School Health Assistant to support a Public Middle School in the Manchester area. Currently this position is 25 hours a week, Monday through Friday 9:00am - 2:00pm This position is for the 2024/2025 school year with the opportunity to continue into next year.
Overview
When you join our school based health team as a Health Assistant, you will truly become a part of our family. Not only are you a helping hand working with school age children, but you will provide quality and consistent care to our students in order to create happy and healthy environments. We are dedicated to making a difference in our community, we provide exceptional intervention, occupational, physical, speech therapy and health services and high quality school programs for children and schools.
Come see why our employees recognize psi as a Top Workplace!
- In house referral bonus
- Work/Life balance including nights, weekends, and summers off!
- Strong Supervisory support for our employees
- Health, Prescription and 401k Benefits for staff working over 30 hours a week
- Paid time off if working 15 hours a week or more
- Free Professional development opportunities
- In hours referral bonus
What we can offer your family!
- Dinners together
- Able to attend after school and weekend sports and activities
- Summers off to enjoy with your family
Responsibilities
- This is an entry-level position in a school health clinic.
- The School Health Assistant may be working independently in their assigned school health clinic performing the below duties.
- Assist in providing services to schools that work toward the good health and wellness of students and the improvement of health conditions in general.
- Monitor student health needs and provide appropriate health interventions and services to students.
- Administer prescribed medications in accordance with school board policy, ORC 3313-713, and psi policy.
- Provide first aid in accordance with established first aid procedures
- Assist with all screening programs and school health programs
- Warmly interact with these children, always serving them with patience and kindness
Qualifications
- STNA certification, CNA or previous School Health experience preferred but not required
- Maturity, professionalism and strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills required
- High School Diploma or GED Required
- Knowledge of communicable disease prevention and medication protocol preferred
- Knowledge of HIPAA laws & ability to appropriately handle confidential information
- Collaborative, constructive team building skills are required
- Excellent organizational and time management skills