School Nurse
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
RN · School Nursing
Posted Jun 24
- Shift
- Days
- Hours a week
- 40
- Unit
- School Nursing
What the listing says
Role
- Schedule
- Days · 5 a week · 40 hours
- Weekends
- No weekends
- Term
- Permanent
- On the floor
- No charge shifts · No floating · No call
- Practice
- Magnus Health charting
- Setting
- School
More role details
- Accepts
- RN
Ratio not posted. Ask in the interview.
Pay
- Against the board
The median for nursing in Pennsylvania is $35/hr, across 397 postings. It covers every nursing role in the state, so it is a bearing, not a like-for-like comparison.
About this role
The Philadelphia School (TPS) is seeking a full-time, twelve-month School Nurse. We are a Preschool - Grade 8 progressive, independent school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with an enrollment of approximately 420 students. Since our founding in 1972, The Philadelphia School has grown in size, complexity, and diversity. This growth has been rooted firmly in the progressive values with which our founders began: immersive learning, responsive pedagogy, and meaningful engagement with the world.
Position
Summary
The School Nurse supports student success by providing health care through assessment, intervention, and follow-up for all children within a school setting. The School Nurse promotes an optimal level of wellness that addresses the physical, mental, emotional, and social health needs of students and supports their achievement in the learning process. (This role is a twelve-month role with core hours usually from 9a to 5p, supporting both school-day and after-school programming.)
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Responsibilities
Student Health Services
Provide direct nursing care (assessment and intervention) to ill or injured students during the school day. Collaborate with the school psychologist to assess and support students physically and emotionally and take appropriate steps to address student mental health needs. Conduct, communicate, and follow-up on referrals for state-mandated health screenings (growth, vision, hearing) and vaccination compliance.
Administer medication and manage acute and chronic illness and/or allergy in coordination with individually developed care plans in partnership with student, family, health-care providers, and faculty. Track student absences and illnesses, notifying appropriate parties of communicable diseases in coordination with the Philadelphia Department of Health. Identify, report, and manage outbreaks (e.g., flu, COVID-19, strep throat, head lice) within a closed school community.
Serve as system owner for Magnus Health, the EHR solution TPS currently uses for as the SIS for student health.
Health Program Administration & Compliance
Plan and implement school health management protocols and policies, and ensure dissemination to and understanding by relevant stakeholders. Document assessments, interventions, and communication regarding care. Manage school health records and health communications in accordance with HIPAA.
FERPA, and best practices surrounding confidentiality. Maintain accurate medical records to assure compliance with state mandates including immunizations, physical examinations, and medical conditions. Maintain the health office in clean, orderly, and safe condition with special attention to confidential information, inventory management, and safe disposal procedures.
Maintain stocked classroom First-Aid bags and field trip First-Aid bags, as needed. Advise school administration in preparing a budget for the health program for health office supplies.
Health Education & Wellness Promotion
Actively collaborate with others to build student and family self-management, self
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Requirements
- RN License
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) guidance
- Achieving HIPAA compliance
- Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
Place
- City
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Rent against this pay
- 22% of monthly gross
- Local household income
- $61,953/yr
- Metro price level
- 3% above the national average
- Address
- 2501 Lombard St, Philadelphia, PA 19146, USA
$1,397 median rent against $6,240 a month at $36/hr for 40 hours a week, before tax.
all local households, not nurse pay
Philadelphia area index 102.6, where 100 is the national average.
Philadelphia pairs world-class medical institutions with deep American history and a genuine, every-neighborhood-has-personality grit. You can eat your way through the Italian Market, catch a game in South Philly, or stroll along the Schuylkill River Trail. The City of Brotherly Love blends big-city clinical opportunity with a surprisingly livable, down-to-earth feel for traveling nurses.
Cost figures from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
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The Philadelphia School (TPS) is a progressive, independent Preschool through Grade 8 school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, with an enrollment of approximately 420 students. Founded in 1972, the school has grown in size, complexity, and diversity while remaining rooted in…
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