S22 - Licensed Vocational Nurse - SFSD: School Health

Who We Are

The San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) is the seventh largest school district in California, serving more than 55,000 students who speak more than 44 documented languages across 136 schools in the city of San Francisco every year. We aim for every student who attends SFUSD schools to discover his or her spark, along with a strong sense of self and purpose, and that all students graduate from high school ready for college and career, and equipped with the skills, capacities and dispositions outlined in SFUSD’s Graduate Profile. Every day in our quest to achieve this mission we provide each and every student the quality instruction and equitable support required to thrive in the 21st century.

What It Means to Work Here

When you join our team at SFUSD you can expect to be part of an inclusive, innovative, and equity-focused organization that approaches public education as a social justice movement, requiring broad collaboration across an array of strategic partners. In 2014, SFUSD created an inspiring statement, Vision 2025, which captures our aspirations and vision for the future of public education in San Francisco. Alongside the District’s strategic plan, Transform Learning. Transform Lives., SFUSD is reimagining how public education will change over the next decade to meet the dynamic future of San Francisco. As aCORE district, SFUSD is also a leader in critical systems change for more comprehensive school accountability and innovations that help strengthen the instructional core, which is the foundation of our strategic plan and Vision 2025. 

Who We Want

Under the supervision of the School District Nurse Program Administrator and under the professional supervision of a licensed credentialed school district nurse, a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN) performs specialized physical health care services and procedures for medically fragile students within the LVN scope of practice as defined by the California LVN licensing agency.

Job Description

• Implements specialized health care procedures, including but not limited to diabetic monitoring to regularly check that the student learning needs, as specified in either their IEP or 504 plan are being met, catheterization, blood pressure monitoring, oral suctioning, tracheotomy care, gastrostomy tube feeding and reinsertion, oxygen therapy, chest percussion, postural drainage, ventilator care, manual manipulation of respirator bag, ileostomy and colostomy care, and seizure precaution and response.  Assures that all procedures are provided under specified protocols approved by an authorized healthcare provider and school district nurse with parent/guardian consent, and within the LVN scope of practice.
• Responds to medical emergencies and emergency care plans as designated by the school district nurse, parent/guardian and authorized healthcare provider, within the LVN scope of practice.
• Reports adverse student responses to treatment to school district nurse and implements emergency actions per the student’s IEP/IFSP care plans and within the LVN scope of practice.
• Administers prescribed medications according to policies and procedures
• Records healthcare procedures on daily log. 
• Maintains confidentiality.
• Performs related duties as assigned. 

Minimum Qualifications

• Possession of a valid State of California License of Vocational Nursing
• Possession and maintenance of a valid health care provider Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification
• Possession and maintenance of a valid First Aid certificate
• Knowledge of skilled vocational nursing practices and procedures, including but not limited to: first aid, CPR, administration of medications, specialized healthcare procedures and techniques, infection control procedures, hazardous waste management, and record keeping and reporting requirements within the LVN scope of practice.
• Knowledge of IEP/IFSP/504 requirements, of special programs goals and objectives, general concepts of child development, and characteristics of children with special needs.
• Communicate effectively with individual students and small groups.
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with students, parents, staff and others
• English speaking, reading, and writing proficiency
• Computer literacy

What We Offer

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