CNA

Community Leadership Academy • Commerce City, CO

7d • Onsite

About The Position

The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) will demonstrate a commitment to the Mission and Vision of the school. This role requires effective communication and problem-solving skills, maintaining courtesy, tact, and discretion in sensitive situations. The CNA must be self-motivated, self-directed, and flexible, with strong organizational and planning abilities. Key responsibilities include organizing and prioritizing work to meet deadlines, assisting in maintaining a calm and professional environment, and ensuring compliance with current COVID-19 public health guidelines. The CNA will be responsible for all in-service training regarding the school's public health guidelines, practices, procedures, and protocols, ensuring all clinic visits and activities adhere to these guidelines. They will also assist the school Public Health Administrator in creating and conducting training for staff on COVID-19 guidelines and reporting all COVID-19 related medical concerns immediately. Maintaining meticulous student health records and clinic activity records, communicating with parents professionally, and performing COVID-19 specific temperature checks are also crucial. The CNA must uphold the highest standards of cleanliness and disinfecting in the clinic, maintain a professional and medically responsive demeanor, and translate medical statuses to parents and families. Providing comfort and assistance during student injuries or illnesses, accurately dispensing student medications with proper record-keeping, and maintaining updated student emergency cards are essential. The role also involves reporting accidents/incidents, maintaining immunization records, and reporting communicable diseases as required. Universal precaution procedures must be followed at all times, ensuring a clean and sanitary clinic environment. Escorting students, including those with disabilities, and maintaining the highest level of confidentiality regarding sensitive student information are also key duties. The CNA will manage clinic supply inventory, provide timely parent contact regarding student absences and health, and perform other assigned duties.

Requirements

• Punctual for the workday.
• Demonstrates a tangible sense of urgency for professional responsibilities in tone, movement, intensity, enthusiasm, and preparation.
• Attire and grooming reflect the expectations outlined in the Employee Handbook.
• Communicates clearly and regularly with administration.
• Informs administration of any personal or professional concerns that may impact any professional responsibilities.
• Seeks administrative support at appropriate times.
• Refrains from sharing discontent with other staff members and works with administration to resolve all conflict.
• Not over-disclosing personal information about yourself.
• Reports any signs of abuse or neglect of a child to the appropriate authorities immediately.
• Use the school email system to share information as necessary, following confidentiality guidelines.
• Immediately implements feedback from executive administration.
• Relationships with colleagues are positive, collaborative, and generous.
• Assumes leadership among colleagues by supporting them and engaging in professional exchange.
• Independently assumes additional responsibilities when necessary and demonstrates leadership.
• Willing to lead and/or pitch in with events or other school needs.
• Participates actively and positively in meetings and workshops.
• Attitude is positive and respectful of students, families, colleagues, and administration.
• Reflects upon and responds to feedback with openness and a “good to great” attitude.
• Uses professional discretion and maintains confidentiality.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate a commitment to the Mission and Vision of the school.
• Communicate and problem solve effectively using courtesy, tact and discretion in contacts of a difficult, sensitive or specialized nature.
• Be self-motivated, self-directed and flexible, with good organizational and planning skills.
• Organize and prioritize work to meet deadlines.
• Assist in ensuring a calm and professional environment is maintained at all times.
• Be knowledgeable regarding current COVID-19 public health guidelines.
• Be responsible for all in-service and training regarding schools' public health guidelines, practices, procedures, and protocols.
• Ensure that all clinic visits, traffic, and activities are responded to in full compliance with all school public Health guidelines.
• Assist school Public Health Administrator to create and conduct training and in-service for all school staff regarding COVID- 19 school public health guidelines.
• Report all COVID- 19 related medical concerns immediately to school Public Health Administrator and other administrative staff.
• Maintain meticulous student health records, and all clinic activity records.
• Communicate with parents regarding student medical concerns in a timely and professional manner.
• Perform all COVID-19 specific temperature checks, and procedures and report results accordingly.
• Maintain the highest level of cleanliness and disinfecting standards for the clinic environment at all times.
• Maintain a professional, calm, and medically responsive demeanor in all interactions.
• Translate the medical status of students to parents and families.
• Provide comfort and assistance in cases of student injury or illness.
• Accurately dispense student medications.
• Maintain accurate records and logs of all medications dispensed.
• Maintain accurate daily records of injuries, visits, including name, date, description, and actions taken.
• Maintain updated student emergency cards.
• Report all accidents or incidents as required.
• Provide notification and maintain all immunization records as required by state regulations.
• Report all communicable diseases cases as required, to administration, and also appropriate agencies.
• At all times exercise appropriate and applicable universal precaution procedures.
• Ensure a clean and sanitary clinic environment at all times.
• Escort students as necessary, including providing assistance to students with disabilities.
• Ensure and maintain the highest levels of confidentiality regarding sensitive information of students at all times.
• Maintain clinic supply inventory.
• Provide timely parent contact via phone calls regarding student absences, health, injuries, etc.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed