The Nueva School

School Nurse

July 2021

Position Summary

We are seeking a school nurse to join our Health Office and provide care for PK-12th grade studentsbeginning in early August of the 2021-22 school year. Our Health Office is currently staffed by a full- timeschool nurse and school health aide. The school nurse will care for our students who may be sick, injured,or in need of other medical support; coordinate with parents, science of mind / social emotional learningteachers, counselors, advisors, and other faculty and staff to facilitate quality of care; coordinate healthscreenings; provide relevant and timely continuing education opportunities for students, parents, andcolleagues; and help supervise and direct emergency drills and resources and coordinate relationships withthird party resources and services. The successful candidate should have experience with direct patientcare and working with pediatric patients from early childhood to adolescence.

Responsibilities

• Provides care to students, staff, and faculty in a thorough, skillful and consistent manner.
• Performs assessment/data collection in an on-going systematic manner, focusing on physiologic,psychosocial, cultural, spiritual and cognitive status.
• Establish effective working relationships with the health care team and other departments, schooladministration/leadership, faculty/staff members and Nueva students and their families.
• Maintains immunization, medical, emergency, and other relevant information in HIPAA and FERPAcompliant manner.
• Ensures that records are kept up to date and appropriately secured and shared in compliant mannerbefore the beginning of each school year and in support of school activities including trips and otheroffsite activities.
• Maintain and administer over-the-counter and prescription medications for students - epi pens, asthmainhalers, insulin, etc. – in accordance with student treatment plans; including monitoring use andexpiration dates.
• Coordinates with parents, science of mind / social emotional learning teachers, counselors, advisors,and other faculty and staff to facilitate high quality of care.
• Coordinate relevant and timely professional development and continuing education opportunities –CPR and first aid training, health and safety education - for employees, students, and parents.
• Coordinate relevant and timely community health services –for example annual flu vaccination clinicfor students, parents, and colleagues.
• Inform and train faculty/staff on general and specific risk situations and appropriate responseprotocols.
• Help supervise and direct emergency drills and coordinate relationships with third party resourcesand services.
• Serves as a resource to colleagues and the broader community on health and safety.
• Order and maintain first aid and emergency supplies for both health offices, and emergency kits fortrips.
• Prepare all medical information for domestic and international school sponsored trips.

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree of Science, Nursing preferred. Will consider Licensed Vocational Nurse with priorschool nurse experience.
• Previous experience with pediatrics or as a school nurse a plus, but not required.
• Valid California Registered Nurse or Licensed Vocational Nurse license required.
• Current health care provider BLS/CPR required. First Aid certification recommended.
• Personable, positive, helpful personality; customer service mindset.
• Sensitivity, discretion, and a sense of humor.
• Calm and effective presence even in emergency situations.
• Flexible and adaptable.
• Detail oriented with excellent organizational skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Strong computer skills. (Excel, Google Sheets, Outlook and Word experience preferred).
• Ability to manage and prioritize multiple, competing, and changing responsibilities simultaneously.
• Ability to develop positive working relationships with students, colleagues, and community members.
• Demonstrated ability to use good judgment and maintain confidentiality.
• Some summer work may be required (to prepare for subsequent / new school year). Additionalsummer work may be available subject to school needs (e.g. to support summer student programs,etc.).

To Apply

Please submit a cover letter, résumé, and the contact information and job title for at least three professional references at https://nuevaschool.applytojob.com/apply. If you have questions about this position, please contact Saskia Chan at (schan@nuevaschool.org). 

The Nueva School is an Equal Opportunity Employer – we do not discriminate against any employee or job applicant on the basis of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability or sex. We welcome applications from people of color and those with experience outside the education field. 

About The Nueva School

The Nueva School, an internationally recognized, nonprofit, independent day school, has served gifted learners since 1967. Today, Nueva serves nearly 1000 students in grades PreK–12. Nueva is located in the neighboring towns of Hillsborough and San Mateo, equidistant between San Francisco and Silicon Valley, serving six counties throughout the Bay Area of Northern California.

A constructivist school, Nueva is known for its distinctive inquiry-based interdisciplinary studies, project-based learning, and pioneering work in social-emotional learning and design thinking. The Nueva community instills a passion for lifelong learning, fosters social and emotional acuity, and develops the imaginative mind. Our school has received the US Department of Education National Blue Ribbon Award and the American Institute of Architects Award for School Design and Sustainability, has been recognized as an Apple Distinguished Program and appointed an Ashoka Changemaker School, co-founded the Common Ground Speaker Series, hosts the biennial Innovative Learning Conference, and was highlighted by the Pulitzer Prize–winning and New York Times best-selling author Thomas Friedman in his book That Used to Be Us in the chapter “Average Is Over.”

For more information about The Nueva School, visit our website: www.nuevaschool.org