Job Description

Schedule: This is a 12-month position. Four days a week, 10-hour shifts. Includes some holidays and occasional evening/weekends. During the summer, days and hours may shift.

The Madeira School is an independent boarding and day school that educates girls in grades 9-12. The   scenic 376-acre campus is just 10 miles from Washington, DC. Enrolling 335 students from 21 states and 39 countries, Madeira was founded with the vision of leading innovation in girls’ education and the mission of launching women who change the world. During the summer, Madeira runs summer camps which serve kids from age 5 through 8 th grade.

Core responsibilities include:

• Integrates knowledge, skills, and clinical experience to meet the needs of high school students, their families, and the community

• Provides care for well, injured and ill students

• Utilizes standards and guidelines for care delivery

• Provides individualized patient education

• Serves as clinical resource

• Coordinates care for students with outside medical professionals

• Drives student to off-campus medical care; acts as the student’s advocate; serves as the liaison between the provider and the student/student’s family

• Maintains student and camper confidential files and records

• Uses and adapts to a wide array of technology as tools to support the Health and Wellness Program; actively updates computer and software skills

• Provides courteous and appropriate communication with students, parents, faculty and staff

• Active and positive member of the broader school community, building relationships across departments and supporting the Residential Life program

Note: Physical demands of this job include occasional lifting, carrying, pushing, and/or pulling; some stooping, kneeling, crouching, and/or crawling; and significant finger dexterity. Transporting students may be required. This job is performed under conditions with exposure to risk of injury and/or illness.

Requirements:

• Degree from accredited school of nursing

• Registered Nurse in Virginia or multi-state privilege

• BLS certified

• Adolescent/Triage experience preferred

• Valid driver’s license required

• Strong interpersonal, communication, analytical and organizational skills

• Ability to work independently and as part of team

• Ability to work in both the well-child area as well as the area for students with health concerns

• Ability to innovate, problem solve and think creatively

• Ability to use and adapt to a wide-array of technology as tools to support the Health and Wellness Program; familiarity with EHR systems. 

• Be a practitioner of diversity, equity and inclusion

• Uphold the School’s professional standards including punctuality, courtesy and discretion

• Ability to support the residential program; ability to work occasional evening/weekend  

About The Madeira School

Founded in 1906, The Madeira School is one of the nations’ top secondary schools for girls. Located just outside Washington DC, Madeira enrolls approximately 330 boarding and daygirls in grades 9-12. The school has a long tradition of rigorous academics and one of the country’s oldest Experiential Learning programs, currently known as Co-Curriculum. As an all-girls college preparatory boarding and day school, The Madeira School is dedicated to providing girls with a top-notch education and the skills to lead lives of their own making. At Madeira, you will find an extraordinary faculty that engage and challenge the minds of our students.

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Job Tags

Holiday work, Full time, Summer work, Shift work, Day shift, Afternoon shift,

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