Nurse Leader

Capsed; Halifax Regional Municipality; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established educational organization seeks a dynamic Nurse Leader to oversee the School Health Program. This role blends clinical leadership with administrative responsibilities, ensuring high healthcare standards for students. The Nurse Leader will coordinate health services, manage nursing staff, and collaborate with various stakeholders to promote student health. If you are passionate about making a difference in the educational sector and have a solid nursing background, this is an exciting opportunity to lead and innovate in school health services.

Qualifications

• Must have a current, valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse.
• Completion of a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from an accredited institute required.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the School Health Program consistent with state guidelines.
• Ensure compliance with state-mandated service activities and health regulations.
• Coordinate nursing staff and maintain accurate student health records.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

School Health Program Management

Child Health Nursing

Public Health Knowledge

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Nursing

Job description

CAPS Collaborative is looking for a dynamic Nurse Leader. This is a 206-day per year position.

About us:

CAPS Collaborative will work in partnership with districts to provide programs and services of the highest quality. To provide these services, we adhere to the following values:

• To commit every aspect of the organization to providing exceptional educational opportunities for students.
• To demonstrate quality and responsiveness by becoming the first choice of districts for programs and services.
• To be a customer-focused organization that constantly evaluates district needs.
• To integrate quality, integrity, respect, and teamwork into every aspect of the organization.
• To demonstrate accountability through constantly evaluating results and progress toward goals.
• To implement programs and services in the most cost-effective manner and to exercise due diligence in financial decision making.
• We will work in partnership with districts to ensure that students transition to the least restrictive environment in their home school district.

About the role:

To develop, implement and manage the CAPS Collaborative School Health Program consistent with MA state guidelines, regulations and statutes governing school health.

The Nurse Leader serves as both a clinical leader and a practicing school nurse, ensuring high standards of healthcare are provided to students while also guiding and supporting the nursing team. This role involves a blend of administrative oversight and direct student care within the school setting.

Responsibilities:

• • • Ensure that CAPS Collaborative complies with state-mandated service activities, e.g., screenings (vision, hearing, postural, height, weight, BMI). Coordinate screening programs and immunization status review/follow-up.
    • Coordinate and participate in the establishment, review, and implementation of school health services, policies/procedures according to state guidelines and laws.
    • Prepare health reports for the Department of Education and the Department of Public Health
    • Attends all Regional and Statewide CSHS meetings.
    • Participates in ongoing professional development and education provided by the School Health Institute for Education and Leadership Development (SHIELD).
    • Implement communicable disease control in school, including monitoring, surveillance, and disease prevention and outbreak management in the school.
    • Maintain up-to-date and accurate student health records according to state law.
    • Inventory and maintain nursing supplies to programs. Monitor all nursing department purchases.
    • Act as a resource person to staff, parents and students regarding health, safety, and nutrition.
    • Maintain correspondence with the school physician, keeping standing orders current.
    • Schedule regular nursing staff meetings to update nursing policy/procedures and ensure uniformity of service delivery.
    • Maintain professional boundaries and ensure student/staff confidentiality as appropriate within the educational team.
    • Contribute to professional growth and collaboration by staying informed on current literature/resources in the field, and actively participating in staff meetings and professional development opportunities.
    • Assist administration with the hiring and orientation of all nursing staff positions, as well as maintain a current list of substitute nurses
    • Oversee the revision/updates of all medical forms every year for the Health Offices
    • Prepare and submit annual statistics on all School Health Service Programs, as well as statistics on state-mandated programs to the MDPH
    • Arrange all nursing schedules to best accommodate the needs of each program and assign substitutes in the absence of a School Nurse
    • Review all accident reports and follow up when necessary
    • Chair Wellness Committee
    • Participate as an active Safety Committee member
    • Monitor licenses and updates whenever necessary for all nurses
    • Arrange professional development activities for staff, assist in CPR Certification of faculty and students.
    • Responsible for seeking appropriate grant money
    • Responsible for system-wide compliance with mandated health regulations. Ensure complete follow-up of referrals for vision, hearing and postural screening and compliance with State Law Physical Examination requirements
    • Participate in the development of an interdisciplinary plan for each program to ensure that students in need of services are identified in a timely manner and appropriate intervention is initiated.
    • Participate in school-based and community emergency planning, professional development activities on the local, state and national level as directed by the Director of Student Services
    • Collaborate with outside agencies such as the Board of Health and local pediatricians and with school staff in health-related disciplines (i.e., health, PE, School Adjustment Counselors) to promote and maintain the health and safety of students
    • Perform other duties as assigned by the Director of Student Services.

Candidate requirements:

• Must have a current, valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Massachusetts.

• Completion of a Bachelor's Degree in Nursing from an accredited institute required.

• Hold a MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education license (certificate) as a School Nurse (all levels) or be qualified to apply for this license.

• Have a minimum of two years nursing experience in child health, school health, community/public health or other relevant nursing experience.