K-6th Grade Health Assistant

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Salary Range:
$15.50 - $21.50 USD annually.

As part of Arizona State University's charter to provide access and excellence, ASU Preparatory Academy (ASU Prep) shares this commitment by demonstrating all students can achieve at the highest levels, regardless of their background. To scale our current impact, ASU Prep is advancing a major expansion program taking fundamental responsibility for the communities we serve.

This position ensures the health and safety of the students/staff in a respectful, supportive manner. Creates a climate of health and well-being for the students/staff, communicates with parents, staff, and students in regards to health issues, aides with the treatment of student/staff illnesses/injuries that occur at the school and maintains health records and state reports etc.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or general equivalency diploma (GED).
  
• Nursing students available to work full-time are encouraged to apply.
  
• Current American Heart Association Adult and Child Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid certification, required.
  
• Current Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) Hearing certification, preferred.
  
• Current Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) Vision certification, preferred.
  
• Bi-lingual Spanish/English, preferred.
  
• Active AZ Department of Public Safety (DPS) IVP Fingerprint Clearance Card.
  
• Any equivalent combination of experience, training and/or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved.
  

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Maintains patient safety at all times, including referring to supervisors, crisis teams, and department of child safety as needed, in accordance with Arizona state laws.
  
• Practices effective, professional communication skills with all members of the school community.
  
• Acts as a liaison and student advocate between teachers, parents, and administrators.
  
• Performs administrative assistant duties for the School Nurse, which includes manning the phones, checking voicemails, and acknowledging messages within a timely fashion.
  
• Assists health team in meetings of medically involved students (including special education).
  
• Assists in the preparation of referrals as directed.
  
• Arranges parent conferences for special health needs and directs parents to available community resources.
  
• Maintains student health records in student information system including daily health records/logs, emergency incident reports, health conditions, allergies, immunization records, and screening results.
  
• Assists School Nurse with routine health screenings as needed for students.
  
• Assists School Nurse in compiling information for pertinent state reports (such as immunizations, communicable diseases, hearing/vision screening, etc.).
  
• Administers first aid as needed.
  
• Consistently implements safe medication administration practices by utilizing the 5 rights of medication administration.
  
• Implements crisis response plans as indicated.
  
• Manages inventory of supplies and orders supplies as needed.
  
• Maintains health office by keeping it clean, organized and disinfected as needed.
  
• Prepares field trip first aid kits as needed.
  
• Additional duties may be assigned as necessary.
  

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Ability to attend professional development trainings as needed.
  
• Ability to handle confidential information in accordance with FERPA and HIPAA laws.
  
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  
• Excellent customer service and verbal de-escalation skills.
  
• Ability to multitask in a high energy, high volume working environment.
  
• Ability to work with or learn the following technology: Microsoft Office (Outlook), Google suite, Adobe, Calendly, Infinite Campus, Cisco phones.
  
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.
  

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand and talk or hear and sometimes walk and sit. The employee must use hands, arms and fingers to input data, handle, feel or reach. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may occasionally push or lift up to 50 lbs such as boxes, supplies, etc. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision such as to read handwritten or typed material, and the ability to adjust focus, close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision and depth perception.

LOCATION:


Immersion

TRAVEL:

Occasional travel may be required for site visits, meetings, trainings and/or conferences. Locations may vary and may require overnight stays.

This job description is subject to change at any time.