Nurse Manager

Working at Middlebury offers a unique opportunity to build long-term relationships with a vibrant student community while maintaining a healthier work-life balance. Our Nurse Manager will enjoy the benefits of predictable hours, opportunities to connect with students outside of the clinic walls, collaborative care with a dedicated multi-disciplinary campus care team, and the chance to promote wellness and preventive health in a supportive, educational environment. This role is ideal for a nursing professional who values both clinical expertise and meaningful connections, with a strong focus on empowering students through education—helping them develop health literacy and the self-advocacy skills necessary for lifelong well-being.

Primary Purpose

The Nurse Manager provides oversight and supervision of nursing care in Health Services, consistent with professional standards, College protocols and regulatory requirements. Provides direct age appropriate and culturally sensitive professional nursing care for a variety of acute and chronic conditions and injuries in an inclusive, collaborative, and integrated Center for Health and Wellness.

This is a full time, benefits eligible salaried position with a hiring range of $77,215-$86,867 per year.

Core Responsibilities:

• Receives, triages, and assigns appropriate level of care to all incoming clinical phone calls to Health Services based on clinical assessment including the provision of self-care instructions based on presenting symptoms in accordance with Health Services, state, and federal protocols when appropriate
• Uses physical assessment skills during in-person appointments to independently evaluate a student complaint, making recommendations for self care, further evaluation by MD/NP or for urgent care outside of health services. Recognizes and immediately intervenes in emergent situations such as acute traumatic injury, cardiac arrest and anaphylaxis, in accordance with Health Services protocols

• Administers medications, vaccines, and allergy immunotherapy injections with full understanding of appropriate dose, preparation, route of administration, and potential adverse effects
• Provides oversight for nurse triage line, nursing visits, clinical scheduling, clinical supplies, compliance, and preventative maintenance program for equipment
• Ensures appropriate recruitment, training, supervision, development, and evaluation of registered nurses (2) and medical assistants (2), including any trainees or students
• Ensures compliance with regulatory standards including Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA) and Vermont Immunization requirements.
• Provides oversight of clinical supply ordering/management and completes timely documentation in the EHR according to best practices and Health Services policies
• Communicates professionally and effectively with students, colleagues, CHR Directors and collaborating providers

Requirements

• Commitment to multicultural approaches to clinical care

• Commitment to addressing intersections of multiple identities and their related health outcomes Successful collaborator with cross-discipline colleagues to support positive outcomes
• Knowledge of the social, psychological, and physical developmental stages of college students
• CPR and First Aid certification
• 4 years of experience in primary care, urgent care, or similar including program and/or staff supervision
• Bachelor’s degree in nursing required with current, or eligible to obtain, Vermont State RN license

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

Potential exposure to communicable diseases. May need to help patient onto and off exam table. Functions in a fast-paced clinical environment. Able to provide care occasionally into the evening or on weekends, to support student outreach activities, for continuity of care and in management of an acute crisis. Cross-campus and cross-town travel may be required

Other:

An offer for this position is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check and references.

Benefits

As an employee of Middlebury College in Vermont, you will enjoy being part of a vibrant supportive community.

Middlebury offers its employees excellent compensation and competitive health, dental, life, disability, generous retirement matching, and vision benefits, and a generous time-away program - up to 34 days per year, increasing as the term of service lengthens. Employees are eligible for robust educational assistance programs. The result is a very high quality-of-life in a gorgeous setting. Middlebury Colleges offers its employees excellent compensation and other perks of employment including:

• MiddCard Privileges: access to athletic facilities, discounts at the college store, library privileges, and cultural and sporting events. Spouses or domestic partners are eligible to receive a card with the same privileges.
• Discounts on season passes at Middlebury College's Snow Bowl, the Ralph Myhre Golf Course and the Rikert Outdoor Center.
• Access to our Partner Inclusion Program that provides comprehensive support services to the spouses and partners of Middlebury employees.
• A full listing of our benefit offerings can be found on our website or click to see some of the other fun perks of working at Middlebury, whether in Middlebury, VT or Monterey, CA !

Middlebury College is an equal-opportunity employer where diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values. To this end, the College recruits talented and diverse faculty, staff, and students from across the United States and around the world. Middlebury College encourages applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, and members of other protected classes and historically underrepresented communities. The College also invites applications from individuals who demonstrate an ongoing commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace.