Job Description

iHope Mission Statement:

The iHOPE school community strives to provide comprehensive services for our students, who present with a variety of diagnoses including Traumatic Brain Injury, Acquired Brain Injury, and other brain-based disorders. Our students participate in academic instruction with appropriate modification and adaptation, as well as therapeutic services, based upon a collaborative, researched-based model that integrates current technology. iHOPE is committed to learners with complex needs and to their social, emotional, adaptive and educational advancement. Accessibility and integration into the larger community are at the core of our belief system.

Key/Essential Functions & Responsibilities

• Directs all administrative work in the nursing department, including assisting with the formulation and implementation of new policies and procedures, in coordination with Director of Admissions and Family Engagement.
• Ensures compliance of the school health program with all local, state, and federal regulations; stays abreast of new and changing regulations.
• Establishes protocols for managing communicable diseases, assessing the school environment for safety and health risks and employing infection control measures; ensures appropriate notifications and coordinates with regulatory agencies as needed.
• Assists with the development, implementation, review, and/or modification of Health and Safety-related Standard Operating Procedures to support consistent and safe management of students’ health needs while in the school’s care and to address new and changing regulations.
• Makes recommendations for improvements or changes and leads implementation and communication of school health program initiatives, informing long-term goals for the department.
• Ensures adequate nursing staff at all times by participating in recruitment and selection of nursing staff, assigning duties, managing staff schedules and obtaining substitute nurses or providing coverage as needed.
• Supervises staff to ensure they are meeting students’ health needs and assesses performance and quality of nursing services provided through ongoing staff supervision, observations and evaluations.
• Develops and facilitates appropriate training for nursing and other school staff regarding specialized care and procedures for individual students; may assist with training on other safety and health-related issues.
• Appropriately documents nursing department and health related activities including compiling and/or preparing, reviewing and/or maintaining accurate written nursing reports, immunization records, health and medical records, including employee new hire and/or annual physicals or forms and reporting of incidents, injuries, etc.
• Directs the implementation of individualized nursing care plans for each student and ensures or provides special health care and related services through assessment, intervention and follow-up for all children within the school setting, as needed.
• Collaborates with department directors and/or staff and attends classroom meetings for updates regarding students’ health needs, as needed.
• Participates in student intake meetings, obtaining pertinent medical information from caregivers/parents including diagnoses, medications, emergency interventions and seizure action plans to develop appropriate nursing care plans.
• Provides direct nursing care including caring for sick and injured students or staff and administers medication or performs prescribed health care procedures according to students’ needs and doctors’ orders, as needed.
• Takes the lead in arranging appropriate courses of action for complex or significant health-related incidents and/or managing emergency medical situations involving students or staff.
• Provides families with health care related updates and information, including referral information and available community resources.
• Performs all other duties, as assigned.

Minimum Qualification Requirements including education, experience, licensure/certification, etc. and essential physical capabilities (e.g. lifting, assisting lifting, standing, etc.)

• Valid license and current registration as a Registered Nurse issued by the New York State Education Department (NYSED); and
• Current Basic Life Support (BLS) certification for Healthcare Providers; and
• Minimum of three (3) years of clinical experience as a RN performing direct care duties ideally in pediatrics and/or with patients with I/DD (multiple disabilities, brain injury/brain-based disorders, etc.)
• Exhibits exceptional interpersonal, problem solving, communication skills, along with the ability to take initiative, and a highly flexible personality.

Preferred Qualification Requirements ( desired requirements beyond MQRs above)

• Bachelor of Science degree in Nursing (BSN)
• Previous experience as a supervisor of clinical or nursing staff
• Knowledge of specialized health needs and treatments for children with severe and multiple disabilities

Compensation: $105,000-$110,000 Annually

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