School Health Assistant

About the role

The School Health Assistant position at Jubilee Academies serves to promote the physical and mental health of students through various health-related tasks. This role is under the supervision of a licensed Registered Nurse and involves direct care, health advocacy, and coordination of health services.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care utilizing professional assessment skills, the nursing process, and established school health protocols.
• Serve as health advocate for students, notifying parents of accidents or illnesses and securing medical care when necessary.
• Coordinate medication administration to students according to district policy and procedures.
• Establish and implement effective procedures for mandatory screening programs, making referrals as necessary.
• Conduct annual vision, hearing, acanthosis, and spinal screenings.
• Coordinate with the District/Regional RN for certification in vision, hearing, acanthosis, and spinal cord screenings, attending certification courses at the Regional Training Center.
• Enter data obtained from screenings into TxEIS, documenting health services provided to students in the health portal.
• Participate in the development of campus health education curriculum and provide health education to individuals and groups.
• Educate faculty and staff on health-related topics as needed.
• Provide health counseling and instruction to individual students.
• Review and evaluate immunization records, compiling, maintaining, and filing all physical and computerized reports, records, and other documents required, including clinic records and updated health records on all students.
• Requisition supplies and equipment needed to maintain clinic inventory.
• Report potential health and safety hazards to the principal.
• Comply with policies established by federal and state laws, Texas Department of Health rules, State Board of Education rules, and board policies in the health services area.
• Perform all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or GED preferred.
• Current CPR and AED course completion card.
• Completed Diabetes Care Assistant training, as stated in HB 598.
• Demonstrate organizational skills, communication skills, comprehensive knowledge of nursing techniques, assessing illness/injury, ethical principles, health education, wellness promotion, and inventory control.
• Knowledge of computer software, ability to implement policies and procedures, knowledge of health appraisals to identify student health defects.
• Prefer experience in school or community health settings, training as a medical assistant, or other directly related medical experience, and training to administer Basic First Aid and Medications in the school setting.

Qualifications

• Ability to implement policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of health appraisal to identify student health defects.

Skills

• Organizational skills.
• Communication skills (oral and written).
• Knowledge of nursing techniques/procedures.
• Knowledge of ethical principles/codes of professional nursing practices.
• Knowledge of health education.
• Knowledge of wellness promotion.
• Knowledge of inventory control.
• Knowledge of computer software.
• Ability to implement policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of health appraisal to identify student health defects.

Benefits

No specific benefits are mentioned in the job description.

Pay

The pay details are not specified in the job description.

Schedule

The schedule details are not specified in the job description.