Position: Head of Student Health (Interim)
Term/Status: Full-time, One-Year Contract (with the potential for transition to permanent)
Department: Student Health
Reports To: Vice Principal, Student Wellness
Start Date: May/June 2026
Contract End Date: June 30, 2027
Application Closing Date: April 8, 2026
Annual Salary: $90,000 to $120,000
Position Overview:
The Interim Head of Student Health provides strategic leadership and clinical oversight for St. George’s School’s cross campus Health Office, serving over 1200 students, and over 270 staff.
This role combines direct student care with team leadership, policy implementation, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure a safe, responsive, and student-centred health service aligned with the school’s mission and values. Reporting to the Vice-Principal (Student Wellness), the Interim Head of Student Health manages a team of Registered Nurses and plays a key role in promoting student well-being, health education, and risk management within a dynamic independent school environment.
This is a one-year interim appointment, ideal for an experienced Registered Nurse with demonstrated leadership capacity and interest in school-based health systems.
This individual embodies the following St. George’s School core values: empathy, integrity, humility, respect, responsibility, and resilience.
Key Responsibilities:
Clinical Leadership & Student Care
- Provide high-quality, student-centred nursing care to Senior School students during school hours, as well before and after school as needed.
- Serve as the senior clinical decision-maker for student health matters, including acute care, chronic condition management, medication administration, and emergency response.
- Ensure appropriate documentation, confidentiality, and compliance with professional nursing standards and regulatory requirements.
- Lead health response planning for injuries, illnesses, and school-based emergencies.
Team Leadership & Management
- Lead, supervise, mentor and evaluate a team of Registered Nurses to deliver care in Boarding and both Senior and Junior campuses.
- Coordinate staffing schedules, coverage, and workflow to ensure consistent service delivery.
- Foster a collaborative, professional, and student-focused team culture.
- Support and coordinate health related training and professional development opportunities.
Operational Oversight
- Oversee daily operations of the Health Office, including adequate staffing, protocols, supplies, equipment, and space utilization.
- Ensure accurate health records, medication tracking, and incident reporting systems.
- Contribute to budget awareness, inventory management, and resource planning.
- Implement and uphold school health policies and procedures.
Collaboration & Communication
- Work closely with Counselling, Learning Support, Athletics, Boarding, and Senior Leadership to support whole-student wellness.
- Communicate effectively with parents/guardians regarding student health concerns, within professional and ethical boundaries.
- Serve as a trusted health resource for faculty and staff.
- Participate in relevant school committees and wellness initiatives.
- Collaborates with key stakeholders in the provision of health services – School physician, Vancouver Coastal Health and other allied health care members.
Health Promotion & Risk Management
- Support proactive health education initiatives and student well-being programming.
- Contribute to school-wide risk assessment and mitigation related to student health.
- Assist in policy review related to communicable disease management, concussion protocols, allergies, and medical accommodations.
- Alert school administration and public health in the event of communicable disease outbreaks.
- Participate in and support the Health and Safety Committee to deliver work related injury and illness prevention strategies.
Qualifications:
- Current registration and good standing as a Registered Nurse (RN) with the BCCNM.
- Minimum 5 years of clinical nursing experience.
- Preference for candidates with leadership or supervisory experience and demonstrated ability to lead and manage a professional team.
- Emergency, pediatric, adolescent, public health or community health experience.
- Experience in an education setting.
- Strong clinical judgment, organizational skills, and attention to detail.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication, and collaborative skills.
- Comfort working in a fast-paced, student-centred educational environment.
- Experience managing a budget and meeting accounting deadlines is considered an asset.
Desired Personal Attributes:
- Calm, compassionate, and confident clinical leader.
- Strong advocate for student health and well-being.
- Highly organized and systems-oriented.
- Discreet, professional, and ethical.
- Adaptable and solutions-focused, particularly in an interim leadership context.
Application Process:
Interested applicants should email a cover letter and resume to the email address outlined in this post.
Why Join Us:
Are you looking to use your professional expertise to make a meaningful impact? Do you thrive in an engaging community where colleagues care as much about the environment they create as the students they serve? St. George’s School is seeking dedicated and dynamic professionals who understand that a world-class education is built on a foundation of excellence, collaboration, and care. If you want to be part of a team that keeps our mission moving forward, we want to hear from you!
For almost 100 years, St. George’s School has provided a transformative education for thousands of young men. While our classrooms are the heart of the school, our 270 talented staff and faculty members are its backbone. We are all united by a single, common goal: “Building fine young men. One boy at a time.”
At St. George’s, your contributions are vital. You will be challenged, encouraged, and supported within a professional culture that pursues excellence in every department. Here, we don’t just work together – we model the character we wish to see in our students, guided by our Core Values: Empathy, Humility, Integrity, Respect, and Resilience.
In order to provide the best possible learning environment for our diverse, multicultural student population, St. George’s actively seeks to recruit staff from groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in independent and international schools. BIPoC and 2SLGBTQIA+ people and those with disabilities are warmly encouraged to apply, and invited to reach out for more information about our commitment to diversity, inclusion and belonging.