Early Childhood Education/Day Care Nurse

School Nurse for Early Childhood Education/Child Care Center (Brighton)

Job Responsibilities:

• Handling all medical needs of a licensed child care center
• Medical record keeping
• Classroom coverage and support

Compensation: to be determined
Employment type: full-time

The Children's Center Vision-Created by the CCB Staff:

CCB is a safe, early childhood community where everyone learns, plays, and has fun together. We are respectful of one another, embracing individuality. We collaborate with a positive spirit!

Come share our vision of caring for young children in a Center that will become your extended family.

Environment: We are looking for a full time school nurse to work in a well-established child care center with over 50 years of operation.

Requirements: LPN
We are seeking a full time nurse who loves young children, has knowledge of childhood wellness, illness and immunizations, and familiarity with the daily operations of a full day care facility and the OCFS regulations pertaining to child care centers.

A flexible, professional team player with a positive work ethic, excellent communication skills, and willingness to support teachers, children and classroom in a non-nursing capacity.

Job Responsibilities Continued:

• Caring for ill and injured children
• Caring for children the center's Special Health Care Unit until parents pick up when necessary due to center's exclusion policies
• Tracking center illnesses, immunizations, and injuries
• Administering appropriate first aid 
• Record keeping on all allergies and emergency medical plans
• Updating classroom information on allergy, emergency medical plan protocol
• Dispensing medication as requested by parent and completing necessary documentation required by OCFS
• Working closely with parents on the illness exclusion and return to center protocol.
• Working closely with staff
• Classroom coverage on a regular basis as needed to maintain compliance with OCFS regulations
• The nurse is also responsible for following and maintaining New York State's child care licensing regulations regarding health and safety within the center

Pay: To be determined. Employee will receive paid personal days, vacations days, and benefits.

Hours: Monday-Friday

Contact: Questions and inquiries may be sent to Center Director at [email protected] (in Microsoft Word format or pdf) or call (585)770-7778. Resumes may also be submitted to any job board on which this is listing is posted, or directly at our website at childrenscenter.net