Nurse, Per Diem at Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, CT

• Job Category: Staff, Health Center
• Employee Type: Non-Exempt
• Minimum Experience: 1 Year

Description

The per diem nurse position at Choate Rosemary Hall is an unique opportunity to care for students in a residential boarding school setting. The position requires interest and ability to work autonomously as well as part of a health center team. In consultation with our nurse practitioners and adolescent specialist physician, the per diem nurse provides nursing care for students in our school-based health center and 10 bed infirmary. The per diem nurse also provides triage, first-aid and other care to students. This position requires exceptional clinical and organizational skills, flexibility, and a love of working with teens. Effective, nonjudgmental and compassionate communication with students and families, faculty, staff and the entire health center team is essential.

This is a per diem, non-exempt, non-benefits eligible position scheduled during the academic year only, this role is not scheduled to work during school breaks. The base rate pay range for this position is $35.00-$40.00 per hour.

Shift differentials are paid for evening, night, and weekend hours.

Work Performed

• Administer medications and treatments prescribed for patients; maintain records of diagnoses, treatments, and medications administered.
• Provide triage and supportive care. Develop and implement nursing care plans and evaluate patient's progress and nursing care given.
• Conduct primary physical assessments, give emergency first-aid, complete point of care testing as indicated, and initiate referrals as necessary.
• Maintain safe and nurturing environment of care in the 10-bed infirmary, including offering food and drink, changing linens, and coordinating services with facilities and food services
• Provide education and support to students, families and staff.
• Maintain inventory for medical equipment and supplies as well as other health center resources.
• Complete quality assurance testing for CLIA-waived tests and equipment in the laboratory.
• Perform other related nursing and supportive care.

Requirements

• Graduation from accredited Nursing program, current nursing registration (or pending registration) from the State of Connecticut
• Must have one year minimum RN experience with adolescent health.
• School health experience preferred.
• Must have the ability to work independently with excellent physical assessment skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Summary

Working at Choate: Choate Rosemary Hall is a coeducational, independent secondary school located in central Connecticut with 850 boarding and day students and over 350 employees. Choate serves intellectually gifted and motivated students of diverse backgrounds from across the globe whose commitment to serious study is enhanced in an academically challenging and personally supportive setting.

Choate provides students with transformative and meaningful experiences that instill lifelong habits of learning, leadership, and service, shaped by innovative and passionate educators. Teaching faculty at Choate are innovative, collaborative, and committed to our students' intellectual, social, emotional, and character development. Our faculty understands that each of our students has the potential for growth and works to encourage students to develop their own ideas and voices in learner-centered environments.

For its students and employees alike, Choate strives to be a diverse and inclusive community where all feel valued and embraced. On our campus, principled individuals from diverse backgrounds are united through common purpose, active engagement, and mutual respect. We celebrate differences and the richness of our varied backgrounds and experiences. Recognizing that working in an inclusive community can also present challenges, we embrace those challenges through ongoing dialogue and interaction, enhancing empathy and appreciation for those whose perspectives differ from our own.

Choate prohibits in all its programs, including hiring and employment practices, discrimination against or harassment of any member or group based upon age, gender, race, color, national origin, ancestry, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, genetic information, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other category protected by Connecticut or federal law, except in the case of a bona fide occupational qualification.