Job Description:

Role and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily and provide students and staff with a safe, attractive, comfortable, clean and efficient place in which to learn, play, work and develop.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

Apply universal precautions and control techniques.

Maintains students’ self-esteem, privacy and confidentiality of personal information or administers first aid as appropriate.

Ability to respond quickly and appropriately in emergency situations

Assists students with special needs, i.e. trach, feeding tubes, etc.

Maintains health records for each student including immunizations, health screens, and present or chronic health conditions and documentation of treatment and medication.

On a case by case basis, develops and maintains detailed care plans for students that need complex health care procedures.

Administers medication.

Provides selected health care treatments approved by the child’s physician or other licensed health professional, the child’s parent or legal guardian, only after having consulted with a school nurse and after having received appropriate training

Engaging and encouraging communication skills while interacting with supervisors, students and staff.

Prepare and maintain health and medical records as requested by district, state and federal policies/laws.

Ability to perform computer data entry of student immunizations and heath information.

Reports and/or assists with child abuse and neglect calls to Child Protective Services.

Implements health screening mandated by state law.

Recommends exclusion and readmission of students in compliance with Board policy on infections and contagious diseases

Other job –related duties as assigned.

OTHER FUNCTIONS:

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of duties and responsibilities that may be required of employees given this title.  It shall not be construed as determining what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be.  It is not intended to limit in anyway the right of supervisors to assign, direct and control the work of employees under their supervision.

SMUSD operates on a 4 day work week (Tuesday - Friday)

SMUSD is an equal opportunity employer

Salary is $21.25/hour, 9 hours per day