Registered Nurse
Bennington College
Job Type: | Full time
Location: Bennington, Vermont, United States
Bennington College welcomes applications for a Registered Nurse to contribute as part of a highly engaged Health Services team providing clinical care to a diverse student population. The Registered Nurse works with the Director of Health Services and psychiatric nurse practitioner to ensure high quality, culturally sensitive, and gender affirming general health care for acute and chronic medical conditions. The RN assesses students’ health needs and administers treatment, and keeps Health Services performing to the national and state standards. The Registered Nurse reports to the Director of Health Services.
The position is full-time during the academic term, and part-time (up to 7 hours/week) during the non-term time/breaks.
General Responsibilities
Assesses, observes, and speaks to a diverse student population inclusive of members of ethnically/racially minoritized, international, LGBTQIA+, and disability communities as well as diverse gender identities, socioeconomic backgrounds, religions, and political beliefs.
Records details and symptoms of patient medical history and current health.
Prepares patients for examinations and treatment.
Administers medications and treatments, and monitors patients for side effects and reactions.
Creates, implements, and evaluates patient care plans with the Health Services team.
Performs wound care, such as cleaning and bandaging them. Assists other medical procedures as needed.
Operates and monitors medical equipment.
Draws blood, urine samples, and other body fluids for lab work.
Educating patients on treatment and care plans, as well as answering their questions.
Qualification
Bachelor degree with current, or eligible to obtain RN licensure in the State of Vermont.
Pass the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX).
Demonstrated ability to work with persons of diverse racial, social-cultural, economic, and national backgrounds in support of student services and student learning.
Knowledge of the developmental and health needs of college students.
CPR and First Aid certification.
A minimum of 1 years of experience in a clinical (primary care, urgent care, or similar) setting.
Computer literacy, including Google Suite and electronic medical record system.
Bennington College serves a diverse student population inclusive of members of ethnically/racially minoritized, international, LGBTQIA+, and disability communities as well as diverse gender identities, socioeconomic backgrounds, religions, and political beliefs. Our staff and faculty also reflect diverse and intersecting backgrounds and identities. All employees are expected to be respectful and responsive to these differences in the service of building community that promotes student and employee success and community cohesiveness. Each individual (faculty, staff and student) will be accountable for upholding these values. The College’s approach to pluralism and inclusivity—both as fields of inquiry and practice—is to prioritize flexible thought, and to invite the examination of access, value, power, and privilege through its institutional policies and areas of study. We encourage applicants from diverse realms of interest, backgrounds, experience, and accomplishment to apply.
Bennington College requires employees having clinical contact with patients to have a single adult pertussis booster, tuberculosis screening test, and annual influenza immunization; such will be provided at no cost to the employee. The position requires the successful completion of a background check as well as compliance with the College’s COVID policies.
The College
Bennington College offers a comprehensive benefits program for full-time, eligible positions. Benefits includes medical, dental, vision, life and long-term disability insurance, retirement, and tuition benefits including Tuition Exchange scholarships, on-site fitness center as well as generous time off benefits (4 weeks of vacation, 10 sick days and 17 paid holidays).
Bennington College is a laboratory for innovation in higher education. At Bennington, learning and making—on campus and in the field—are inseparable, and its graduates are noted for their outsized impact on the world’s stage. This campus celebrates the ongoing making of work—shared on walls, in shows and performances, in lectures and readings, and in conversations—and believes that equity, diversity, and inclusivity are vital to a collaborative community. This position captures, contributes to, and reflects the ethos of this creative community.
Nestled at the foot of the Green Mountains in Vermont, the campus consists of approximately 370 acres. The College was named one of ten with the best architecture by Architectural Digest. From campus, it is a short drive to the cultural offerings of the northern Berkshires in Massachusetts, Albany, New York, and many of Vermont’s top recreational centers. New York City, Boston, and Burlington, Vermont are all within three and a half hours by car.
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Bennington College is fully committed to advancing antiracism and social justice throughout all aspects of the institution. The impetus of this work was President Laura Walker’s establishment of the President’s Working Group on Anti Racism (PWG) with the goal of becoming an antiracist, equitable institution "that is more diverse, more inclusive and is actively fighting against racism while exploring the intersections of class, gender, and other vectors of identity and positionality."
Bennington College’s inaugural Vice President of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and College Diversity Officer, Dr. Alfredo Medina, has prioritized working collaboratively with all constituents in dismantling systems, policies, and programs that are systemically racist and to consistently create and sustain equitable systems and solutions to challenges at the college. Additionally, the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (ODEI) Associate Director is charged with overseeing educational and social justice literacy training and programming on campus for students, faculty and staff. The ODEI works to finalize an action plan that incorporates PWG recommendations and addresses system and policy related initiatives.