Early Childhood Compliance Special Education Nurse ( SY25-26) bei Boston Public Schools

Reports to: Senior Director of Health Services

Position Title: Early Childhood Compliance Nurse

General Description:

The Early Childhood Compliance Nurse will ensure that students with medical conditions are able to safely enter, transition, and remain in Boston Public Schools with appropriate health supports. The Compliance Nurse facilitates coordination among families, healthcare providers, hospitals, early intervention programs, community agencies, and school-based staff to support equitable access to education. This position aligns with Boston Public Schools’ Opportunity and Achievement Gap Policy and its commitment to becoming a culturally and linguistically sustaining, anti-racist institution, ensuring that students with special healthcare needs can fully engage in learning and thrive in the school community.

Position Summary and General Responsibilities:

The Early Childhood Compliance Nurse supports the BPS Office of Specialized Services by coordinating the nursing review process for referrals from early intervention and ensuring compliance with HIPAA, FERPA, and district standards. The nurse serves as a key liaison among families, healthcare providers, early intervention centers, and the school district, and provides timely nursing summaries to inform IEP meetings.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Conduct assessments and develop nursing care plans to inform appropriate placement, supports, and services to students transitioning to BPS from Early Intervention.
2. Request and review medical records from providers and specialists using the appropriate HIPAA/FERPA authorization forms for the release of medical information.
3. Collaborate with families, hospitals, early intervention programs, care providers, school nurses, and central office staff to ensure continuity of care.
4. Enter medical information, nursing summaries, and final reports into the electronic health record system and EdPlan while maintaining the highest level of confidentiality, ensuring compliance with HIPAA and FERPA requirements.
5. Provide meeting facilitators and parents with completed health reports prior to scheduled meetings.
6. Document nursing recommendations from IEP meetings in the electronic health record system and EdPlan, maintaining the highest level of confidentiality, ensuring compliance with HIPAA and FERPA requirements.
7. Meet and collaborate with internal district departments and external organizations to collect and integrate information into student health plans.
8. Attend Early Intervention meetings for students across the district.
9. Provide the Senior Director and Assistant Director of Health Services with monthly reports on completed meetings and upcoming assessments.
10. Support the department's monthly professional development series.
11. Performs other duties as requested by the Senior Director of Health Services.

Qualifications - Required:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing
• Current Massachusetts Registered Nurse License

• MA Department of Education School Nurse Licensure, which requires a Masters degree in Nursing, Public Health or NAtional Certification

• Current certification in CPR, First Aid, & AED 
• Minimum three (3) years working in an urban school setting with diverse populations with proven effective and culturally responsive experience serving Black/ African American and Latinx populations and ability to lead others in conversations of race, racism and culture
• Demonstrated knowledge of the impact of the stresses of racism and poverty on students and their families served within urban school systems
• Demonstrate capability to work collaboratively with a variety of stakeholders, such as school based staff, central administration staff, families, youth, community members, community agencies and other essential partners while remaining student-centered, prioritizing racial equity and managing competing demands
• Growth, problem-solving, and team-oriented mindset

Qualifications - Preferred:

• Clinical experience working with children, adolescents, and families in an urban school health setting
• Experience working with external health agencies and hospitals 
• BPS has a strong preference for linguistic diversity and we believe that candidates who speak another language bring added value to the classroom, school, and district culture and diversity. BPS is particularly interested in candidates who are fluent in one of BPS' official languages:Spanish, Creole (Cape Verdean), Creole (Haitian), Chinese, Vietnamese, Portuguese, & Somali.

Terms: BTU +10% 

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