingstreet.org