School Health Assistant II - Kealakehe High

Hawaii State Department of Education; Kailua (HI); On-site; USD 31,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Hawaii State Department of Education is hiring a School Health Assistant II to provide essential in-school health services. The role supports students with medical needs, administers first aid, monitors health conditions, and works with the school nurse and staff to maintain a safe health environment.

The position requires a high school diploma, plus current first aid and CPR certifications. Duties include health screenings, record-keeping, and coordinating with families and community health

Qualifications

• Must possess a high school diploma or equivalent and demonstrate ability to read, comprehend, and apply written instructions.
• All applicants must hold current first aid certification and CPR certification at the time of employment.

Responsibilities

• Administers emergency first aid to ill or injured students.
• Takes temperatures and monitors students in health room.
• May administer oral and topical medications per program guidelines.
• Contacts parents about illness or injury as needed.
• May call for ambulance in emergencies.
• Performs health-related screenings and measures in coordination with the health staff.
• Completes health records and refers issues to the nurse.
• Maintains a clean health room and keeps supplies well stocked.
• Provides health information to staff and coordinates wellness activities.
• Liaisons among home, school and community for health services.
• Supports health-related speakers and class wellness education.
• Advocates a positive health and wellness program for the school.

Skills

First aid

CPR certification

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

School Health Assistant II is considered full-time at 6½ hours per day.

Salary Range

School Health Assistant II, SR-11: $2,549.00 per month

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

Responsibilities

1. Administers emergency first aid care to ill or injured students;
2. Takes temperature, permits students to rest in health room as necessary and periodically observes and talks to students to determine symptoms of illness;
3. May administer oral and topical medications only in accordance with strict program guidelines (i.e. parental request, physician's order, school health nurse’s approval and school administration approval);
4. As necessary, contacts parents or guardians of ill or injured students to inform them of their child's illness or injury;
5. May call for ambulance service in emergencies;
6. As directed by the school health nurse, 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;
7. Completes appropriate records; refers health records of students which may indicate health problems to school health nurse;
8. 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;
9. May give basic health instruction to students;
10. May orient and supervise volunteers to assist in conducting screening tests;
11. May render emergency first aid care to school staff; administers CPR as necessary;
12. Maintains a clean health room, including adequate supplies and equipment;
13. Provides resource information to school staff when requested recognized various at-risk symptoms for referral to the appropriate staff;
14. Liaison between the home, school and community in collaborating health services/activities;
15. Coordinates health related speakers to aid with class curriculum when requested;
16. Disseminate and coordinate information to employees on wellness activities and/or events for staff member of the school at the discretion of the school principal;
17. Advocate a positive and informative health and wellness program for the school.

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

Except for the substitutions provided for in this specification, 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 II

General Experience (Years): 1

Specialized Experience (Years): 2

Total Experience (Years): 3

General Experience: 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.

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. 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.

Substitutions Allowed

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. Satisfactory completion of formal course work I health and personal hygiene, child care and home management or other similar courses which have include such topics as hygiene, health, sanitation, etc. may be substituted for one (1) year of the specialized experience.

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:

1. Current certification in first aid;
2. Current certification in child and adult cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.

Temporary Assignment

Claims of Temporary Assignment (TA) experience to meet the minimum qualification requirements must be verified and attached to the application using one of the options below:

1. A copy of the applicant’s TA History Report or equivalent system-generated report;
2. A signed letter from the applicant’s supervisor that includes the applicant’s name, his/her TA job title, the TA start and end dates (from mm/yy to mm/yy), his/her specific TA duties performed, and either the TA hours worked per week or total TA hours worked;
3. Copies of the applicant’s signed SF-10 Forms.

Information about Temporary Positions

Temporary positions may be extended year to year, dependent upon funding and departmental needs. Making yourself available for temporary positions increases your employment possibilities and may lead to permanent opportunities. A person hired for a temporary position may also become a temporary employee upon satisfactory completion of the initial probation period of at least six months. Once a temporary employee, you would be eligible to apply for promotion and transfer opportunities to permanent as well as other temporary positions. You may also enjoy other rights and benefits as afforded to an employee in a permanent position, with the exception of return rights and placement rights associated with a reduction-in-force.