The School Nurse will work to support the student health needs across the KIPP Nashville school community – either at a designated school or support across multiple schools. S/he will report to the Director of Student Health and in close partnership with the school-based Principal and Director of Operations to prepare for and respond to student and school needs as it relates to student health. Ultimately, our student health team plays a key role in maintaining a safe and healthy environment for KIPP Nashville students. 

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Works to remove, modify, or reduce health-related barriers to learning 

• Provides well-student care, health care, first aid, immunizations, and assistance to students at their school; creates a comforting and nurturing environment for ill students

• Provides daily, individual care to students, including but not limited to managing daily medications required by students, administering doctor prescribed medications to students and helping students with physical disabilities

• Advises the Director of Operations and other school staff as needed regarding initiatives, processes, and systems necessary to ensure a healthy school community

• Builds emergency preparedness plans and trains all staff on them to ensure staff school-wide are ready for health emergencies

• Communicates with families around student wellness and health concerns

• Participates in necessary student health events that may occur on non-school days, e.g., New Student Registration

• Performs screenings for scoliosis, vision, hearing, height, weight, and/or other conditions and make referrals and follow-up

• Completes, updates, and maintains student records (accident reports, health records), and completes and submits reports; effectively and efficiently manages the systems for student health paperwork

• Ensures 100% collection of student health documentation for incoming new students

• Maintains physical student health files and ensures they are organized and up-to-date

• Audits student health files annually

• Transfers all health materials and necessary information for student transfers between campuses

• Maintains the security of confidential information

• Collects and maintains student incident forms, ensuring that all applicable parties have documented all pertinent details

• Collaborates with school staff to create and maintain wellness programming to support healthy opportunities for students

• Maintains all mandated COVID protocols and holds staff and students accountable to those health protocols.

  Physical Demands

• Minimal Physical exertion required. Generally, the job requires sitting, standing, and walking.

• Light work: exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force as frequently as needed to move objects

• Possible travel between schools for coverage.