Health Assistant

The Health Assistant provides a critical role within the building to support the health needs of our student population, allowing them to best participate in the learning environment in a safe and healthy way. This is accomplished through assisting with illness and injuries, dispensing and administering medications, ensuring that individual health care plans are being implemented, and maintaining an efficient health office. They support the School Nurse in many ways such as planning for the health needs of students when on field trips, gathering required medical orders, and communicating with staff and parents about a child’s health.

Essential Job Functions:
The duties and responsibilities described below are considered the essential functions of the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The job description is not designed to contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required for the job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

• Provides basic urgent and emergency care of illness and injuries within the District’s policies and procedures.
• Monitors student health status during periods of short-term rest and recovery.
• Administers medication as directed by medical orders and the policies within the District.
• Maintains immunization and student health records in the student electronic records system.
• Manages the flow of students within the school health office.
• Maintains supply inventory and organization within the school health office.
• Follows established protocols in cases of emergency situations.
• Assists the Nurse with school health and communicable disease screening as needed.
• Works with the Nurse to facilitate continuity of care by communicating with families and school staff.
• Accurately prepares and manages student medications sent for offsite school activities.

Working Conditions:
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, and fax/copy machines. This job requires sufficient mobility to access District facilities and to rapidly respond to health situations within and outside of the school building as needed.

Training and Licensure:

• LPN/LVN preferred and CMA/CNA accepted
• Current certification in CPR/AED.
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) is preferred.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities at the time of hire, or for the continuation of employment.

• Ability to organize and establish priorities.
• Possess and demonstrate critical thinking skills.
• Ability to make reasonable independent judgements and decisions.
• Ability to function as a team member.
• Ability to handle confidential matters properly.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to interact effectively with others.
• Demonstrate effective organizational skills.
• Ability to develop health, positive relationships with staff, students, and families.
• Ability to communicate effectively with staff, students, and families through writing, email, telephone, and in person conversations.
• Perform effectively under stress.
• Ability to be a confident and calm leader during medical emergencies.
• Prior work experience that provides health room related nursing knowledge, skills and abilities.
• Strong computer/typing skills.
• Knowledge of Google Suite.

Physical Requirements:
The physical requirements and work environment described are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform those functions.

• This is a light job, which involves exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
• This job involves sitting, standing, bending, twisting, walking, running and needs to frequently move about for significant periods of time.
• Promptly reporting to the site of an emergent health situation while carrying medical equipment.
• Reaching, handling objects and papers, and fine manipulation are performed frequently.
• Verbal and auditory communication are both frequently involved.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color and peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $23.74 - $27.78 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Medical Specialty:

• Critical & Intensive Care
• Urgent Care

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person

Salary : $24 - $28