Part-Time Family Nurse Practitioner

 Company Overview:Shrub Oak International School (SOIS) is a therapeutic day and residential school for autistic children, adolescents, and young adults with complex co-occurring conditions. Located in northern Westchester County, Shrub Oak offers unparalleled educational opportunities for autistic students in a family-centric, supportive environment. We offer a variety of programs to meet the needs of students across the spectrum, and our curriculum is based on the most advanced and successful evidence-based clinical and academic approaches in ASD education.

As a school, SOIS maintains a smoke-free environment to ensure the health and safety of our students, employees, and community. We are a residential school located on a scenic 127-acre campus which includes multiple buildings and a working farm for student programming. The work environment will include both indoor and outdoor spaces.
 Who We Are:SOIS is a community of dedicated professionals that work together to find meaning with and for our students. We strive to make every day memorable in positive ways, and to manage students’ difficulties as a team. We are accountable, timely, and show up whenever needed to support our students and each other.
We are guided day-to-day by our four core principles.

• We Care
• We are Innovative
• We are Collaborative
• We are Resourceful

 Benefits: (check for FT, PT or All)

• Reduced Cost Meals every shift on site (All)
• Employee assistance program (EAP) (All)
• Insurance coverage: Health, vision, dental, life, supplemental and pet insurance (FT)
• Flexible spending account (FSA) (FT)
• Generous Paid time off (PTO) (FT)
• 401k w/company match (FT)
• Tuition/Professional development assistance (FT)

 Who You Are:

• You have a passion for working with the autism population and ensuring the safety and well-being of students and staff.
• You get the job done and are capable of strategic thinking while simultaneously rolling up to your sleeves to lead and teach by example.
• You have strong written communication skills, specifically involving documentation, progress notes, incident reports, and other related administrative tasks.
• You are able to independently problem-solve and make decisions in complex medical and psychological cases.
• You are able to develop and maintain solid relationships and collaborate effectively across departments.
• You have an executive presence with the ability to represent the school professionally in large and small group settings.
• You have a demonstrated understanding in the interplay between mental health conditions and somatic health, especially the physical side effects often cause by commonly prescribed psychiatric medications.

 Job Responsibilities:

• Provide primary and urgent care services to students within the residential treatment setting. Recording medical histories and symptoms and any other follow up and/or ongoing coordination that is required relative to ensuring immediate and consistent care utilizing best practice.
• Ownership of the diagnosis of health issues, administering and oversight of patient care plans, and medical tests.
• Directly prescribes and administers medication with general overnight of medicine administration and other treatments in accordance with best practices.
• Consult and collaborate with facility dining team to ensure adherence to specialized dietary requirements plans.
• Consulting and collaborating with healthcare professionals (internally and externally) and families relative to medical care of students ensuring a complete and best in class medical treatment for students.
• Provide on-call (off-hours) medical support to manage crisis and medical emergencies and ensure appropriate follow-up care as needed.
• Work in partnership with the nurses to ensure timely scheduling and completion of specialty appointments.
• Transport students in a company vehicle to appointments as needed is required.  
• Communicate effectively with parents and/or guardians regarding students’ overall medical needs and treatment updates; providing training to students and their families to manage ongoing treatment for care at home as needed.
• Disseminate relevant medical information to school staff and parents and/or guardians as appropriate while maintaining confidentiality and compliance with HIPAA regulations

Please note: This job description is not a comprehensive list of tasks or responsibilities. Specific assignments can change within the relevant field and training of your position, with or without notice.Competencies:Clinical:

• Comprehensive health assessments
• Develop differential diagnoses with treatment plans
• Order, interpret, and integrate diagnostic testing
• Prescription of medication and management of medication
• Preventative care
• Clinical procedures as necessary
• Care transitions, referrals and follow-up care
• CPR
• First Aid

Behavioral:

• Screens for behavioral health concerns
• Identification of early signs of crisis
• Supportive counseling and patient education
• Trauma-informed patient-centered communication
• Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training for Schools (TCIS)

Safety & Compliance:

• Practices within FNP scope of practice
• Adherence to NYS guidelines
• Medication safety protocols and infection control
• Risk assessments
• Completion of accurate, timely documentation that meets DOH, CMS, and organizational requirements.
• Participation in chart audits and quality assurance
• Ensures safe prescribing practices, including PDMP checks and controlled substance monitoring
• Mandated Reporter Training

Position Requirements:

• Master’s degree (MSN) from an accredited program.
• Active RN licensure in NYS is required. Family Nursing board-certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner with prescriptive privilege is preferred; knowledge of psychopharmacology and medication management required.
• NYS Education Dept registration as a Family NP is preferred; CPR and First Aid certification required.
• 3+ years of experience working as a Family Nurse Practitioner is required; 5 or more years is preferred.
• Valid driver’s license with the ability to pass a DMV driving abstract screening is required.
• Experience working with children and adolescents with disabilities is required; 2+ years working with the autistic population is preferred; boarding school environment experience is preferred.
• Experience handling complex medical, emotional, and psychological situations with a holistic approach toward achieving sustained improvement, well-being, and regulation.
• Previous participation in research, training, or professional development activities related to child and adolescent psychiatry or special education.
• Due to the nature of work in supporting our students, all job description list the physical requirements for that position
• Our campus consists of some paved areas but primarily consists of grass, gravel paths and parking lots. Additionally, many areas of our building are fully accessible, however, as a historic building some areas are only accessible by stairs.
• You must be able to ambulate around the campus, including hills, stairs, grass and gravel.
• Student Facing Positions:
  • Must be able to react and move quickly during student crisis, both for the safety of the student and for the staff.
  • Must be able to run across the campus and throughout the school to catch/monitor an eloping student, and/or to remove yourself from an unsafe situation.
  • You must be able to pass TCIS (Therapeutic Crisis Intervention Training for Schools).
    • You must be able to bend, stretch, sit, stand, crouch or kneel for sustained periods of time if implementing a hold.
• Special Accommodations can be requested but will only be approved if the accommodation does not impact the ability to perform your position and it does not put yourself, a student, or any other staff member at risk of harm or injury.

 EEO Statement: Shrub Oak International School is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Reasonable accommodation can be requested to enable individuals with disabilities to apply for a job or to perform the essentials functions of their job. Requests may be approved if the position/department/school/students will not be adversely affected. Please advise us if you require a reasonable accommodation.