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Devereux West Chester Seeking Certified School Nurse Manager

Exempt, M-F 8-4pm, year round position

Starting at $94,000. Additional compensation provided for years of experience in the field up to $107,160/yr

**Every day as a Certified School Nurse Manager you will** ...

Ensure the safety and well being of the students in our schools.

Act as a liaison and communicate with the parents, medical, and school teams.

Provide supervision to 6 School Nurses at our schools located in West Chester, Downingtown, Malvern, Audubon, and Landenberg, PA.

Manage the Education department nursing activities to assure the highest quality of school nursing services.

Serves as a resource to the school nursing personnel and the education staff to ensure comprehensive service provision and accurate documentation of care.

The Certified School Nurse Manager is responsible for providing leadership to ensure that Devereux School health programs are conducted and maintained as required by the Pennsylvania School Code and the PA Department of Health - Division of School Health Regulations. Provides direct supervision to all school nurses and develops/maintains staffing plans which meets the needs of all programs. Ensures that all school nurses are trained and competent to provide services and establishes/maintains systematic practice standards which are consistent between school. Delegates school nurse duties to Rn's, LPNs and agency nurses within their scope of practice. Communicates effectively with multi-disciplinary treatment team and ensures a safe and therapeutic environment which meets the physical and emotional needs of students.Arranges and monitors nursing coverage at DPACS schools. Serves as a school nurse as needed.

**Devereux Pennsylvania Children’s Services (DPACS)** serves children, adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorders, intellectual and developmental disabilities, behavioral, emotional and psychiatric challenges and disorders. Located in West Chester and Malvern Pennsylvania, services provided include psychiatric residential treatment (PRTF), acute inpatient psychiatric hospital (AIP), assessment services, community-based mental health services, community-based employment training and social skills training, and approved private school educational services to male and female children and adolescents (6-21 years of age) with diagnoses of intellectual disabilities, autism spectrum disorders, concomitant psychiatric and behavioral challenges often associated with experiencing some level of trauma in their lives.

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Qualifications

Requirements:

+ Must be 21 years of age or older

+ Valid Drivers License

+ Bachelors in Nursing (BSN) **required**

+ Licensed as a Certified School Nurse in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania **required**

+ Three years **(3)** of nursing experience **required** preferably working with children and adolescents with developmental disabilities and/or psychiatric illnesses.

+ One year **(1)** of supervisory experience **required**

Schedule:

+ 3 days paid orientation training in-person, 9-5pm followed by 16 hours of online trainings

+ Monday - Friday 8-4pm

_Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible._

**Posted Date** _3 weeks ago_ _(4/25/2025 2:42 PM)_

**_Requisition ID_** _2025-43984_

**_Category_** _Medical_

**_Position Type_** _Full-Time_

**_Remote_** _No_

The employment policies of Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health are to recruit and hire qualified employees without discrimination because of race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, marital status, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, disability, veteran status, communication ability, gender identity or expression or sexual orientation and to treat them equally with respect to compensation and opportunities for advancement - including upgrading, promotion and transfer - consistent with individual skills and the needs of Devereux.