School Health Assistant II - Kaneohe Elementary

Hawaii State Department of Education • Kaneohe, HI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The School Health Assistant II role is a full-time position requiring 6½ hours of work per day. This role involves administering emergency first aid, monitoring student health, administering medications under strict guidelines, contacting parents, performing health screenings, maintaining health records, identifying and addressing safety hazards in the school environment, and providing basic health instruction. The assistant also orients volunteers, renders emergency first aid to staff, maintains the health room, and acts as a liaison between home, school, and community for health services. Additionally, the role involves disseminating wellness information to staff and advocating for a positive health and wellness program.

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.
• 1 year of General Experience: Work experience involving working with people, requiring the individual to establish and maintain working relationships with others on a person-to-person basis.
• 2 years of Specialized Experience: 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.
• Current certification in first aid.
• Current certification in child and adult cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.

Nice To Haves

• Successful completion of a bachelor’s or associate’s degree in nursing or related field at an accredited college or university may be substituted for one (1) year of the general experience and two (2) years of the specialized experience.
• Successful completion of a community college program or its equivalent in medical assisting, human service, practical nursing or similar curriculum may be substituted for one (1) year of the require general experience and one (1) year of specialized experience.
• Satisfactory completion of formal course work in health and personal hygiene, child care and home management or other similar courses which have included such topics as hygiene, health, sanitation, etc. may be substituted for one (1) year of the specialized experience.

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 and 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 and 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.
• Acts as a liaison between the home, school and community in collaborating health services/activities.
• Coordinates health related speakers to aid with class curriculum when requested.
• Disseminates 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.

Benefits

• Salary Range: School Health Assistant II, SR-11: $2,549.00 per month
• The advertised salary is based on full-time employment and includes shortage and school year differentials, if applicable.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: High school or GED