School Health Assistant II - Mauka Lani Elementary

School Health Assistant II – Mauka Lani Elementary

School Health Assistant II is considered full‑time at 6½ hours per day.

Salary Range: SR-11: $2,549.00 per month.

• Administers emergency first aid care to ill or injured students.
• Takes temperature, permits students to rest in health room as necessary and periodically observes and talks to students to determine symptoms of illness.
• May administer oral and topical medications only in accordance with strict program guidelines (i.e., parental request, physician's order, school health nurse’s approval and school administration approval).
• As necessary, contacts parents or guardians of ill or injured students to inform them of their child's illness or injury.
• May call for ambulance service in emergencies.
• As directed by the school health nurse, performs various health‑related screening tests on students such as hearing and vision screening tests, participates in health surveys of students, takes throat swabs in rheumatic fever surveys and takes height measurements and weights of students.
• Completes appropriate records; refers health records of students which may indicate health problems to school health nurse.
• Makes visual surveys of school buildings and grounds which may have contributed to injury to students and works with the school health nurse and school principal to correct any hazardous conditions.
• May give basic health instruction to students.
• May orient and supervise volunteers to assist in conducting screening tests.
• May render emergency first aid care to school staff; administers CPR as necessary.
• Maintains a clean health room, including adequate supplies and equipment.
• Provides resource information to school staff when requested recognized various at‑risk symptoms for referral to the appropriate staff.
• Liaison between the home, school and community in collaborating health services/activities.
• Coordinates health related speakers to aid with class curriculum when requested.
• Disseminates and coordinates information to employees on wellness activities and/or events for staff member of the school at the discretion of the school principal.
• Advocates a positive and informative health and wellness program for the school.

• Basic
  
  Education Requirements:
  
  Possession of a high school diploma, or equivalent, which demonstrates the ability to read, comprehend and apply written instructions; and a high degree of verbal skill.
• Experience Requirements: Applicants must have had the general and specialized experience described below.
• General
  
  Experience:
  
  1 year with people (examples: counseling, screening, teaching, community service, etc.).
• Specialized
  
  Experience:
  
  2 years demonstrating basic health knowledge and computer skills (examples: childcare, nursing aide, health‑related support, etc.).
• Total Experience
  
  Required:
  
  3 years.

• One year of general experience and two years of specialized experience may be substituted for a bachelor’s or associate’s degree in nursing or related field.
• One year of general experience and one year of specialized experience may be substituted for a community college program or its equivalent in medical assisting, human service, practical nursing or similar curriculum.
• One year of specialized experience may be substituted for satisfactory completion of formal coursework in health and personal hygiene, child care and home management or similar courses.

• Current certification in first aid.
• Current certification in child and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Salary is based on full‑time employment and includes shortage and school year differentials if applicable.

Applicants must meet all job requirements as of the date of application.

The Hawaii State Department of Education does not discriminate in its employment policies, programs, and activities on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, arrest and court record, and National Guard participation, in accordance with federal and state civil rights laws.

• Holidays, Personal Leave, and Sick Leave.
• Health Insurance (partial state-sponsored premium coverage).
• Group Life Insurance.
• Premium Conversion Plan.
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Island Flex).
• Retirement Plan.
• Tax Shelter Annuity (TSA).
• Deferred Compensation.
• Temporary Disability Insurance.
• Social Security benefits.
• Workers' Compensation.
• Union & Collective Bargaining (employee representation and fees for non‑members).