BCHS Health Assistant

Position Type:
Support Staff
Date Posted:
8/28/2024
Location:
Brown County High School
Date Available:
TBD
Closing Date:
TBD
Health Assistant
Responsibilities:
* First Aid/Emergency Care:
* Implement school policies/procedures/standing orders in caring for students who are at school and injured or ill.
* Administer first aid
* Screen students for illness/chronic disease
* Complete accident reports
* Communicate with nurse/Principal/parents
* Maintain adequate supplies/equipment for health care
* Give medication as prescribed
* Record Keeping
* Maintain student health folders/health room records
* Initiate file for new students
* Note/communicate to staff special health needs of student
* Check immunization status of new students
* Transcribe all health data onto proper forms as directed by nurse
* Health Programming/Screenings:
* Assist the nurse as directed with the following:
* Vision screening
* Screening for communicable disease
* Postural screening
* Blood pressure screening
* Hearing screenings
* Height/weight screenings
* Staff/school health in-service programs
* Classroom health programs
* Complete daily/monthly reports of health room activities
* Assist nurse with yearly reports/referral follow-ups
* Facilitate communication between parents/staff regarding health matters/school health policies
* Maintain strict confidentiality of student health records/ communications regarding student health
* Seek/accept direction from nurse/Principal regarding any health matter which is outside general policy/procedures, or involves serious injury/illness, or liability to school corporation
* Other tasks as assigned by school nurse.
Qualifications:
* High school graduate
* Current Red Cross CPR/first aid certification
* Good verbal/written communication skills.