Health Paraprofessional

Position Type: Support Staff/Health Paraprofessional Date Posted: 6/3/2024 Location:

Bricker Elementary For School Year 2024-2025 183- Work Day Calendar 7- 7.5 hrs/day (determined by school) Hourly Pay Rate: $18.24 (Salary placement is based on experience.) Click on the following link to view the full pay range on the ESP Salary Schedule: https://www.hsd2.org/our-district/financial-transparency Job Summary: Administer fist aid and medical care for injured or ill students and staff, provide physician-ordered care or procedures, conduct screening programs and assure compliance with state health and immunization law. Maintain health records, health action plans, and billing for Medicaid reimbursable procedures.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Assess, evaluate and administer basic and advanced first aid treatment to ill or injured students or staff. Collect and maintain health information on students and staff to include: computer data entry, cumulative records, patient charts, immunization law compliance, exclusion/suspension, and completion of district and state reports.

Coordinate collection of Medicaid billing permission forms, maintain clinic log, bill for services provided for students with Medicaid. Administer medications and other medical treatments required by students in accordance with physician orders and district and state policy. Notify parent of student illness or injury.

Complete appropriate reports. Serve as worker's compensation representative to assess and assist injured personnel with treatment options. Provide students and parents with information for treatment or referrals to doctors by serving as a resource to outside agencies and programs.

Organize, schedule and implement health screening programs to include: vision, hearing, dental, scoliosis, SPED and others. Record, track results, make recommendations for follow-up care for students who did not pass initial testing. Notify building administrator, teachers, transportation and kitchen staff of students with significant health concerns.

Attend staffing/child study meetings as needed. Research as needed regarding medications and conditions. Notifies counselor of suspected abuse or neglect.

Order and maintain adequate inventory of health supplies and equipment. (Elementary/K-8) Perform crossing guard duties as assigned by school administration to include attending crossing guard training and direction action of children and traffic at assigned crosswalks in order to ensure safe crossing. (Elementary/K-8) Perform lunchroom monitor duties as assigned by school administration to include assisting students with lining up to receive their lunches, helping students open items on their trays, enforcing lunchroom rules, leading students to the lunchroom, dismissing students from the lunchroom, wiping down tables, and assisting with organizing and implementing indoor activities for students during inclement weather. Perform other duties as assigned. Education, Training and Experience:

High school diploma or equivalent. Training as one of the following is desired: Emergency Medical Technician, Medical Assistant or Certified Nursing Assistant. 0 - 2 years experience in related field.

Basic knowledge of computers is required.

Ability to work with children and children with special needs. Operating knowledge of office machines and medical equipment (B/P, nebulizer, acuity, audiometer, etc.) preferred at hire.

Valid CPR and First Aid required. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move more than 100 pounds. Criminal background check and fingerprinting required.

Application Procedure: Click on the red "Apply" button to complete an online application, you must apply to each position that is of interest to you. FLSA: Non-Exempt Attachment(s): Health Paraprofessional - June 2022.docx