Health Aide Specialist Job Maize Kansas USA,Nursing

Location: Maize

Job Grade

GRADE: G8 (Hourly Range/Step 1 - Step 8: $21.87 - $27.64)

MINIMUM HOURLY RATE: $21.87

STANDARD HOURS PER WEEK: 40

FTE: 1.0

MONTHS PER YEAR: 9

JOB CODE: 1274

POSITION TYPE: PERMANENT/REGULAR

LOCATION: THORNTON, CO.

Overview

Adams 12 Five Star Schools is deeply committed to a community of excellence, equity, and inclusion in everything we do. We commit to eliminate the predictability of who is included in excellence and who is not. Adams 12 Five Star Schools puts students first and supports our district's mission to elevate student success for every student every day in every classroom.

Candidates who can contribute to our goal are encouraged to apply and to identify their strengths in this area.

Summary

Provide health care to students who require basic first aid, administer medication, and perform medical procedures and tasks as delegated by a district Registered Nurse (RN) and according to district policy. Evaluate ill or injured students, provide care in emergency situations, and call parents or emergency services when necessary. Record health concerns, immunizations, and daily health office visits in the district's student information technology system.

Provide direction to health aides through one‑on‑one mentoring and provide individualized training to employees at multiple school sites. Organize and assist with immunization compliance and mass vision/hearing screenings. Provide coverage and support to school health offices as needed.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Regularly cover health offices and perform Health Aide responsibilities and duties as necessary, including:

Provide basic first aid, daily medications, monitor illness and injury, and notify parents of concerns.
Contact 911 in emergency situations.
Administer medication and may perform procedures as delegated by district RN and according to student health care plans (e.g., bladder catheterizations, gastric tube feedings, nebulizer treatments, insulin injections, Epi‑pen injections, rectal medications, glucagon injections, toileting). Provide comprehensive care of students with diabetes.
Record daily health office visits, medications administered, and health concerns in the district's student information technology system and medication logbook.
Maintain student health files, purge health files appropriately, and record and file yearly student health updates. Compile and prepare reports.
Complete and process all accident and head injury reports, track student concussions, and send out concussion/head injury notifications as instructed by district RN.
May need to clean health office, maintain equipment, order supplies, compile and prepare reports.

Responsible for ensuring the maintenance of immunization records at multiple assigned school sites, per state immunization requirements, sending out immunization warning and exclusion letters, contacting parents, monitoring immunizations in process, and using the state immunization database for compliance. Responsible for pulling weekly reports on immunization compliance for multiple assigned school sites, to ensure locations achieve high compliance rates.

Lead the organization and completion of mass vision and hearing screenings on students as required by state, at multiple assigned school sites. Complete all vision and hearing rescreens including new students to the district, students with IEPs, and students referred by staff. Record all screening results into the district's student information technology system. Collaborate with health aides to send out vision and hearing referrals, and verify follow‑ups have been completed.

Responsible for providing direction to health aides through one‑on‑one mentoring and individualized training at multiple school sites. Assess the need for and follow up with additional training as needed.

Record and monitor student health files in the district's student information technology system. Communicate with district RNs, parents, and school personnel regarding student health‑related concerns. Communicate with district RN and student outreach programs for appropriate resources.

Maintain CPR and First Aid certifications. Attend regular trainings and reviews…