UWC-USA
UWC-USA is a two-year, co-ed boarding school in Montezuma, New Mexico, founded in 1982. It educates roughly 220 students aged 16–19 from over 90 countries, focusing on the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma, experiential education, community service, and environmental stewardship.
The School Registered Nurse (RN) reports to the Head Nurse / Supervisor and provides direct nursing care and health education to support student wellbeing and full participation in the UWC-USA experience. The RN assesses, treats, monitors, and refers students for medical care as appropriate; maintains accurate and confidential health records; supports the daily operations of the Health Clinic; and collaborates with healthcare providers and school employees to ensure safe, coordinated, and continuous care.
Employment with UWC-USA offers you the chance to join a great team of faculty and staff who support these students on their journey, while residing on our gorgeous campus in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo mountains - we even have hot spring baths right here on our campus and our school features the iconic Montezuma Castle building at it's core (and where the Health Office is).
The school features industry-leading benefits, to include a 75% Employer contribution towards health/dental/vision insurance coverage (even at the full family level), up to 8% Employer salary match for contributions to your automatically vested 403b retirement account, and Employer paid Short and Long Term disability insurance.
While no permanent housing is offered for this position, for an RN commuting to work here from home, we can offer weekly accommodation from Sunday-Thursday nights in our castle guest hallway (similar to a hotel room, with private bathroom) and up to 5-days weekly of meals in our Dining Hall featuring a great selection of food and a social dining environment, among the resident and non-resident faculty and staff and our incredible students. Our campus features a friendly, welcoming and supportive international faculty community and their families and an excellent on-site gym and sports facility with employee access.
The nearby town of Las Vegas, New Mexico offers access to community, shopping, dining and more while nearby Santa Fe (our state capitol and a worldwide tourist destination) offers all sorts of amenities, with world class dining and shopping, accommodation, snow skiing, regional airport (SAF), entertainment and even a summer-season Opera House. Albuquerque is two hours from campus and provides for medium size city amenities and an International Airport (ABQ).
NM RN license required, school nursing or camp nursing experience preferred
New Mexico is a participating member of the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC), meaning RNs holding a multistate license in any of the over 40 member states can legally practice in New Mexico without applying for a new license.