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Job Opportunities

At Worth the Wait, we change teens' lives everyday.  Our passion is healthy, happy teens who avoid risky behaviors, meet the goals they've set for themselves, realize their full potential and take their place in the community.  Would you like to join the Worth the Wait team and help bring about change among the area's youth?

                          Worth the Wait

Worth the Wait is seeking:

 

Nurse Educator

 

General Accountability:  The Nurse Educator reports to the Education Coordinator

 

Nature and Scope:  The Nurse Educator will:

 

 

o      Teach students in public school settings medically-accurate information on topics including the physical changes of adolescence, reproductive anatomy, sexually transmitted diseases, fetal development, and child birth, utilizing curricula and  materials approved by WTW

o      Help recruit and train medical volunteers

o      Supervise medical volunteers in classroom teaching

o      Help conduct yearly evaluation of medical volunteers

o      Act as on-site school liaison between WTW and school teachers, report any issues observed

o      Help with and present at parent and community meetings and special events as needed

o      Contribute story ideas for quarterly newsletter

 

 

Qualifications:                    Licensed Vocational Nurse, Registered Nurse, or higher

 

Experience:                       Medical practice background needed, teaching or obstetrics/gynecology experience helpful, experience with teens helpful

 

Skills:                                Good written and verbal skills

 

Qualities:                          Honest, trustworthy, reliable, dedicated to the concept of abstinence until marriage, self-directed and motivated, professional appearance, able to work independently.

 

Hours: M-F during school calendar year; summers off

 

Payscale:  $20/hr

 

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Submit resume to Worth the Wait, P.O. Box 51329, Amarillo, TX 79159, via e-mail wtw@worthwait.org, or by fax (806) 354-4711.  All positions require background check.