Careers

A school nurse plays a vital role in promoting the health and well-being of students by providing direct
care, managing chronic conditions, administering medications, and responding to medical emergencies.
They conduct health screenings, maintain accurate health records, and collaborate with educators,
parents, and healthcare providers to create a safe and supportive school environment. In addition to
addressing physical health needs, school nurses also support students’ mental and emotional well-being,
offering guidance and referrals when necessary. Their work ensures that students are healthy, safe, and
ready to learn.

Qualifications:

• Current licenses as a registered professional nurse in Pennsylvania.
• Current certification in Infant, Child, and Adult BLS.
• A Bachelor’s Degree based upon a four-year curriculum in an accredited college.
• Experience with child and adolescent health care and health assessment.
• Experience with Emergency Management.
• Ability to use clinic/medical equipment; basic pharmacology knowledge.
• Good oral and written communication skills.

General Work Expectations:

• Attends to students who are injured or who become ill while at school, administers
  first-aid and other emergency nursing treatment, and arranges for medical attention
  where the circumstances indicate.
• Administers medication according to physician or licensed health care provider’s orders.
• Assists in selecting first-aid supplies to be kept at the school and secures and carries out
  medically approved written instructions for care of sick or injured students.
• Confers with students and parents regarding health problems when requested.
• Assists the Pittsburgh Public certified school nurse with a variety of screening activities
  to ascertain student health appraisal.
• Excludes and readmits students in accordance with existing school health regulations
  and policies.
• Assists with in-service training activities by giving instructions to students and school
  personnel in such subjects as nutrition, rest and relaxation, communicable diseases,
  home health care, and CPR. Informs and educates such information to parents.
• Maintains accurate and clear health records of school children in accordance with
  applicable regulations and procedures.
• Assists teachers and health authorities when special community health programs are
  carried out.
• Collaborates with the school athletic director to comply with PIAA pre-participation physical
  examinations and clearances as well as parent recertification for additional sport
  seasons.
• Performs other related work as required.

Wellness Coordinator:

• Functioning as the school nurse and performing all duties as related to that position
  including student medications, illnesses, first aid, and managing the health room and all
  of the school health records.
• Designing, facilitating and promoting all wellness initiatives facility wide.
• Must effectively lead and manage all health related programs, chairs wellness committee
  meetings, and design wellness publications in coordination with the strategic
  development department.
• Must evaluate health risk assessments and surveys to establish effective wellness
  initiatives relevant to Community Day School staff based on annual statistics.
• Supports the Employee Health department initiatives as needed.

• Working with both the instructional and non-instructional areas of the school to develop
  and promote well-planned safety programs for all students, staff and all others involved
  with the district.
• Provide the leadership and direction to develop, implement, and oversee a sound school
  safety program.
• Organize and direct a school safety committee to develop, review, and assess school
  safety programs and procedures. Serve as a resource to the safety committee.
• Oversee planning and implementation of in-servicing of school personnel on various
  safety topics.
• Review data from safety inspections and accident reports and ensure implementation of
  recommendations.
• Maintain a standardized record keeping system for all accidents with periodic review and
  follow-up. Submit workers compensation claims as required.
• Ensure school-wide compliance with Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) requirements.
• Assist building administrators with monthly fire drills.

Emergency Management Coordinator:

• Coordinate the development, implementation and maintenance of a school wide,
  comprehensive, all hazards emergency management program to prepare for and direct
  the actions of the school community in the event of an emergency.
• Conducts assessments, reviews and self-inspections. Analyzes and interprets results,
  recommends appropriate corrective actions, communicates results and follows-up on
  issues or concerns until completion.
• Develops, coordinates, facilitates and maintains crisis management policies and
  procedures and emergency operations activities ensuring adherence to the emergency
  management goals of: Protecting life, health, and safety; Securing and protecting
  facilities, property and equipment from loss; Maintaining essential academic and
  business services and operations; Providing for restoration of services, functions, and
  facilities as timely as possible; Continuously assessing the effectiveness of the policies,
  procedures, activities and organizational structure and provide feedback for continuous
  improvements.
• Serves as a contact with federal, state, and local emergency response groups. Develop
  relationships with local fire, law enforcement, EMS providers and local emergency
  management groups.
  Reviews and updates policies, programs, and procedures ensuring inclusion of any new
  legal requirements.
• Keeps abreast of changes to laws and regulations that impact the school. Utilizes best
  practices in emergency management and planning.
• Reviews and investigates workers compensation incidents, compiling findings and
  recommendations for corrective actions into summary reports.
• Develops, implements, and coordinates school-wide emergency training. Prepare and
  deliver appropriate training to all employees of the school community.
• Assists with the design, development and implementation of: disaster preparedness
  plans and training programs, emergency operations drills, department level emergency
  and mitigation plans, and interdepartmental activities. Routinely communicates
  emergency management preparedness measures to all constituents of the school
  community.

Apply Today
Submit your resume to Casey Weiss at cweiss@comday.org and Robert Dinkelmeyer at rdinkelmeyer@comday.org.

Community Day School (CDS) is a phenomenal Jewish day school recognized for academic excellence, strong community, and meaningful Jewish life.

Job Summary: (10 months)

Create a positive and engaging learning environment for students. Plan and deliver age-appropriate
lessons, while fostering the development of students' social, emotional, and cognitive skills. Assess
student progress, provide individualized support, and collaborate with colleagues and parents to ensure
each child's academic and personal growth.

This is not an all-inclusive document. Additional duties, expectations, demands, etc. may be added or
changed to this document on an as-needed basis in order to meet organizational needs. The physical
demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the
essential functions of this job.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
• Pennsylvania teacher’s license preferred
• Proven experience as a teacher.
• Thorough knowledge of teaching best practices.
• Excellent verbal, written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Capacity and desire to differentiate instruction for all students.
• Computer literacy, experience using G-Suite, comfortable learning the school's existing digital tools (mycomday, schoolpass, DOJO, Clever, Goguardian, Lexia, Math in Focus, Zoom...)

Community Day School (CDS) is a phenomenal Jewish day school recognized for academic excellence, strong community, and meaningful Jewish life. 

Job Summary: (10 Months)
Create a positive and engaging learning environment for students. Plan and deliver age-appropriate
learning opportunities, while fostering the development of students' social, emotional, and cognitive skills.
Assess student progress, provide individualized support, and collaborate with colleagues and parents to
ensure each child's academic and personal growth.

This is not an all-inclusive document. Additional duties, expectations, demands, etc. may be added or
changed to this document on an as-needed basis in order to meet organizational needs. The physical
demands are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the
essential functions of this job.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with
disabilities to perform the essential functions.