School Nurse - LPN or RN

Rocketship Public Schools•Antioch, TN

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Rocketship Public Schools is seeking a compassionate, dedicated, and adaptable School Nurse to support a safe, healthy, and supportive learning environment at Rocketship Dream Community Prep in Antioch, Tennessee. The nurse provides individualized student care, including support for medical needs documented in IEPs and 504 plans, treatment of minor injuries, and responses to health concerns during the school day. The role works closely with school leadership and the Office Manager and helps keep families informed and supported when health-related incidents arise. The posting also describes extensive student-support responsibilities, including prevention, consultation, intervention, assessment, counseling, crisis response, behavior interventions, and collaboration with families, educators, administrators, and community resources. The nurse is expected to support students’ academic and social-emotional success, contribute to school-wide plans, participate in family and school events, and remain available by school cell phone in the evenings for student support.

Requirements

Licensed nurse in the state of Tennessee; the posting lists CNA, LPN, or RN credentials.
Commitment to working with underserved students.
Pass a criminal background check as required by law.
Unquestioned integrity and commitment to Rocketship Nashville’s mission.
Passion for education and a desire to help Rocketship Nashville schools grow.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in an urban public school (preferred).

Responsibilities

Provide individualized care for students, including support for medical needs outlined in IEPs and 504 plans, treatment of minor injuries, and response to health concerns during the school day.
Work with school leadership and the Office Manager to support families when health-related incidents arise.
Collaborate with students, parents and guardians, educators, administrators, community members, and colleagues to solve problems.
Provide prevention, consultation, intervention, assessment, counseling, observations, data collection, record review, interviews, functional behavior assessments, behavior intervention planning, and staff development, adapting services to student and setting needs.
Help stakeholders understand child development and its effects on academic and social-emotional performance.
Consult with school personnel, parents, and teachers on strategies for learning and behavioral problems.
Identify community resources and make appropriate referrals for students.
Deliver crisis response and intervention services to students, families, and staff when needed.
Provide group and individual therapy and classroom support to general education students, and monitor responses to interventions.
Complete special education pre-referral paperwork and attend multidisciplinary team meetings.
Develop and monitor student responses to behavior intervention plans, providing support and consultation to general and special education teachers.
Conduct functional behavior assessments and social history evaluations and communicate results to team members in parent-friendly language.
Complete and monitor pre-referral paperwork related to students’ social and emotional functioning.
Complete paperwork for students with 504 plans and monitor implementation of plan accommodations.
Serve as a liaison to social service agencies and community organizations.
Monitor and develop school-wide plans to address student attendance.
Participate in mediation, administrative reviews, hearings, due process proceedings, expulsions, manifestations, and causation meetings as needed.
Attend Open Houses, Parent-Teacher Conferences, and other parent events outside normal operating hours.
Implement school-wide student management policies throughout classrooms and campus, and help create a positive learning environment.
Maintain strong communication with parents and positive rapport with students.
Remain on call in the evenings via school cell phone to provide student support.
Uphold Rocketship’s mission and Five Core Values and maintain high expectations for students.