Health Center Director

Woodberry Forest School Overview

Woodberry Forest School is one of the nation’s premier independent boarding schools for boys. Located on 1,200 beautiful acres in Madison County, Virginia, near Charlottesville and Washington, DC, Woodberry is one of the only all-boys, all-boarding schools in the country. Woodberry enrolls approximately 400 students from the United States and abroad who work with their teachers and coaches to build a culture of shared experiences, both in the classroom and beyond it. These experiences help boys develop their passions as they build confidence, resilience, and independence.

Since the school’s founding in 1889, Woodberry’s abiding concern is the personal growth of its students. To this end, the school attempts to provide a broad experience with balanced emphasis on the academic, artistic, physical, and spiritual development of its students. In so doing, the school believes that well-conceived challenges, together with support and encouragement, will instill self-confidence and a striving for continuing excellence throughout life. Woodberry Forest is committed to helping students become individuals whose sense of values and capacity to reason effectively will allow them to deal with important intellectual, ethical, and social problems and to lead rewarding private lives.

Woodberry’s Health Center is an important student support service, staffed 24/7 while school is in session. The Health Center Director is a critically important role in ensuring the health and wellness of all of Woodberry’s students.
Health Center Director Job Description Position Purpose (Objective)
The Health Center Director (“HCD”) ensures the continued delivery of high-quality medical care to Woodberry’s students; through direct medical care, supervision of nurses, and coordination of services provided by outside providers; as well as the development and implementation of strategies, plans, policies and programs that promote the health, safety and well-being of all Woodberry Forest students. Under the general oversight of the University of Virginia Teen Health physicians, Woodberry’s HCD is responsible for the daily operation of the residential school healthcare clinic, medication dispensary and overnight infirmary. In addition, the HCD is a member of the school’s Wholeness Team, which consists of Woodberry’s Dean of Students, School Mental Health Counselor, Chaplain/Student Wholeness Director, Athletic Trainers, and the University of Virginia Teen Health physician. The Wholeness Team is charged with the development and implementation of a proactive health and wellness program recognizing and honoring each of the dimensions of wellness: physical, mental, emotional, intellectual, social, spiritual and environmental.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage triage and provide clinical care to all student patients, utilizing accepted nursing practices and standards for quality care. This includes direct provision of care, proper documentation and reporting of care, and routine review of standards of care. This also includes active participation in response to student mental and physical health emergency situations as defined in the school’s crisis management policies and guidelines.
• Collaborate effectively with the University of Virginia Teen Health professionals, the School’s mental health counselor, athletic trainers and other outside medical providers and specialists providing medical services to Woodberry students.
• Direct the administrative functions of the Health Center and its staff in a manner that assures the continued delivery of high-quality medical care to students. These duties and responsibilities include:
• Updating, developing and following health care treatment policies and procedures.
• Scheduling and supervision of health center staff.
• Maintaining accurate records of all student visits and treatments provided via Magnus Healthcare system including obtaining and approving yearly medical forms as well as maintenance of health insurance information throughout the school year.
• Participating in and overseeing the Health Center operations administration and documentation of medications in compliance with the laws of the Commonwealth.
• Planning and implementing training for nurses, athletic trainers, faculty and staff as needed.
• Communicating effectively, and with appropriate confidentiality considerations, with school administrators and faculty regarding students’ health.

• Work collaboratively with healthcare providers and members of the school community in a professional manner and keen sensitivity to students and parents’ communication.
• Serve as the school’s senior healthcare professional working as a member of the school’s Wholeness Curriculum Development Team.
• Provide support for summer camps including nursing care of students as well as securing and maintaining student medical forms.

Skills and Knowledge

• Demonstrated nursing skills and the ability to provide leadership and remain calm/unflappable in emergency situations
• Creative problem-solving skills
• Ability to work well with boys and their parents who are from diverse cultural, socioeconomic, racial and ethnic backgrounds
• Ability to work effectively and professionally with outside medical providers
• Ability to communicate effectively, clearly and concisely with others both verbally and in writing
• Ability to work effectively with frequent interruptions
• Thorough knowledge of and adherence to confidentiality laws and patient rights
• Thorough knowledge of the use and operation of a personal computer, word processing, spreadsheet and medical software
• Strong commitment to single-sex education and care of the whole boy

Formal Education, Training, Experience and Certification Requirements/Expectations

• A combination of experience and education which would provide the necessary knowledge and ability including current licensure as a nurse by the Commonwealth of Virginia Board of Nursing
• Five or more years of experience in caring for adolescents in a clinical setting
• Five or more years of supervisory experience in nursing
• Ability to train faculty and staff on basic first aid and CPR preferred, current CPR certification required
• Required to live on Woodberry’s campus in school provided housing

Job Type: Full-time

Experience:

• supervisory: 5 years (Preferred)