School Registered Nurse

School Registered Nurse

Looking for a rewarding career that makes a difference in children's lives? Join the team at Meeting Street! Meeting Street is a special place of learning, where children of all abilities have the opportunities to reach their fullest potential.

Full-time employees receive:

• Competitive Pay
• Generous PTO
• 13 paid holidays
• Medical, dental, vision and MORE

Meeting Street is currently looking for a School Registered Nurse for 40 hours per week.

Duties:

• Maintains the health and well-being of the students during the school hours for all daily issues as well as responding to emergency situations.
• Keeps up to date records for all students and assists with scheduling all mandatory health screens.
• Planning and implementing all necessary nursing procedures and develop others if they are needed.
• Administers medications and performs nursing procedures ordered by the physician to be given during school hours including but not limited to G-Tube feedings, catheterizations, respiratory treatments, dialysis, dressing changes, wound care, trach care and suctioning, etc.
• Performs ongoing health status evaluations and medication/treatment reviews to identify health needs and potential problems.
• Documents all nursing care and changes in a student's health status.
• Communicates timely updates to parents, teachers and therapy staff regarding health concerns or changes in the health status of the student.

Meeting Street believes the dignity of each person is paramount. We recognize that our community's future strength rests firmly on our commitment to our values of respect, compassion, integrity, inclusivity, and excellence. To uphold these commitments, we expect all employees to recognize and properly respond to racism and other forms of injustice.

It is our policy to recruit, hire, train, transfer and promote employees, and to ensure that all other employment practices (i.e. salary and benefits administration, education and training programs, and social and recreational programs) are administered without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, gender, sexual preference or orientation, gender expression or identity, age, national origin or ancestry, legally recognized disability, citizenship status, genetic information, veteran status, military status, socioeconomic background, homelessness or any other characteristic or category protected by law. It is also our policy to protect employees and applicants from any coercion, retaliation or discrimination for filing a complaint or assisting in any investigation pursuant to the equal opportunity laws.

Requirements:

• Licensed RN in Rhode Island.
• Maintains current Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) or CPR (Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation) certification.
• Adapts to any medical/technical equipment that is needed to provide health services to our students.
• Provides care to students in their classrooms, special activities, and on field trips.
• Generally, be able to lift/push/pull up to 35 pounds independently and up to 100 pounds with the assistance of adaptive equipment or another staff member.