Rocketship Public Schools · 22 hours ago
Lead School Nurse
Nashville, TN
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$30.50/hr - $34/hrRocketship Public Schools is a non-profit network of public elementary charter schools dedicated to unleashing the potential of every student. The Lead School Nurse plays a vital role in ensuring students' safety and success by addressing their medical needs, providing core health services, and collaborating with families and school staff.
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Responsibilities
Demonstrate positive, collaborative problem-solving orientation with students, parents and guardians, educators, administrators, community members, and colleagues
Provide core services including: prevention, consultation, intervention, assessment, and counseling. Services include, but are not limited to, conducting observations, collecting data, reviewing student records, conferring with teachers and parents, interviewing students, conducting functional behavior assessments, counseling (individual and group), planning behavior interventions, and conducting in-services and professional development. These core services are adapted to the particular needs of each student, situation, and setting
Train and develop school nurses and school leaders
Ensure regional completion of IHPs, Immunizations, and other School Health Documentation
Help all stakeholders understand child development and how it affects student performance academically and social/emotionally
Serve in a consultative role with designated personnel to offer prevention and intervention strategies related to learning and behavioral problems of students; and provide consultation on an on-going basis to teachers, parents, and other school personnel to resolve students’ learning and behavioral problems
Assist in identifying needed community resources for students and makes appropriate referrals to resources to facilitate educational and behavioral interventions recommended for student success
Deliver crisis response and intervention services to students, families and staff, when needed
Provide group and individual therapy and classroom support to general education students, as well as monitor the students’ responses to the interventions identified
Complete special education pre-referral paperwork and attend multidisciplinary team meetings
Develop and monitor student responses to behavior intervention plans, including providing support and consultation to general and special education teachers
Conduct functional behavior assessments and social history evaluations and communicate the results to all team members in parent-friendly language
Complete and monitor the pre-referral paperwork as it relates to the social/ emotional functioning of students
Complete paperwork for students with 504 plans, as well as monitor the implementation of the accommodations identified in the plans
Serve as a school liaison to social service agencies and community
Monitor and develop school-wide plans to address student attendance
Participate in mediation, administrative reviews, hearings and due process proceedings, as needed
Participate in disciplinary proceedings: expulsions, manifestations, and causation meetings
Be available for Open Houses, Parent-Teacher Conferences and other events involving parents outside of normal operating hours
Believe deeply in the mission and values of Rocketship and subscribe to Rocketship’s Five Core Values
Hold high expectations for each student and exhibit positive rapport with all students
Demonstrate strong knowledge of therapy models
Implement the school-wide student management policies within classrooms and everywhere on campus
Create and fosters a positive learning environment
Establish and maintain strong communication lines with all parents
Remain on call in the evenings (via school cell phone) to provide student support
Qualification
Required
Registered nurse (RN) in the state of TN
Commitment to working with underserved students
Pass a criminal background check, as required by law
Preferred
Experience working in an urban public school
Company
Rocketship Public Schools
At Rocketship Public Schools, we believe in the infinite possibility of human potential.
Founded in 2006
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$3.3M2012-12-15Grant· $0.1M
2011-12-15Grant· $0.1M
2011-05-11Series Unknown· $3M
Leadership Team
Preston Smith
Co - Founder & CEO
Recent News
2025-09-18
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