Health Services Assistant (Part-Time)

Breckinridge County Schools

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Health Services Assistant (Part-Time)

SUPERVISOR: District Health Coordinator and Assistant Superintendent

EXEMPT STATUS: Non-Exempt

WORK YEAR: Up to 195 Days

BASIC FUNCTION: This position provides direct health services under the direction of licensed nursing staff and assists with overseeing district medical staff, health testing programs, and district medical records.

REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES:

• Provides care to students and staff who need emergency care due to injury or who present with an acute illness.
• Assists faculty and staff in monitoring chronic medical conditions.
• Obtains parental consent for health services.
• Assures that school district policies and procedures adhere to legal and regulatory statutes and ethical standards of medical practice.
• Addresses potential health problems that are barriers to learning or symptoms of underlying medical conditions by coordinating and assisting with mandated screenings, i.e. vision, hearing, and scoliosis.
• Initiates referrals according to state and school policies.
• Assists in staff educational in-services (but not limited to), i.e. CPR training, OSHA bloodborne pathogen, and infection control updates.
• Monitors immunizations and reports communicable diseases as required by law.
• Reviews immunization records for compliance to state laws and school policies.
• Promotes health awareness activities such as fairs for staff and families; consultation with other school staff, i.e. food service personnel or physical education teachers, regarding healthy lifestyles and staff wellness programs.
• Assists in the collection of health data and submission of health reports to LHD for immunization and KDE for school health services.
• Provides case management by communicating with the family through telephone calls, written communication, and home visits as needed.
• Observes, evaluates, and reports to physicians, with parental approval, the pupil’s health status and any reaction at school to drugs or treatments prescribed by the physician; interprets to the physician those factors or environments that might affect the child’s condition.
• Provides consultation to teachers and school authorities on appropriate use of records of each child’s health needs and interprets these needs to teachers, parents, and others.
• Maintains the health office in a clean, orderly, and safe condition; assists in maintaining inventory and orders first aid supplies as necessary
• Other duties may be assigned as needed.

KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITIES

KNOWLEDGE OF THE FOLLOWING:

• Policies, objectives, rules, and regulations related to the health services program
• Vision, hearing, dental, and other screening techniques
• Basic First Aid
• Conference and counseling techniques
• Record-keeping techniques
• Oral and written communication skills
• Interpersonal skills using tact, patience, and courtesy
• Health and safety regulations
• Communicable diseases
• Modern office practices, procedures, and equipment
• Modern medical terminology, equipment, and techniques
• Accepted methods and principles of personal hygiene and safety during the screening process
• Public health agencies and local health care resources

ABILITIES:

• Communicate with others regarding a variety of health-related activities or concerns
• Provide counsel and consultation to parents, students, and staff about health related information
• Communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
• Read, interpret, apply, and explain District organization, operations, policies, procedures, and objectives
• Work independently with little direction
• Observe health and safety regulations
• Perform technical duties related to assigned health services program
• Screen students for vision, hearing and dental problems, identify needs, and recommend appropriate actions
• Establish and maintain files, records, reports, and referrals

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 regularly required to stand, walk, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, reach and use hands to finger, handle and feel. The employee is frequently required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit, climb, balance, taste or smell. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, depth perception, ability to adjust focus

and peripheral vision.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

• Prior work experience in a medical field preferred
• Must possess a valid Kentucky driver's license.
• Has met the requirements for criminal records check and child abuse and neglect check as specified by Kentucky State Law
• Must have or be willing to obtain First Aid and CPR certification
• Must meet health requirements as specified in district personnel policy

Contracts are with the district of Breckinridge County Public Schools, not with individual locations. Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Location, duties, and/or responsibilities may be altered to meet the needs of the district.