Exciting News! Our Victory Learning Center Program is expanding, and new classrooms will be opening in 2026! Be a part of our growth—join our team and help us make a difference!
We are seeking a School Nurse (RN) to provide serve as an educator, advocate, liaison, and consultant on health-related issues for students, families, and staff.
Our Victory Learning Center Programs offers specialized educational services for students who are diagnosed with Autism or a Cognitive Disability paired with a mental health diagnosis. There are two separate sites conveniently located in Lackawanna, NY, with a third site opening in September 2026! Our schools service students ages 5-21, who are residentially placed or are referred through their local school district's Committee on Special Education.
To learn more about our school-based Victory Learning Center Programs, click here: https://www.victoryed.org/
Benefits:
- Paid School Breaks (approximately 7 weeks!)
- Paid Holidays
- Additional Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Health, dental (free insurance options!) & vision insurance options
- Paid Employer sponsored life insurance
- Supplemental insurance programs for additional life insurance, short-term disability, accident & cancer insurance
- Up to $600 savings every year for completing biometric health screenings on a single health insurance plan & up to $1,200 if a spouse completes too!
Perks:
- Casual dress code
- OLV Tuition Reimbursement up to $7,200
- Qualifying Non-For-Profit for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness Program (click here to learn more: https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation)
- Take advantage of our Dental & Outpatient Mental Health services while working
- Up to $180 annual gym reimbursement
- $$ Employee referral program $$
Additional Information:
- Salary based on relevant years of experience
- Full Time position, Monday-Friday
Job Summary:
The Registered Nurse is an integral part of the Victory Learning School program in supporting an optimum physical, mental, emotional and social climate for all students and staff. The school nurse acts as an educator, advocate, liaison and consultant on health related issues for students, families and school personnel.
Essential Job Duties:
1. Conduct medical assessment of individuals.
2. Decide interventions following the nursing process.
3. Provide education on medical issues and concerns to individuals, their families and employees as indicated on their plan of care and diagnosis.
4. Monitor the medical states of the individuals of their care and adjust as appropriate.
5. Perform any other duties listed on the daily/weekly/monthly/semi-annually/annually site specific responsibility checklist.
6. Participates as the health specialist in the child education evaluation team to develop the health individualized educational plan. (I.E.P.)
7. Attends multi-disciplinary team meetings and staff meetings as directed by the principal.
8. Maintains all required health records per school regulation.
Skills:
- Customer skills
- Computer skills
- Monitoring /Assessment skills
Competencies:
- Communication: Oral and written
- Decision-making ability: The aptitude to extract, interpret, integrate and manage information correctly and make timely and concise decisions for the best course of action, among multiple alternatives, to enable the decision-making process to take place on a higher level in order to achieve objectives.
- Problem solving: Takes a systematic approach to solving problems rather than reacting to symptoms
- Teamwork ability: Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job
- Attention to detail: Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks
Education:
Minimum Degree Required: AAS /BSN Degree from an accredited Nursing school
Experience:
Minimum Experience Required: 2 years
Required License/Registration/ Certification: Registered Nurse (RN) NYS Licensure
Physical Requirements:
The following physical requirements must be evaluated by a physician prior to entry into a Nursing program. Upon admission to the Nursing program, you will be required at that time to have a physical and have a doctor complete our required form, as to your abilities with regards to these physical requirements.
- Strength: Sufficient to assist with lifting and transferring a patient, and perform CPR
- Mobility: Sufficient mobility to bend, stoop, and bend down to the floor; ability to move around rapidly; and to move in small, confined areas.
- Hearing: Sufficient to hear through the stethoscope to discriminate sounds; to hear cries for help; to hear alarms on equipment and emergency signals; and various overhead pages.
- Vision: Sufficient to make physical assessments of patients and equipment.
- Communication: Able to communicate in both verbal and written formats; and interact with clients, staff, and faculty supervisors.
