Organization Overview

Every School. Every Student. Every Day.

Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) North Carolina, is a network of eight tuition-free, college-preparatory public charter schools educating approximately 3,000 students in grades K-12 in Durham, Halifax, Northampton and Mecklenburg counties. At KIPP NC, we are committed to improving the life outcomes of North Carolina’s children through the delivery of research-based, rigorous curricula that’s clearing the paths that our students choose to follow by ensuring that they have the roadmaps and guideposts they need to arrive at success - however they define it.

At KIPP, we see the unique gifts of everyone who enters our schools—especially our school nurses. Your expertise. Your compassion. Your ability to care for students so they feel safe, supported, and ready to learn. On both the easy days and the challenging ones, you are a trusted source of comfort and care for our school community. That’s why we value you.

Together, our students, schools, families, and communities share a bold mission: to create a future without limits. That future depends on compassionate healthcare professionals like you. Care for our students—and shape the future—by joining KIPP as a School Nurse today.

About the School Nurse Position

The School Nurse reporting to the KIPP School Operations Leader with support from the Principals and Regional Operations Team will collaborate with school staff to maintain a safe and healthy environment for KIPP North Carolina students. They will work with staff and families to provide the highest quality of service to all students. The School Nurse will be a member of the school operations team.

Key responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Supervising a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) to support the medical needs on the Gaston campus.
• Works to remove, modify, or reduce health-related barriers to learning
• Provides well-student care, health care, first aid, immunizations, and assistance to students at their school; creates a comforting and nurturing environment for ill students
• Provides daily, individual care to students, including but not limited to managing daily medications required by students, administering doctor prescribed medications to students and helping students with physical disabilities
• Advises the Director of Operations and other school staff as needed regarding initiatives, processes, and systems necessary to ensure a healthy school community
• Builds emergency preparedness plans and trains all staff on them to ensure staff school-wide are ready for health emergencies
• Communicates daily with families around student wellness and health concerns
• Participates in necessary student health events that may occur on non-school days, e.g., New Student Registration
• Performs screenings for scoliosis, vision, hearing, height, weight, and/or other conditions and make referrals and follow-up
• Completes, updates, and maintains student records (accident reports, health records), and completes and submits reports; effectively and efficiently manages the systems for student health paperwork
• Ensures 100% collection of student health documentation for incoming new students
• Maintains physical student health files and ensures they are organized and up-to-date
• Audits student health files annually
• Transfers all health materials and necessary information for student transfers between campuses
• Maintains the security of confidential information
• Collects and maintains student incident forms, ensuring that all applicable parties have documented all pertinent details
• Collaborates with school staff to create and maintain wellness programming to support healthy opportunities for students
• Maintains all mandated COVID protocols and holds staff and students accountable to those health protocols.

Additional Duties

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. The organization reserves the right to modify, add, or remove duties, and to assign other duties as necessary at any time. Job duties and responsibilities may change based on the needs of the organization.

Required Qualifications

The following is required of all aspiring School Nurse candidates:

• A deep commitment to the mission of KIPP NC and an unwavering belief in the potential of all our students
• Possess a deep commitment to both racial equity and improving the lives of kids from low-income communities; experience working within predominantly Black, Brown, and/or low-income communities
• Bachelors of Science in Nursing
• Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) in the state of North Carolina
• Willingness to become School Nurse certified in North Carolina within 3 years of being hired.
• CPR Certified
• Outstanding organizational skills and attention to detail
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills
• Ability to manage the ambiguity and multiple priorities inherent in an entrepreneurial environment
• Proactive problem solver who demonstrates initiative
• Demonstrated ability to work well with others and build relationships across teams
• Strong work ethic coupled with enthusiastic and passionate approach to one’s work

Preferred Qualifications

The following are not required but are advantageous for candidates:

• Masters degree in nursing and/or school nurse practitioner certificate
• Previous school nursing experience preferred
• National School Nurse Certification highly desired.
• Strong preference for candidates with prior experience in a charter or independent school environment
• Fluency in Spanish

Total Rewards

Salary for this role is commensurate with experience and educational attainment and ranges from $55,000 - $65,000

KIPP North Carolina does not and shall not discriminate on the race, color, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital or parental status, disability, source of income, or status as a veteran in any of its activities or operations.