Title
School Nurse
Location
New Beginnings Family Academy, 184 Garden Street, Bridgeport, CT 06605
Description
About New Beginnings Family Academy
Opened in September 2002 offering grades K-3, New Beginnings Family Academy (“NBFA”) now offers ten years of active and engaging learning experiences from Pre-K through 8th grade. NBFA is a tuition-free, public charter school, proudly distinguished by:
• A progressive educational model that weaves trauma-sensitive, emotionally responsive practice into every classroom
• Social emotional learning steeped in child development best practices
• Consistent, competitive high-school placement at such schools as Kolbe Cathedral, Hopkins and Fairfield Prep
NBFA is located on an “urban campus” at 184 Garden Street, Bridgeport, CT (within a mile of the University of Bridgeport and the beach at Seaside Park). NBFA is an equal opportunity employer that values a diverse workplace. NBFA respects, values and celebrates the unique attributes of all its stakeholders: employees, students, families and members of its Board of Directors.
Mission-Driven Culture
NBFA employees thrive in a collaborative environment of thoughtful, self-reflective professionals on a mission to change the life outcomes of Bridgeport youth by helping to close the nefarious achievement gap. Our mission is to provide students a meaningful, high-quality education through experience-based learning that helps develop essential social, emotional and critical-thinking skills. This gives all children a foundation to achieve their full potential at every stage of life.
JOB TITLE: School Nurse
Classification: Full-time/40 hours per week/Exempt/11 Month
Summary: The NBFA school nurse must be committed to and advocate for its mission to provide students a meaningful, high-quality education through experience-based learning that helps develop essential social, emotional and critical-thinking skills. This gives all children a foundation to achieve their full potential at every stage of life.
The school nurse advances the well-being, academic success, and long term outcomes of students by addressing health needs and providing services that foster better and mental aptitiude.
Principal Accountabilities:
1. Promote a healthy and safe learning environment through implementation of health services programs
2. Facilitate positive student responses to normal development
3. Identify and provide a process for resolving students’ health care needs that affect educational achievement
4. Collaborate with the primary care physician, specialists, local public health and social service agencies to ensure a full spectrum of effective and quality services that sustain the student and his/her ability to achieve
5. Ensure compliance with school entry health requirements
6. Assure student compliance with state and local health regulations (e.g. immunizations, mandated screenings)
7. Provide a system for dealing with crisis medical situations
8. Provide care and case management for children with chronic health problems
9. Ensure the security and safe administration of medications
10. Ensure that quality health education courses are offered by serving on curriculum and planning committees
11. Ensure adherence to the school’s wellness policy
12. Refer the student and family to a physician, or other health-based facility, as needed
Opened in September 2002 offering grades K-3, New Beginnings Family Academy (“NBFA”) now offers ten years of active and engaging learning experiences from Pre-K through 8th grade. NBFA is a tuition-free, public charter school, proudly distinguished by:
• A progressive educational model that weaves trauma-sensitive, emotionally responsive practice into every classroom
• Social emotional learning steeped in child development best practices
• Consistent, competitive high-school placement at such schools as Kolbe Cathedral, Hopkins and Fairfield Prep
NBFA is located on an “urban campus” at 184 Garden Street, Bridgeport, CT (within a mile of the University of Bridgeport and the beach at Seaside Park). NBFA is an equal opportunity employer that values a diverse workplace. NBFA respects, values and celebrates the unique attributes of all its stakeholders: employees, students, families and members of its Board of Directors.
Mission-Driven Culture
NBFA employees thrive in a collaborative environment of thoughtful, self-reflective professionals on a mission to change the life outcomes of Bridgeport youth by helping to close the nefarious achievement gap. Our mission is to provide students a meaningful, high-quality education through experience-based learning that helps develop essential social, emotional and critical-thinking skills. This gives all children a foundation to achieve their full potential at every stage of life.
JOB TITLE: School Nurse
Classification: Full-time/40 hours per week/Exempt/11 Month
Summary: The NBFA school nurse must be committed to and advocate for its mission to provide students a meaningful, high-quality education through experience-based learning that helps develop essential social, emotional and critical-thinking skills. This gives all children a foundation to achieve their full potential at every stage of life.
The school nurse advances the well-being, academic success, and long term outcomes of students by addressing health needs and providing services that foster better and mental aptitiude.
Principal Accountabilities:
1. Promote a healthy and safe learning environment through implementation of health services programs
2. Facilitate positive student responses to normal development
3. Identify and provide a process for resolving students’ health care needs that affect educational achievement
4. Collaborate with the primary care physician, specialists, local public health and social service agencies to ensure a full spectrum of effective and quality services that sustain the student and his/her ability to achieve
5. Ensure compliance with school entry health requirements
6. Assure student compliance with state and local health regulations (e.g. immunizations, mandated screenings)
7. Provide a system for dealing with crisis medical situations
8. Provide care and case management for children with chronic health problems
9. Ensure the security and safe administration of medications
10. Ensure that quality health education courses are offered by serving on curriculum and planning committees
11. Ensure adherence to the school’s wellness policy
12. Refer the student and family to a physician, or other health-based facility, as needed
Benefits
Employee Benefits
NBFA offers a full array of benefits, including:
• Friendly work environment
• Medical and dental plan (generous portion of employee premium paid by NBFA)
• Life & AD&D, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Professional Development Opportunities
• 10+ paid national holidays
• Paid Time Off: 5 sick day and 3 personal days
NBFA offers a full array of benefits, including:
• Friendly work environment
• Medical and dental plan (generous portion of employee premium paid by NBFA)
• Life & AD&D, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Professional Development Opportunities
• 10+ paid national holidays
• Paid Time Off: 5 sick day and 3 personal days
Requirements
Certification, Knowledge and Skills: The School Nurse must:
1. Maintain a current Connecticut license as a registered nurse
2. Be highly organized and possess great attention to detail
3. Maintain the highest level of professional and ethical standards
4. Have excellent communication skills to work with all constituencies
5. Communicate frequently with parents, both orally and in writing
1. Maintain a current Connecticut license as a registered nurse
2. Be highly organized and possess great attention to detail
3. Maintain the highest level of professional and ethical standards
4. Have excellent communication skills to work with all constituencies
5. Communicate frequently with parents, both orally and in writing
Start Date
8/19/24
Contact
Human Resources
Phone: (203) 384-2897
Fax:
employment@nbfacademy.org
184 Garden Street, Bridgeport, CT 06605
Phone: (203) 384-2897
Fax:
employment@nbfacademy.org
184 Garden Street, Bridgeport, CT 06605
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