DISTRICT CHRONIC DISEASE RESOURCE NURSE

Student Equity & Opportunity - Nursing Services

235 work days

FTE: 1.0

Salary Range: $58,191 - $70,513

Essential Functions and Objectives:

Coordinates and facilitates the delivery of school nursing services to manage the medical needs of students with chronic/infectious/nuisance health conditions. Serves as a liaison between primary health providers, parents, students and school administrators and school nurses. The position will increase school nursing services in schools with minimal school nurse coverage and bridge the gaps by expediting school health services to students with chronic health conditions and disabilities. Provides consultation to DPS school nurses, school leaders and unlicensed health care providers, in 504 plans, and/or IEPS for students with significant/chronic health conditions. Provide direct services to students in the absence of the school nurse and facilitate delegation, ongoing training and supervision of both licensed and unlicensed health care. Lead in organizing nursing supports to summer programs.

Personal & Value:

- Raises personal standards of performance through focus on professional expertise and management. Supports department and schools in change management.

Vision & Strategy:

- Sets clear, measurable, and coherent annual Chronic Health Supports goals aligned to the vision and strategic plan of Student Equity & Opportunity. - Encourages and effectively incorporates new ideas and innovative thinking across all aspects of the teams' school supports. Develops and monitors procedures for medical delegation.

Operational & Organizational:

- Has deep knowledge of culturally relevant practices, and uses data driven decision making to improve services to best impact student achievement. Responsible for data management system for chronic diseases and utilizes data to improve services.

- Lead in organizing nursing supports to summer programs.

- Models customer service to school staff, central staff, and students.

People & Culture:

- Develops professional learning on chronic health conditions and other nursing services. Is a positive role model for building level nurses.

- Reviews customer service data and student health data to improve services. Serves as collaborative team member and leader in nursing.

Community & Equity:

- Collaborates with before and after school programs, local hospitals, school based health clinics and medical programs.

- Ensure decisions promote equity for all students, particularly students of color and students struggling to be successful due to health issues, by having a social justice lens. Provides training and support to students and parents.

- Establishes and fosters successful cross functional relationships that strengthen the work of the team and schools and promote positive student outcomes.

Knowledge & Other Qualifications:

- Demonstrates the ability to communicate orally and in writing to diverse groups of stakeholders.

- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills, including the ability to collaborate with building leaders.

- Aptitude for variety and changing expectations and fast based environment.

- Knowledge of school nursing, chronic diseases.

- Experience providing staff coaching and support.

- Experience with data analyze and data driven decision making.

- Strong voice for social justice and equity.

- Ability to provide innovative solutions to challenging situations.

- Knowledgeable of professional school nursing practice standards and demonstrate sound critical thinking skills.

- P resents a strong professional presence that exemplifies competency, integrity and credibility.

- S erves as a role model for all stakeholders.

- B ilingual preferred.

Licensure Requirements:

- Department of Regulatory Agencies RN License

- Professional Special Services Provider License with Birth to 21 endorsement as a School Nurse through the Colorado of Education

Education & Experience Requirements:

- Bachelor of Science in Nursing Masters in Nursing or a related field

- Preferred Master's in Nursing

- Minimum 5 years School Nurse Experience

- M inimum 3 years program development preferred.

- Minimum 2 years experience in a Leadership role.

About Denver Public Schools:

Denver Public Schools is committed to meeting the educational needs of every student with great schools in every neighborhood. Our goal is to provide every child in Denver with rigorous, enriching educational opportunities from preschool through high school graduation. DPS is comprised of nearly 200 schools including traditional, magnet, charter and alternative pathways schools, with an enrollment of more than 90,000 students.

Under the leadership of Superintendent Tom Boasberg and guided by the tenets of The Denver Plan, DPS has become the fastest-growing school district in the country in terms of enrollment and the fastest-growing large school district in the state in terms of student academic growth. Learn more at dpsk12.org.

Denver Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.