School Health Assistant I, II - Konawaena High

About the role

The School Health Assistant I and II positions are full-time roles, with School Health Assistant II being the authorized level. Applications are accepted down to School Health Assistant I in case of recruitment difficulties.

Responsibilities

• Administers emergency first aid care to ill or injured students;

• Takes temperature, permits students to rest in health room as necessary and periodically observes and talks to students to determine symptoms of illness;

• May administer oral and topical medications only in accordance with strict program guidelines;

• Contacts parents or guardians of ill or injured students to inform them of their child's illness or injury;

• May call for ambulance service in emergencies;

• Performs various health-related screening tests on students such as hearing and vision screening tests, participates in health surveys of students, takes throat swabs in rheumatic fever surveys and takes height measurements and weights of students;

• Completes appropriate records; refers health records of students which may indicate health problems to school health nurse;

• Makes visual surveys of school buildings and grounds which may have contributed to injury to students and works with the school health nurse and school principal to correct any hazardous conditions;

• May give basic health instruction to students;

• May orient and supervise volunteers to assist in conducting screening tests;

• May render emergency first aid care to school staff; administers CPR as necessary;

• Maintains a clean health room, including adequate supplies and equipment;

• Provides resource information to school staff when requested;

• Recognizes various at-risk symptoms for referral to the appropriate staff;

• Liaison between the home, school and community in collaborating health services/activities;

• Captures and coordinates information to employees on wellness activities and/or events for staff members of the school at the discretion of the school principal;

• Advocates a positive and informative health and wellness program for the school.

Requirements

• Basic Education Requirements: Possession of a high school diploma, or equivalent, which demonstrated the ability to read, comprehend and apply written instructions; and a high degree of verbal skill.

• Experience Requirements: Applicants must have had experience of the kind and quality described below and in the amounts shown in the table below:

• Class Title: School Health Assistant I

• General Experience (Years): 1

• Specialized Experience (Years): 1

• Total Experience (Years): 2

• Class Title: School Health Assistant II

• General Experience (Years): 1

• Specialized Experience (Years): 2

• Total Experience (Years): 3

Qualifications

• Work experience involving working with people. Such work experience must have required the individual to establish and maintain working relationships with others on a person-to-person basis and may have involved (cited examples are not meant to be all inclusive) observing and participating in or supervising the activities of individuals for medical or therapeutic purposes; counseling, screening or serving as an informational resources for people seeking assistance or for whom assistance is bring provided; serving as an instructor, teaching assistant or group leader (e.g. girl/boy scout leader); working as a participant in a community service organization whose activities require the cooperative effort of a number of individuals for the attainment of group goals or participating in a community outreach or development program. This work experience may have been on a paid or volunteer basis and may have been on either a full-time or part-time basis but must have been continuous. Furthermore, the work experience must have demonstrated the individual’s ability to work independently with minimal supervision.

• Work experience which demonstrates the possession of basic health knowledge and practices (e.g. personal hygiene, common sanitary practices, symptoms of common illnesses, etc.) and the ability to use a personal computer and/or data processing systems. Examples of experience which demonstrates that possession of the required basic health knowledge may include, but should not be limited to, personal experience as a homemaker involving child care, paid or volunteer experience as a children’s day care center worker, work experience as a para-medical assistant or nurse’s aide, a homecare facilities operator or other similar type of experience.

Skills

• Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with others on a person-to-person basis;

• Knowledge of basic health knowledge and practices;

• Ability to use a personal computer and/or data processing systems;

• Ability to render emergency first aid care;

• Ability to administer CPR;

• Ability to maintain a clean health room;

• Ability to provide resource information to school staff;

• Ability to recognize various at-risk symptoms;

• Ability to advocate a positive and informative health and wellness program.

Benefits

Salary: The advertised salary is based on full-time employment and includes shortage and school year differentials, if applicable.

Requirements: Applicants must meet all the requirements for the position they are seeking as of the date of the application, unless otherwise specified. Unless specifically indicated, the required education and experience may not be gained concurrently. Calculation of experience is based on full-time, 40-hour workweeks. Part-time experience is pro-rated.

Quality of Experience: Possession for the required number of yeas of experience will not in itself be accepted as proof of qualification for a position. The applicant’s overall experience must have been of such scope and level of responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate that applicant has the ability to perform the duties of the position for which the applicant is being considered.

Certification Requirement: All applicants (including registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and other health care providers who have completed a formal medical training program) must possess both of the following at the time of employment: Current certification in first aid; and Current certification in child and adult cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.