Job Abstract

1. Assist Principals in maintaining a safe and sanitary school environment;

2. observe student symptoms and behavior, notifying the certificated school nurse, parents, emergency personnel and school officials as appropriate; assist ill or injured students within boundaries of school law and District regulations; administer first aid including CPR; advise proper authorities of health problems, emergencies and action taken;

3. schedule and make arrangements for screening at the school location, coordinating with the administration and teachers, contacting parents and requesting volunteers to assist with the process; assist licensed personnel with screening and with necessary follow-up; set up and maintain detailed individual health records for each student; compile information and statistics for required state reports; type memos, lists, correspondence,

4. reports forms, bulletins and similar material; prepare lists of students’ health defects and/or problems;

5. follow up on required immunizations through letters, telephone and personal contact with parents; record hearing and vision test information and immunization dates in student cumulative folders, use computers and software as appropriate;

6. assist in rendering various forms of personal care such as toileting, diapering, dressing, undressing, bathing, grooming and feeding of children; assist and instruct students in personal hygiene; assist in lifting pupils in and out of school buses, wheel chairs, braces, and other orthopedic equipment;

7. may perform other specialized physical health care services which are necessary during the school day to enable a child to attend school and which are prescribed by the child’s licensed physician, such as monitoring, administering and/or supervising a student on insulin, insulin pump, or other insulin devises, catheterization, suctioning, seizure disorders/procedures, breath inhalation therapy, oxygen administration and flow monitoring, glucose monitoring injections, emergency care and other health care related duties as assigned after training and monitoring by a certificated school nurse;

8. inspect for communicable diseases and/or parasites; as instructed, advise parents, students and teachers of presence of communicable disease and/or parasites, treatment procedures, quarantine requirements and re-admittance procedures; provide factual information to parents and teachers relative to community health resources;

9. implement and monitor procedures for the safe storage and administration of medications; administer prescribed medications in accordance with District policy and school rules;

10. perform a variety of clerical duties involved in the maintenance of health records, referrals, and reports, and to assist other school clerical personnel as required; maintain a variety of confidential health related records and files including student medical records, emergency cards, immunizations records, and communicable disease reports;

11. operate computer and job-specific software, copier, and other standard office machines; inventory, order and requisition medical supplies for school health office;

12. supervise students in health office; attend in-service meetings; perform related work as required.

Experience: Experience equivalent to six months working in acute care coupled with some clerical background is preferred.
Training: Must be currently licensed as a Vocational Nurse or Registered Nurse in California.

Licenses of Certificates
Minimum of a LVN license required.
Possession of or ability to obtain, a valid California driver's license.
Possession of a valid first aid certificate and CPR certificate.