Description

Working at Choate: Choate Rosemary Hall is a coeducational, independent secondary school located in central Connecticut with 850 boarding and day students and over 350 employees. Choate serves intellectually gifted and motivated students of diverse backgrounds from across the globe whose commitment to serious study is enhanced in an academically challenging and personally supportive setting.

Choate provides students with transformative and meaningful experiences that instill lifelong habits of learning, leadership, and service, shaped by innovative and passionate educators. Teaching faculty at Choate are innovative, collaborative, and committed to our students' intellectual, social, emotional, and character development. Our faculty understands that each of our students has the potential for growth and works to encourage students to develop their own ideas and voices in learner-centered environments.

For its students and employees alike, Choate strives to be a diverse and inclusive community where all feel valued and embraced. On our campus, principled individuals from diverse backgrounds are united through common purpose, active engagement, and mutual respect. We celebrate differences and the richness of our varied backgrounds and experiences. Recognizing that working in an inclusive community can also present challenges, we embrace those challenges through ongoing dialogue and interaction, enhancing empathy and appreciation for those whose perspectives differ from our own.

Choate prohibits in all its programs, including hiring and employment practices, discrimination against or harassment of any member or group based upon age, gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other category protected by Connecticut or federal law, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification.?

Choate Rosemary Hall has an opening for a Registered Nurse for the night shift. The Registered Nurse performs pediatric nursing duties for our Boarding School Health Center, ensuring compliance with physician's orders and established health care policies and procedures. Our 11-bed Health Center is home to students with injuries, infectious disease, chronic illness, and other health problems and may also receive students returning from travel, and/or for emergency services. The Health Center is open 24 hours/day during the academic year and when summer school is in session.

This position is full-time, scheduled to work the academic year and during summer school for the night shift: The hours are three 12-hour shifts, 8 pm -8am, with flexible rotation: Sunday/Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday/Friday.  It is a non-exempt position and eligible for benefits and paid time off.  Shift differentials paid for evening, night, and weekend hours

Duties and Responsibilities:

Triage and assess students who may need admission to the Health Center
Provide emergency first aid and prepare students for urgent care referral
Ability to work independently and in consultation with the Medical Director, Director of Nursing, and Director of Counseling
Work in partnership with community safety officers and school employees to receive students who may need admission to the Health Center
Regularly communicate with student families and school employees as needed
Complete electronic health records
Maintain inventory and stock levels for health center materials and supplies
Assure quality control for all CLIA-waived tests and lab equipment, including ordering and maintaining tests and equipment
Change beds, provide clean linens and towels, set up and ensure that Health Center rooms are clean and welcoming
Maintain organization of kitchen and provide nutrition to students
Prioritization of health needs of admitted students

Requirements

Requirements

Excellent clinical skills and clinical judgment
Graduation from an accredited Baccalaureate Nursing program
Current nursing registration from the State of Connecticut
Demonstrated capacity to work independently with excellent triage, assessment, and emergency first aid skills
Ability to manage multiple tasks and set clinical priorities
Familiarity and experience with EMR technology
Excellent communication skills
Interest and experience working with teens and families from diverse backgrounds and cultures