School Health Assistant II - Mauka Lani Elementary Job Kapolei area,Hawaii USA,Nursing

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

Salary Range: $2,549.00 per month

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 (i.e. parental request, physician's order, school health nurse’s approval and school administration approval);

As necessary, 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;

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;

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 recognized various at‑risk symptoms for referral to the appropriate staff;

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

Coordinates health related speakers to aid with class curriculum when requested;

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;

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.

General Experience (1 year):
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 (2 years):
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,…


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