Health Care Attendant

Non-Certified Employee Vacancy For Health Care Attendant

Job Classification: Health Care Attendant

Work Day: 7 hours a day (includes hour unpaid lunch)

Work Year: 180 days (corresponding to the 180 days teachers are on duty)

Hourly Rate: $17.42

Qualifications:

• Must be a high school graduate or equivalent.
• Must demonstrate a patient and receptive attitude toward children with special needs.
• Ability to establish a warm and supportive relationship with children on a group or individual basis.
• Must demonstrate a professional attitude.
• Must be able to maintain confidentiality regarding students.
• Must be able to work independently and as a member of a team.
• Must be able to maintain composure under stressful conditions (i.e., medical emergency).
• Must be able to follow oral instructions and written instructions.
• Must be able to carry out school nurse's instructions independently.

Physical Demands:

• Ability to lift and/or move heavy objects. This may include lifting or transferring students who are physically disabled and/or adaptive equipment and supplies.
• Ability to set up adaptive equipment and/or supplies.
• Possession of unrestricted mobility, which includes ability to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, and crawl.
• Possession of good visual ability.
• Ability to hear in noisy environment.

The Health Care Attendant position performs the following duties and responsibilities:

• Carry out written and/or verbal instructions provided by the school nurse, the student's teacher, or the parent.
• Assist with non-instructional activities, including providing daily and emergency personal care needs.
• Perform routine care, monitoring and health care activities.
• Assist students in accessing the playground; monitor while on playground for safety.
• Perform wheelchair positioning and movement; monitor use of wheelchair lift.
• Eats lunch with student(s) as required; assist student(s) with feeding and remove spilled food or other disorder if necessary.
• Assist in keeping classrooms neat and orderly and in supervising leisure time activities.
• Assist in monitoring students in halls, on school grounds, in cafeteria, etc., as assigned or required.
• Assist in the loading and unloading of busses.
• Personal and facilities cleaning as required; assisting with toileting needs and/or changing diapers and clothing when soiled.
• Perform certain medical procedures or give medication under supervision and with appropriate instructions.
• Catheterization of students.
• Accompany students on field trips to attend to medical, physical, and safety needs.
• Monitor students for seizure activity or other medical concerns and respond accordingly.
• Assist students with mobility limitations to move about the school grounds as/if needed.
• Carry out other assigned duties and responsibilities appropriate to the position.

Applications should be submitted online on or before 4:00 pm, July 22nd, 2026 or until filled to:

Collinsville Community Unit 10

201 West Clay Street

Collinsville, IL 62234