2025-26 School Nurse

Class Title: School Nurse  

Reports To: Director of Special Education/Pupil Personnel Services

South San Francisco Unified School District

The South San Francisco Unified School District (SSFUSD) community includes 15 schools supporting 8,000 students in Daly City, San Bruno, and South San Francisco.

Our mission is that in partnership with our community, SSFUSD will provide exceptional instruction, engaging experiences, and equitable and accessible opportunities and resources to further support our diverse student body so that students are equipped to learn, thrive, navigate their future with purpose, and impact their community.

In February 2024, the School Board for SSFUSD adopted our new Vision and Five-Year Strategic Plan. Educators are at the heart of our priorities - exceptional instruction, engaged students, purposeful partnerships, empowered educators, and equity-centered systems.  

The Role

SSFUSD is seeking a dynamic, equity-focused, and inclusive School Nurse to join our school community. SSFUSD refuses to accept that the educational outcomes of students in our district are overwhelmingly predictable based on students’ race, socioeconomics, ethnicity or learning differences. We remain committed to working each day to examine systemic, institutional, and individual biases in order to dismantle systems of inequities that will enable all students to thrive. 

Under the direction of the Director of Special Education/Pupil Personnel Services, the School Nurse will plan, coordinate, and supervise employee and student health services programs. 

As a School Nurse in SSFUSD, responsibilities include but are not limited to: 

• Coordinating district and mandated student health programs, including:
• Mandated school entry immunization requirements
• District required kindergarten physical exams
• Mandated screening programs: audio and vision testing; scoliosis exams
• Child Health and Disability Prevention program
• Collection, documentation, and appropriate dissemination of student health and medical information
• Prepare and submit required reports regarding mandated programs
• Supervising district health services assistants in the execution of their duties, including:
• Record keeping
• Management of student health and medical information, including confidential list
• Implementation of immunization and physical exam requirements
• Preparation for and assisting with screening programs
• Making routine vision and audio referrals
• Keeping district nurse informed regarding student health and medical information
• Dispensing first aid
• Preparation of menstrual hygiene materials
• Referring for medical care, including:
• Students found to have possible scoliosis problems
• Complicated referrals for students who failed audio or vision tests
• Students who, in the judgement of the district nurse, would benefit from medical evaluations and/or follow-up of health or medical issues
• Serving as district-wide resource dealing with student health issues, including:
• Performing health assessments
• Facilitating referrals to community agencies such as California Children’s Service, Lions Club, community health care providers, family physicians, CPS, etc. 
• Work with families of children with health or medical problems
• Act as health consultant to administrators and faculties regarding student medical situations and their impact on school activities
• Providing inservice related to employee health issues, including:
• First aid
• Communicable diseases
• Providing menstrual hygiene education to fourth grade girls
• Serving as district liaison with home, school, and community
• Serving on D.A.T.E. (Drug, Alcohol, Tobacco Education) committee
• Assisting in the development of student support services
• Providing health and development assessment, audio and vision screening, as required by special education mandates
• Coordinating and implementing employee health assistance programs, including:
• Being knowledgeable of medical issues of employee assistance programs in order to make appropriate evaluations and referrals
• Planning and carrying out the employee tuberculosis screening program according to state mandates, including:
• Administering intradermal Mantoux skin tests according to required timelines
• Making appropriate referrals based on test results
• Acting as Education/Training Coordinator, oversee the Universal Precautions Program, set up and operate the Vaccination Program, and investigate every exposure incident as required in the school district's Exposure Control Plan under OSHA’s Bloodborne Pathogen Standard, including:
• Planning and providing employee inservice as directed by the Exposure Control Officer
• Overseeing employee practice of Universal Precautions
• Planning Hepatitis B vaccination program and administering vaccinations to eligible employees according to accepted protocols
• Completing required investigations of every exposure incident and make appropriate referrals for medical follow-up
• Being knowledgeable regarding current health framework recommendations, including:
• Planning and providing staff inservice in the area of family life education
• Serving on the district Safety Committee (SB 198)

Requirements

• Education and Experience:
• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
• Licenses And Other Requirements: 
• Health and Development Credential OR
• School Nurse Services Credential
• Certificate of Registration as School Audiometrist

Application Requirements

• Updated resume
• Proof of credential or enrollment in credentialing program - attachment should either include number assigned by California Commission on Teaching Credentialing (CTC) or letter of appeasement from university where credential is being pursued
• Proof of certification as School Audiometrist
• Effective January 1, 2025: Under Education Code section 44939.5, you must provide a complete list of all prior employment with any Local Education Agency (LEA), including school districts, county offices of education, charter schools, or state special schools, including part-time and substitute roles.

Please note that if you are extended an offer from SSFUSD, you will also need to complete the following prior to beginning work, including training: 

• Provide clearance of TB test, as mandated by California Education code. 
• Submit fingerprints for California Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation clearance.

*Please note that this job description is subject to Board review. The details are subject to change upon approval. 

Salary : $67,889 - $106,681