SCHOOL NURSE

About Common Ground

Common Ground High School is the nation’s longest-running environmental charter high school, founded in 1997. Our 230 students form an inclusive, powerful community of learners and leaders. These students benefit from a unique learning environment: an urban farm and 20-acre site, home to state of the art school facilities, adjacent to West Rock Ridge State Park, and located in the City of New Haven. We strive to create a learning environment grounded in foundational building blocks: rigor, responsive relationships, relevance that’s rooted in the local community and environment, and real roles & rights.

Common Ground High School is part of a community nonprofit organization that also operates an urban farm and community environmental education center. As a whole, Common Ground is a center for learning and leadership, inviting people across ages and identities to connect to their urban environment, build community, grow into their full potential, and contribute to a just and sustainable world. We work toward this mission through active, authentic learning rooted in justice and our environment: a farm, in a forest, in a city.

About The Position

Common Ground High School seeks a full time School Nurse to join our small, inclusive school community. The School Nurse adheres to and incorporates the Standards of School Nursing Practice while performing his/her responsibilities, as adopted by the National Association of School Nursing, including:

• Collecting data regarding the health and developmental status of the individual;
• Identifying and evaluating individual chronic health needs and referring as appropriate;
• Assessing and making referrals for injuries (including first aid) and acute illnesses;
• Coordinating and implementing mandated screening tests;
• Discussing and counseling students and parents/guardians on findings and implications of health assessment/screenings;
• Administering medication and providing specialized physical health care procedures as prescribed;
• Communicating with parents/guardians and health care providers regarding student’s response to medication and procedures;
• Collaborating with evaluation/intervention teams to discuss and plan for health, safety and educational needs of individual students in the school community;
• Providing health information/in-services in the schools and community;
• Maintaining school health and immunization records;
• Training and supervising of the administration of medication by school personnel;
• Training and delegating of specialized physical health care to other school personnel;
• Collaborating with other health care providers and educators to identify, design, implement, and evaluate health curriculum;
• Assuming responsibility for pursuing continued professional growth and development through education and national certification;
• Participating in research concerning school and community, including the collection of health data, evaluation and outcomes;
• Acting as an advocate for the health rights of individuals and their families in the school setting and community at large;

• Possession of a valid, current Registered Nurse license issued by the State of Connecticut;
• Graduation from an accredited National League of Nursing (N.L.N.) program with: a Bachelor of Science Degree in nursing, or a diploma from a three-year hospital school of nursing, or an Associate Degree in nursing;
• Two years full time employment in nursing within the past five years, preferably one year in public health, pediatric or emergency room nursing or related specialty;
• Current cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) certification;
• Valid and current Connecticut driver’s license;
• Knowledge and understanding of the principles, practices and techniques of professional nursing, including growth and development of school-aged child and youth;
• Ability to provide direction and guidance to others on the health team;
• Knowledge of current community health issues;
• Knowledge of functions and services of other community agencies and resources
• Commitment to and skill in providing help care in a way that affirms and is responsive to the racial, cultural, linguistic, gender, sexual, religious, ability, economic, and other identities of our student body.

Common Ground is committed to the recruitment and retention of staff that is reflective of the communities we work with. We strongly encourage applicants from people of color, immigrants, women, people with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ community, and other underrepresented and historically marginalized groups.

This position will report to the Assistant Director of Human Resources & Operations. Compensation is based on experience and bachelor’s/master’s degree status, from $52,100 to $73,822 per year, per Common Ground’s union contract. Additional opportunities for summer nursing work above and beyond this 10-month contract may be available in Common Ground’s summer camps for younger children.

Please send cover letter and resume to applications@nhep.com.

Nondiscrimination Policy and Notice

Pursuant to Title IX and its regulations (“Final Rule” released on April 19, 2024), the Board of Directors has adopted and implemented a policy stating that the Common Ground District does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity it operates, including admission and employment. Common Ground High School does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, status as a veteran, status as a victim of domestic violence, marital status, pregnancy or related conditions, national origin, protective hairstyles, alienage, ancestry, age, disability, or any other basis prohibited by law and prohibits discrimination, including harassment, in any education program or activity it operates. The Board shall provide protections from all forms of sex-based harassment, including sexual violence and unwelcome sex-based conduct that creates a hostile environment by limiting or denying a person’s ability to participate in or benefit from a school’s education program or activity. The Common Ground District shall take prompt and effective action to end any sex discrimination in its education programs or activities to provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of sex discrimination complaints, prevent recurrence, and remedy its effects. To that end, the District shall act promptly and effectively in response to information about conduct that reasonably may constitute discrimination, including sexual violence and other forms of sex-based harassment. The district shall also ensure that all school employees are trained about their obligations to address sex discrimination and their obligations to notify or provide contact information for the Title IX Coordinator. The Common Ground Board of Directors Non-discrimination policy includes protections for students, employees, and applicants against discrimination based on pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, lactation, related medical conditions, or recovery from these conditions and shall provide reasonable modifications for students based on pregnancy or related conditions, allow for lactation for employees, and access to a clean, private lactation space for students and employees. Common Ground shall not disclose personally identifiable information obtained through complying with Title IX, with limited exceptions, such as when there had been prior written consent or when the information is disclosed to the parent of a minor. Retaliation against anyone who, in good faith, makes a report of harassment or discrimination, files a complaint of harassment or discrimination, serves as a witness, or participates in an investigation or grievance process is also a violation of Common Ground District’s non-discrimination policy and is prohibited.

Compensation details: 52100-73822 Yearly Salary

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