Outdoor School Nurse

Registered Nurse, Outdoor School Program

To provide comprehensive health care to students enrolled at assigned Outdoor School sites, observing regulations of nursing practice, and compliance with policies established by the Outdoor School and School Health Services programs.

- Ideal candidates for this position love working outside and love working with kids!

- Recent graduates are encouraged to apply for this unique opportunity to work with Multnomah County students in an unparalleled outdoor classroom.

-Students in Outdoor School receive an exciting environmental education and are able to explore their surroundings (mountains, forests, streams, and fields) 24 hours a day; be part of this experience with your nursing knowledge and help us give these students the best experience possible!

Essential Job Functions:

Essential Qualities:

• Equity:
  Lead and support regional equity initiatives
• Vision:
  Lead with vision, follow-through, and student focus.
• Trust:
  Develop trust among coworkers and students through honesty and fairness.
• Communication:
  Communicate in an inclusive, effective, and collaborative manner.
• Personal Qualities:
  Be respectful, excel in customer service, caring, humble, and courageous.
• Agency-wide perspective:
  Be involved in and supportive of continuous overall improvement of MESD programs and services.
• Attendance:
  Daily and consistent attendance and punctuality are paramount as this provides consistency and alignment with students, peers, and programming outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications, Skills, Abilities:

• Daily and consistent attendance and punctuality
• Demonstrated organizational and time management skills.
• Demonstrated effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to walk/hike moderate distances and climb ladders to access bunk beds.
• Current CPR/First Aid card.

Desired Qualifications, Skills, Abilities:

• Works well with teams with diverse perspectives, values, and identities
• Values diversity, equity, and inclusion and shares core values of the program–Equity, Inclusion, Authentic Outdoor experiences for youth, caregiving, education, and teaching, and work towards active and constructive change
• Is creative, dedicated, and responsible
• Is dedicated to keeping kids healthy and safe in a unique educational environment
• Works to understand the myriad of relationships youth may have with the outdoors and outdoor programs based on class, race, and gender
• Takes initiative to ask for help, get tasks done, and support students and the program
• Understand the value of feedback and possess the ability to accept feedback and integrate it
• Is dedicated to communicating inclusively and collaboratively.
• Can work independently with minimal supervision in a dynamic outdoor environment
• Has experience working with children, high school students, and/or adolescents
• Is flexible and solution-oriented
• Can prioritize tasks with competing timelines.

Education & Experience:

• Valid Oregon license to practice as a Registered Nurse.

Working Conditions:

At Outdoor School we believe that every individual is equal, valuable, and welcome. We work to acknowledge and celebrate our differences, whatever they may be. Inclusion means everyone and together we will strengthen our skills to work and live with others that are alike and different from ourselves. At Outdoor School we are building a community where everyone is honored for exactly who they are.

We work to uphold these values by:

• Prioritizing racial equity in all aspects of the program
• Support of our LGTQIA2s+ community though normalizing the use and sharing of pronouns, providing an all gender cabin option and affirming of gender idendity
• Providing relevant and consistent equity training
• Commitment to a growth mindset, open to feedback, reflection, and active engagement

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