• School Day Nurse

    Mount Prospect Academy • Keene, NH 03431

    Job #2681260008

  • Mount Prospect Academy

    School Nurse (RN or APRN) - Day School

    Reports to: Director of Academics

    FLSA Status: Part-time (20 hours per week) Optional Hybrid Schedule and Competitive Salary.
    Location: Keene, NH

    Are you a compassionate healthcare professional looking for a fulfilling opportunity working with youths?
    Join our team at Ashuelot Valley Academy in Keene, NH as a School Nurse (RN or APRN) for our day shift. In this role, you'll oversee the medical needs of our students, ensuring the safe administration of medications and adherence to state and federal guidelines for their well-being. If you're dedicated to promoting wellness and providing exceptional care, we invite you to apply now and be a part of our mission to support student health and success!

    Company Background

    Welcome to Mount Prospect Academy (MPA), a rapidly growing nonprofit agency founded in 2003, with the goal of helping struggling adolescents find a “zest for life" and succeed in the “business of life.”

    MPA has evolved to offer a variety of mental health support services to a diverse population of “hard to treat” and “difficult to place” adolescents. Our targeted services include home and community-based treatment, residential treatment programs, group homes, and special education schools. MPA is known for its ability to achieve successful outcomes with difficult-to-serve individuals throughout New England.

    Mission:

    MPA's mission is to provide a caring, safe therapeutic environment where students have the opportunity to grow and acquire the skills they need to reach their educational and social potential. We aim to develop trusting relationships with students and facilitate experiences that promote their ability to self-regulate; manage thoughts and feelings; and develop feelings of safety, confidence, and competency.

    Summary of Job Responsibilities: This position provides oversight and supervision of the medical needs of our students. The Nurse is responsible for overseeing medication administration and ensuring that our students' overall general physical health is met in accordance with state and federal guidelines. General responsibilities are as follows:
    • Maintain clinical licensure and abide by licensing requirements.
    • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
    • Abide by, and assist in continued development of, policies and procedures.
    • Develop a baseline knowledge of health information regarding students.
    • Review intake information for relevant information, assessments and to ensure copy of immunization record and most recent physical (within 30 days) is on file.
    • Assess students with medical ailments providing services and referral as needed.
    • Contact physicians, when applicable, confirming prescriptions and other relevant information.
    • Monitor side effects of medications.
    • Obtain permission from parent/guardian for any medication changes, and document in CaraSolva.
    • Create MAR for each student and oversee medication administration.
    • Provide trainings to faculty regarding medication administration and other health needs.
    • Maintain dialogue with all faculty to ensure that they receive needed student specific health information.
    • Maintain regular communication with the family/guardian regarding student's health needs.
    • Maintain regular communication with student's primary care physicians and medical providers when authorized and when necessary to manage a specialty medical condition.
    • Maintain and order medication supplies.
    • Maintain current documentation for each student of all services provided, medication administered, and outside contacts made in accordance with policy (document all services within 24 hours).
    • Perform such other duties as assigned by the Director of Academics.
    Qualifications:
    • Registered Nurse (RN) or APRN
    • Minimum 2 years of experience working with adolescents
    • Satisfactory background check
    • Authorized to work in the United States

    Mount Prospect Academy assures equal opportunity and public access and, if necessary, affirmative action in all its policies regarding employment and provision of services. MPA does not discriminate in its hiring, programs or policies on the bases of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, sex, marital status or sexual orientation.

    Mount Prospect Academy strongly recommends, but does not require, that all MPA faculty (employees) stay protected against COVID-19 by getting their primary vaccine series and stay up to date with a booster dose if they are eligible to receive one.




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