What are the responsibilities and job description for the School Nurse RN position at American Leadership Academy-Charlotte?
Charter One works with schools across the country to provide all-inclusive education management services. At Charter One we pride ourselves on our thorough knowledge of charter school operations, academics, finance, human resources, information technology, marketing, and more. We handle the day-to-day work so that client school boards can focus on governance and policy issues to be sure that the vision and mission of the school are being carried out properly.
American Leadership Academy-Charlotte is accepting applications for an 11 month School Nurse RN for the 2025-2026 and 2026-2027 school year. Candidates must be willing to undergo a background check.
Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Serves as the direct link between physicians, families, and community health care services and agencies to enhance the quality and continuity of health care for all students.
- Assumes the responsibility of appropriate intervention, management, and/or referral of all students.
- Provides relevant health instruction, counseling, and guidance to students, parents, teachers, and others concerning a variety of acute, chronic health problems, first aid, diseases, and other health related topics.
- Secures and maintains appropriate health office staffing; cover vacancies as needed.
- Upholds professional standards, laws pertaining to health and/or nursing care and district policies.
- Assists the school staff/administration in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating school health programs.
- Completes all state required screenings along with supportive documentation and compilation of reports. Provides reports to Director of Health Services.
- Delegates tasks according to the state board of nursing and the state Nurse Practice Act (NPA).
- Oversees care provided by Health Aides and Unlicensed Assistive Personnel for up to two campuses.
- Assists school personnel in establishing safe and sanitary conditions in the schools.
- Collaborates with parents and other care providers in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care and related school health activities.
- Utilizes established nursing process to assess, analyze, plan, implement, record and evaluate all nursing care.
- Implements school policies regarding communicable disease and infection including exclusion and readmission of students.
- Communicates reportable communicable disease outbreaks to local county health department and Director of Health Services.
- Monitors chronic illnesses and other health problems in students by preparing, implementing and evaluating nursing care plans when appropriate.
- Provides for the performance of physical assessment of children on an as-needed basis.
- Advises school staff regarding modification of educational programs and/or environment to meet health needs of individual students.
- Advises teachers and other supervisory staff on students with special health needs
- Identifies and reports suspected child abuse and neglect per applicable laws and school district policies.
- Monitors and records immunization data per applicable laws and school district policies.
- Assists with Behavioral Health crisis and reporting, serves as a resource for school personnel in navigating behavioral health crisis/emergencies, collaborates with teams and leads debriefings as needed.
- Attends committee meetings and conferences regarding health services and health curriculum.
- Contributes to nursing and school health through innovations in theory and practice and participation in research.
- Participates in evaluation to assure quality of nursing care provided for student and staff.
- Must be able to move about campus in case of emergencies; may have to do some lifting and transporting of students.
- Must have ability to work independently and make sound judgments and decisions in a wide variety of situations under pressure. Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- Valid RN License required (must be licensed in the state of practice, if the practice state is part of the compact, a compact license will be accepted)
- Two years of nursing experience
- Current CPR Certification, AHA preferred
- Pass applicable background check
- Mecklenburg County Fingerprint Card
Preferred Qualifications:
- School Nurse Certification (may be required with 2 years of employment)
- Emergency and pediatric experience
ALA-Charlotte offers a competitive salary that is individually determined based on education and experience. We offer health benefits, paid time off, and 401k investment options. Interested candidates are encouraged to complete an online application and submit the following supporting documentation:
- Current resume
- Letters of recommendation
- Applicable licenses and certificates
If you have any questions about the position, please send an email to apa-jobs@charter.one.