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• Middle/Upper School Nurse
  Job Type: Actively Recruiting

  Start Date: 07/01/2025

  Location: Episcopal School of Baton Rouge

Description

The Episcopal School of Baton Rouge seeks a Middle and Upper School Nurse to work with students in 6th grade through 12th grade for the 2025-2026 academic year. This is a twelve-month, full-time position with annual renewal beginning July 1, 2025.

Description of the School

Episcopal School of Baton Rouge, a college preparatory educational community of approximately 950 students and approximately 170 professionals, includes grades PreK-3 through 12 and embraces the whole-child educational philosophy. As an Episcopal school, Episcopal School of Baton Rouge was created to be a diverse institution of educational and human development for all persons, regardless of origin, background, ability, or religion. We are created to “strive for justice and peace among all people and [to] respect the dignity of every human being.” Episcopal is known for its academic performance, for its attention to the spiritual lives of its students, and for offering a wide range of opportunities for student education and development. Opportunities to excel in academics, arts, athletics, service, and community leadership characterize the school’s program.

Requirements

General Duties

● Support the school in keeping students healthy, safe, and ready to learn. Advocate for safety by participating in the development of school safety and wellness plans.
● Support the school’s development of policies, programs, and procedures for the provision of school health services relying on student-centered, evidence-based practice and performance data to inform care.
● Deliver health care that preserves and protects student and family autonomy, dignity, privacy, and other rights, being sensitive to the diversity in the school setting.
● Be available to notify parents/ guardians or emergency contacts (if necessary) and assist any students who become ill or injured.
● Develop plans for student care based on assessment, interventions, and identification of outcomes, and the evaluation of care. Oversee medication administration and health care procedures.
● Communicate serious student health conditions and food allergy information, and student health plans with teachers and administration.
● Consult and communicate with parents/guardians, teachers, counselors, administration, and other school personnel to support student health.
● Manage the school health management system, Magnus, by ensuring all student health records are current and complete. Communicate with families when health records are needed.
● Provide health-related education to students and staff in both individual and group settings, including CPR and AED device training for faculty, staff, and upper school students.
● Monitor communicable diseases and oversee infection control measures, including contact tracing.
● Make decisions related to the delegation of health care tasks as directed by state laws and professional practice guidance.
● Stay up-to-date with federal, state, and local health reporting requirements, including reporting communicable disease transmission, immunization records, and injury reports.
● Maintain inventory and ordering of medical supplies for the infirmary.
● Maintain and issue first aid kits for off-campus field trips.
● Coordinate additional health services such as health screenings, blood drives, etc., offered on campus.

Personal and Professional Characteristics

● An R.N. degree is required.
● Nursing experience in middle or upper school and/or an independent school is desired.
● Appreciates and understands middle and upper school-aged children and demonstrates a loving and nurturing temperament.
● Approachable; a strong communicator able to engage with students, parents, faculty, staff, and administration.
● A balanced perspective of tradition and forward thinking; a person who appreciates the past and employs creative vision for the future in line with the School’s mission, ministry, and culture.
● Embraces the whole child educational philosophy and puts students first.

Our School Mission
As a ministry of the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, Episcopal School of Baton Rouge nurtures and develops the whole child -- spiritually, intellectually, morally, physically, and artistically -- through challenging academic and co-curricular programs which prepare our graduates for college and for purposeful lives.

Our Episcopal Identity
Episcopal schools are Christian communities whose missions integrate spiritual formation into all aspects of the educational experience in a graceful and inclusive way. Even the most diverse of Episcopal schools are created to be communities that honor, celebrate and worship God as the center of life. We are created to be models of God’s love and grace. We are created to serve God in Christ in all persons, regardless of origin, background, ability, or religion. We are created to “strive for justice and peace among all people and [to] respect the dignity of every human being.”

Episcopal schools have been established, however, not solely as communities for Christians, like a parish church, but as diverse institutions of educational and human development for people of all faiths and backgrounds. Episcopal schools are populated by a rich variety of human beings, from increasingly diverse religious, cultural, and economic backgrounds. By weaving the principles of meaningful school worship, rich community life, foundational religious education, and striving for social justice into the very fabric of the school’s overall life, Episcopal schools ensure that we challenge all who attend our schools to build lives of genuine meaning, purpose, and service in the world they will inherit.

Submission Information

Episcopal will offer a competitive salary and benefits for this position. Digital applications are preferred and welcomed at https://www.episcopalbr.org/discover-episcopal/careers or can be emailed to [email protected]. Please include an employment application, cover letter, resume, and a copy of transcripts. Application materials can also be sent to Attn: Employment, Episcopal School of Baton Rouge, 3200 Woodland Ridge Blvd., Baton Rouge, LA 70816.

Episcopal School of Baton Rouge is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment upon any basis, including race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, political affiliation or military service.