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Nursing Assistant : Support Staff (FT-10Month) Whitehall High School

Whitehall Fire Department
Whitehall, PA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/21/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/18/2025

Position Type :

Student Support Services / School Nurse

Date Posted : 1 / 21 / 2025

Location :

Whitehall High School

Date Available : Closing Date :

Until Filled

Position Summary :

The Nursing Assistant assists the School Nurse by carrying out assigned duties that support the operation of the Health Room.

Qualifications :

  • Education : High School Diploma
  • Certification :
  • Valid CPR Certification
  • Valid First Aid Certification
  • License : Valid Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) issued by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania or evidence of working toward licensure and equivalent experience.
  • Experience :
  • N / A

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities :

  • Ability to understand and comply with confidentiality protocol.
  • Ability to build and maintain working relationships, positive rapport, and effectively communicate with students, staff, and parents.
  • Ability to organize and plan effectively.
  • Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
  • Knowledge of current Commonwealth of Pennsylvania nursing standards.
  • Ability to utilize current software / technology packages and related equipment.
  • Functions / Duties / Responsibilities :

  • Primary : Health Room
  • Assist School Nurse in maintaining and completing all required health charts and reports.

  • Assist with screening students for the maintenance of health records.
  • Maintain and update dental records and physical health records.
  • Organize the flow of the Health Room during school Physical and Dental exams.
  • Transcribe health records and organize records into class lists.
  • Prepare data entry for confidential list and immunizations.
  • Alphabetize immunization cards and emergency forms
  • Assist students who are ill.
  • Contact parents regarding an ill child or health record questions.
  • Organize daily medication log and administer medications when the School Nurse is unavailable.
  • Organize BMI labels and mailings and prepare purchase orders.
  • Organize medicine cabinets.
  • Prepare letters regarding health records and physical exams.
  • Accompany an injured student to the hospital when the parent is unavailable.
  • Assist the School Nurse in obtaining health records for new students upon enrollment.
  • Assist School Nurse in processing health records for students transferring in or out of the district.
  • Write out Physical and Dental reminder / permission forms.
  • Communicate with parents in regards to health issues.
  • Assist with inventory and distribution of supplies.
  • Copy employee health records and updates for Go-Bag.
  • Do head lice checks.
  • Answer the phone.
  • Cover the Health Room when the School Nurse is at meetings.
  • Primary : Office
  • Cover the main office as needed.

  • Answer routine questions for visitors and direct phone calls.
  • Transcribe pick-up notes and confer with teachers.
  • Handle parent pick-up.
  • Assist with bus duty.
  • Do laminate and copy work, assist with typing state and district forms and reports.
  • Assist with data entry for enrollments.
  • Sort and distribute mail and bulletins.
  • Keep necessary student and employee records up to date and prepare all necessary transcripts and reports on students.
  • Assist as directed with all student attendance forms.
  • Assist in the collection of assignments of ill students.
  • File information as directed.
  • Assist with the inventory of supplies and the distribution of supplies within the building.
  • Other duties as assigned.
  • Physical Demands :

    The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

    While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee may regularly lift and / or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and / or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Must be able to hear (40 decibel maximum) and verbally communicate.

    Work Environment :

    The noise level in this environment is quiet to loud, depending on the activity in the particular part of the day.

    The information contained in this position description is in compliance with state and federal law (ADA, EEOC).

    Terms of Employment :

    Salary, work year, and other terms and conditions of employment as established by contract between Whitehall-Coplay School District, Superintendent, and the Whitehall-Coplay School District Board of Directors.

    Physical Requirements which are requisite to complete the functions / duties / responsibilities listed above

  • Ability to stand, bend, stoop, sit, lift, reach, communicate (vision, hearing, and speech), carry, or convey sufficient weight to safely and effectively carry out functions, duties, and responsibilities.
  • Ability to independently ambulate in and around school buildings and office areas.
  • Ability to travel to and from assigned work locations without employer support.
  • This job description may be updated and / or altered at the sole discretion of the employer.

    To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary function / duty / responsibility at acceptable standards as set by the employer. In accordance with both state and / or federal law, reasonable accommodations will be considered upon employee request.

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