Title: Lead School Nurse

Employee Group & Grade: Professional/Exempt

Reports To: Director of Exceptional Student Services (ESS)

Job Titles Supervised: Registered School Nurses

Starting Salary Scale: $72,000-$78,000

Calendar Year: 195 Days

Date Written/Revised: May 2023

Purpose of Job:

Provides oversight of the School Health department, under the guidance of the Director of ESS, through process development, supervisory duties, and compliance monitoring.

Essential Duties/Major Accountabilities:

Show Up: Be ACCOUNTABLE for our students, ourselves, and our team.

Connect: Develop and maintain TRANSPARENT and HONEST relationships with our students and team

Succeed: Become a STRONG unified team providing students an INNOVATIVE environment to become productive members of society

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  Collaboration and Coordination:
  • Acts as a substitute school nurse when staff are on PTO or when department is short-staffed.
  • Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with students, parents, and community.
  • Communicates confidentially and effectively with students, parents, and staff about student health issues.
  • Exhibits good communication and collaboration with staff, administration, and colleagues.
  • Works with administration to maintain best practice guidelines for school health.
  • Manages and oversees the school health needs for GOAL Venture trips, field trips, prom nights, graduations, and other events across the state not conducted during normal school hours.

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  Compliance:
  • Organizes and oversees the annual calibration of GOAL’s statewide audiometer inventory.
  • Ensures statewide compliance with vision and hearing screenings as mandated by the Colorado Department of Education.
  • Facilitates and monitors procedures for managing the outbreak of communicable diseases in the school environment.
  • Oversees the annual review of health intake information and HCP development.
  • Participates in the creation of procedures and policies needed to successfully operate the school health department.
• Department Budget Responsibilities:
  • Submits purchase order requests to the Director of ESS for school health department needs.
  • Assists the Director of ESS in creating budget proposals for the school health department as required and directed by GOAL’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
  • Obtains quotes and vendor packets from supply companies as requested by the Director of ESS.
  • Manages and maintains accurate records of department spending.
• District and State Reporting:
  • Collects, disaggregates, and sends the immunization records report to GOAL leadership, its authorizing district, and the state department of education.
  • Assists the ESS Coordinator, the GE & 504 Specialists, and other GOAL staff in reporting student accommodations per individual Health Care Plans for state testing administration.
  • Works directly with the authorizing district’s lead nurse to provide reports as needed.
• Software and Programs:
  • Manages student information system data regarding all health-related information.
  • Collaborates with GOAL’s technology department to ensure data platforms and systems are accurate, compliant, and properly utilized and accessible.
  • Manages statewide HCP tracking.
  • Manages statewide vision and hearing tracking.
  • Manages statewide immunization tracking.
  • Trains school nurses for compliant use of relevant software and platforms.
  • Organizes and oversees the annual calibration of GOAL’s statewide audiometer inventory.
  • Maintains and updates the health web page with school health policies.
• Supervises School Nurses:
  • Vets, interviews, hires, and trains new school nurses.
  • Collaborates with the Director of ESS when support or disciplinary steps are needed.
  • Manages, reviews, and approves PTO requests.
  • Processes conference request forms and post-conference reports of school nurses.
  • Ensures school nurses are creating and maintaining up to date individual Health Care Plans (HCP).
  • Leads school nurses in overseeing and managing CPR/First Aid training for all GOAL employees who require certification.
  • Observes and evaluates school nurses in their training of GOAL staff on health-related issues.
  • Observes and evaluates school nurses in their training of GOAL staff on medication administration / nursing tasks.
  • Observes and evaluates school nurses in their delegation to GOAL staff of nursing tasks and medication administration as indicated for students with HCPs.
  • Confirms school nurses: coordinate student Individual Education Program (IEP) health services, writing health assessments and accommodations for Initial and reevaluation IEPs.
  • Ensures school nurses participate in IEP meetings for students with academically significant health concerns.

Miscellaneous:

• Pursues continuous professional growth.
• Follows GOAL and district personnel policies and procedures.
• Maintains and submits accurate and complete records as determined by administration.
• Assumes responsibilities for assigned duties and attending required meetings at designated times.
• Demonstrates willingness to make contributions beyond the scope of the job when appropriate and necessary.
• Performs other tasks and assumes such responsibilities as the Director of Exceptional Student Services may from time to time assign.

Accountability Standards for all GOAL Academy High School Staff:

• Love for children and ability to work enthusiastically on their behalf.
• Actively and enthusiastically recruit new students through community partnerships and community events.
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, time-management, verbal, and written communication skills.
• Knowledgeable and comfortable working with technology.
• Able to competently and persistently apply problem-solving skills towards technology issues.
• Proven ability to serve on teams and participate in a collaborative decision-making process.
• Strong work ethic to achieve both school and personal goals.
• Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Willingness to travel regionally and transport students as required.
• Ethical, honest, and good-humored.

Minimum Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing plus additional coursework required for certification or licensure.
• Possession of a valid Colorado Registered Nursing License required.
• Possession of a Professional Special Services License through Colorado Department of Education required.

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years’ experience as a school nurse required.
• Minimum 2 years’ experience as a nurse in an online school required.
• Previous experience as a supervising nurse preferred.

Physical Requirements of this position include:

Seldom

Cold-50 F or less/Heat- 90 F or more/Gases-Fumes/ Heights/Climbing/ Crawling-Kneeling/ Bending/ Walking on Uneven Surfaces/Chemical-Solvents/ Travel-National or International

Over 30 Pounds: Lifting-Lowering-Reaching Over Shoulders-Reaching Forward-Pushing-Pulling-Carrying

Occasional

Noise/Working Alone/ Local Travel/ Visual Acuity-Far/ Color Discrimination

Over 20 Pounds: Lifting-Lowering-Reaching Over Shoulders-Reaching Forward-Pushing-Pulling-Carrying