Rn School Nurse - Lombard, United States - Soaring Eagle Academy

Description

Full Time Licensed REGISTERED NURSE or SCHOOL NURSE

Amazing opportunity to work in a cutting-edge developmental language-based school in Lombard for students with Autism founded by SLPs, with attention to student-centered, meaningful and individualized learning, in a trauma-informed, non-physical restraint, learning environment.

• Full Time position with fantastic onsite hours working 8:003:00 Monday through Friday in relationshipbased, trauma informed therapeutic day school.
• Starting ASAP for the remainder of the regular school year, summer session and the school year.
• Work 44.8 weeks of year.
• Competitive hourly rate commensurate with experience.
• BCBS medical, dental and vision.
• Shortterm/longterm disability and life insurance at no cost to employee.
• 7 PTO days per school year.
• 2 paid holidays of Christmas and New Year's Day.
• 403B retirement plan.
• Great team collaboration with colleagues passionate about supporting students and each other

Make a difference in the life of a child with Autism

Must be licensed by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation as a Registered Nurse or hold a Professional Educator License as a School Nurse and demonstrate patience and compassion for individual differences of students with special needs in a one-of-a-kind therapeutic day school in Lombard, IL serving students with Autism, ages 5 to 22 years old.

Applicant should be a caring and sympathetic individual able to multitask through a variety of difficult situations related to physical, mental, and emotional health needs.

Possess excellent listening skills, able to instruct both students and adults about a variety of health issues treatments. Organized and confident individual able to cope with potentially challenging situations.


Soaring Eagle Academy, a not for profit, ISBE approved therapeutic day school, serving students ages 5 through 22 years old, faced with the challenges of Autism, located in Lombard IL, is seeking a FULL-TIME
LICENSED REGISTERED NURSE or SCHOOL NURSE starting
May 15, to join our growing staff and student body working in person 5 full days for the remainder of the regular school year, summer session and the school year.

The Academy was founded by three Speech Language Pathologists, with an accumulation of over 80 years experience serving children and families with Autism and other related disorders, and a passion to showcase the amazing capacities of students with Autism to interact, communicate, think and learn.

SEA is the only school in the world to utilize a Developmental Language approach implementing principles of the DIR Floor Time model, to understanding and supporting students' social, emotional and academic development.

This is a unique opportunity to do cutting edge work with dedicated support staff including SLP, OT, Mental Health, fellow teachers and 1:1 teacher assistants assigned to each student, who understand and support developmental language, sensory motor processing strategies, emotional development, and how they impact children with autism.

We believe that the "behaviors" others see as impacting education for these students are a result of their lack of comprehension, inability to communicate, challenges in processing sensory information from their environment and staying regulated around a broad range of emotions.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Work in tandem with the Part Time School Nurse.
• Lead and support nursing practices, policies and protocols for students and staff related to infectious/communicable disease and current guidance.
• Advise SEA leadership on the school's response to infectious/communicable disease, as well as, developing policies and protocol as needed.
• Respond to student/staff illness and possible infectious/communicable disease following policies and protocol.
• Administer and monitor effectiveness of prescribed medications, supplements and medical cannabis given at school.
• Review current student files for medical related information and communicate appropriate health information to staff.
• Review new student paperwork for medical related information, monitor all supplies (ex. Epi pen) needed on site and communicate appropriate health information to staff.
• Assist with, train staff in and provide student feedings with Gtubes as needed.
• Providing and/or delegating services including first aid, care for ill students, and emergency care to students and staff
• Acting as a liaison between home and school by communicating with parents regarding students' health and safety needs
• Developing and maintaining healthcare plans for students who need special nursing interventions during the school day (ie seizure plans, asthma plans, allergy plans, diabetic plans, tube feeding plans)
• Maintain student health records.
• Provide health related education to students and staff in both individual and group settings.
• Participate in school wide institute days.
• Maintain daily c