After School Nurse

The Atlanta Speech School

School Nurse/After School and Extended Day (part-time)

Start Date: August 2024

The Atlanta Speech School provides an unmatched opportunity to learn from both peers and experts in the field, and to contribute to the School’s growing body of knowledge. Beyond seeking proficiency, we work to construct a Deep Reading Brain for each child at the School and, through our Rollins Center for Language & Literacy, every child beyond the school. Deep reading requires learning to make connections between what we read to what we think, feel, and do. Through deep reading, children develop empathy, hone critical thinking, and go on to make the greatest possible difference in the lives of others.

• We believe in connection over compliance. Rather than silencing children, we teach them to listen - and to think, to question, and to solve. 
• Our staff works together to know and serve each child from within an intentional learning ecosystem that is as joyful as it is rigorous. 
• Our practices are grounded in structured literacy and built on the sciences of healthy brain development, language acquisition, and the construction of the Deep Reading Brain.  This work is intentionally centered around critical thinking, empathy, problem solving and the development of executive functions.

We are committed to providing a community through which all our students, families, and staff show up safely as themselves and for each other. As stewards of this environment, it is our responsibility to ensure safety extends to every person, inclusive of all races /ethnicities, religions, genders, family structures, sexual orientations, and any other aspect of their identity. 

The School has never turned away a child in need of services based on their family’s financial circumstances. 

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Atlanta Speech School is seeking a school nurse for its afterschool and extended day programs.  This is a part-time position (15 hours per week) (Monday – Friday; 3:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.) The school nurse is in charge of all health and safety issues in the school related to students and staff.  This person is responsible for planning, implementing, coordinating, and evaluating school health services.  The school nurse serves in the roles of direct care provider, collaborator/advocate, educator, and health counselor for the entire school.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES OF THE POSITION:

• Provide health care consultation and direct care for Speech School students and staff

• Administer medication to students with written permission from parents; maintain log and accurate records of treatments and medication dispensed

• Maintain contact with parents regarding student medical information, referrals and reports

• Coordinate and participate in the establishment, review, and implementation of school health services, policies and procedures

• Document, compile, and analyze data for reports on school health services

• Participate in the development of the School’s emergency health and crisis plan and establish

and implement protocol for emergency medical treatment

• Implement communicable disease control in the school, including monitoring, surveillance, and disease

Prevention

• Track and follow up on immunization records to assure compliance with state health department requirements

• Serve as liaison between the school and local health service agencies/providers and community resources

• Coordinate the establishment of guidelines, procedures, equipment maintenance and training in First Aid/CPR

and AED programs for staff

• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS:

• B.S. degree in nursing and current Georgia registered nurse license

• Current CPR/first aid certificate and first aid instructor certificate

• Minimum of two years experience working with children, preferably in a school setting

• Ability to adapt to rapid transitions between varied tasks

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Strong interpersonal and organization skills

SALARY: Salary is commensurate with credentials and experience.

TO APPLY:

Please provide a cover letter, resume, certification, and transcripts.

CONTACT:

Iris Goodson

Director of Human Resources

Subject line: School Nurse - After school/Extended Day

Atlanta Speech School

Founded over 85 years ago, the Atlanta Speech School has evolved into four school divisions, four clinical programs, Rollins Center for Language & Literacy professional development program and Rollins’ free online Cox Campus. Across all our programs we are driven to ensure that each child can find their voice. The School has never turned away a child in need of our specialized services based on their family’s financial circumstances.

We are the educational equivalent of a teaching hospital. With our vision of literacy and justice for all, we lead equity-based change by extending our work beyond our campus. What occurs in the classroom for each child at the Atlanta Speech School is made available to every teacher by way of our free online professional learning platform, Cox Campus. Cox Campus’ membership is composed of more than 270,000 educators, leaders, healthcare professionals and parents representing all fifty states and 100 countries.  

The School, across all its programs, attracts a staff of the most gifted and committed teaching professionals who apply the research of the nation’s leading experts on early healthy brain development, language acquisition and Deep Reading Brain.