Position Type: Part-Time, Non-Exempt

Schedule: 4 hours per day (9:00 - 1:00) August 1 through closing exercises, with additional hours for clinics; opportunities to sub for the full-time nurse and optional summer camp work, 33 hours per week, based on applicant interest.

Reports To: Wellness Department Head

Position Summary

The Part-Time School Nurse provides high-quality nursing care and clinical support to the school community. This role focuses on direct student care, injury management, and assisting with the maintenance of a safe and healthy learning environment. The nurse acts as a professional resource for students, families, and faculty.

Key Responsibilities

Nursing Services & Clinical Care

• Provide medically prescribed interventions and high-quality nursing care to ill or injured children.
• Provide immediate first aid to students, faculty, and staff, and respond promptly to all medical emergencies across campus.
• Assist in managing acute and chronic conditions such as diabetes, asthma, and allergies.
• Support standard rest plans for injuries, surgeries, and concussions in collaboration with the lead nurse and athletic trainer.
• Provide counseling and intervention for frequently encountered health issues, communicating with compassion and clarity.
  
  

Administrative Support & Compliance

• Maintain accurate, comprehensive, and confidential electronic health records for students encountered during shifts.
• Assist with collection, review, and processing of all required student summer health forms to ensure medical compliance before the start of the school year.
• Assist with the review of student health forms and state-mandated immunization reporting as directed.
• Support the coordination and execution of annual health screenings and clinics.
• Collaborate with faculty and staff regarding students with special health needs while ensuring parental consent is obtained for sharing sensitive information.
• Attend safety and student support meetings when appropriate.

Professional Practice

• Apply nursing theory and expert knowledge in health assessment to guide clinical decisions.
• Stay current on communicable disease control, injury prevention, and management of acute/chronic conditions.
• Help monitor and maintain the inventory of medical supplies.
• Provide occasional health education to students and families on topics such as healthy eating, illness prevention, and communicable disease response.
• A commitment to self-directed learning and continuous professional development.

Required Qualifications

• Current, valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Rhode Island.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Nursing (BSN or MSN).
• Preferred minimum of 2 years of experience as an RN in child health, community health, or a relevant clinical setting.
• Preferred certification as a Rhode Island School Nurse Teacher (SNT).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment with frequent interruptions.
• Strong technical abilities, including a solid understanding of EHR systems and data management best practices. Ideally has proficiency working with data and navigating/managing a medical records platform. Understands the intricacies of integrated platforms and the ways in which they can communicate back and forth.
  
  

Physical Demands

• Must be able to move quickly across campus to respond to medical emergencies.

Ability to assist students and manage medical equipment as needed.

About Moses Brown School

Founded in 1784, Moses Brown School has been a leader in education for over 235 years. We have a proven tradition of academic excellence, a commitment to great teaching, and a dedication to fostering character and confidence in young people. Our stunning 33-acre campus—formerly the farm of 18th-century Quaker abolitionist leader Moses Brown—provides expansive academic, artistic, and athletic facilities right in the heart of Providence. We are a Quaker school, one of the oldest and largest of a network of 80 Friends schools in the U.S. While each is independent, we all share the same essential mission: to nurture and celebrate each child’s special gifts, talents, and identities—what Quakers refer to as their Inner Light. Rooted in the Quaker values of simplicity and integrity, community and equality, care and peace, we apply these values every day to create an academic culture of deep reflection, expansive curiosity, and spirited inquiry. At Moses Brown School,100 faculty members serve nearly 800 students ages 3-18, with a student-to-teacher ratio of 8:1. We offer a rigorous academic program, and highly motivated Upper School students can also choose from among dozens of AP and ...honors courses for additional challenge. Small classes and advisories help cultivate the strong connections with faculty that are a hallmark of the Upper School. The student experience is incredibly varied, including 17 musical and performance groups across the school, 50 clubs and activities, and 63 athletic teams competing in 17 different sports. And while individual achievement is celebrated, learning at Moses Brown is a shared enterprise. We foster a close sense of community, evident in collaborative relationships between students and teachers and in our weekly meeting for worship. Our diverse community is strong enough to hold hundreds of brilliant, unique, independent-minded people. With $7 million awarded annually in need-based financial aid, Moses Brown partners with many families to make a shared investment in bright, caring, and thoughtful children from all socioeconomic backgrounds. And with 28% of our student body being people of color, our community reflects the demographics of our drawing area. Ours is an education that is time-tested, fully immersive, and ever more relevant to today’s world. To learn more about Moses Brown School, please visit www.mosesbrown.org.

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