JobID: 841

Position Type:
Student Support Services

Date Posted:
5/16/2023

Location:
PRA K-12 School
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Prospect Ridge Academy*
Creating Academic, Social, and Ethical Leaders
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Health Aide Job Description
The Health Aide is responsible for the general health care of students. The Health Aide will accomplish these duties while working with students, parents, other teachers and staff.
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Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide timely basic first aid, monitor illnesses and injuries, and notify the School Nurse of concerns.
• Contact 911 in emergency situations.
• Record daily log of use of clinic and daily duties.
• Prepare medications for field trips under the School Nurse’s direction.
• Record and update health concerns, medication, and emergency information in student information systems and health files.
• Assist the School Nurse in providing staff with student health concerns and emergency information as necessary and appropriate.
• Support all K-12 health room needs, including, cleaning clinic, maintaining equipment, ordering supplies, compiling and preparing reports.
• Collect, track and update immunization records within Infinite Campus to enforce state immunization requirements.
• Organize and complete vision and hearing screens on students as required by the state. Enter data into student health files.
• Act as mandatory reporter under mandatory reporting law.
• Communicate consistently and effectively with students, parents (after consulting with School Nurse), and colleagues to develop a cooperative partnership based on mutual respect.
• Serve as a member of the school’s Emergency Response Team.
• Assist office staff with daily responsibilities, including, attendance, student checkouts, administrative assistance, as time allows.
• Complete other duties as assigned.

Education and Related Work Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent, some college preferred.
• Minimum of two years experience in healthcare, working with school-age children, or a combination thereof.
• Documented training in specific content areas, including, Diabetes, Diastat/Seizure, Allergy/Epi-Pen, AED training, Safe Lifting & Transferring, and other job-specific training as needed within 60 days of hire.
• Healthcare experience preferred.
• Commitment to implementation of Character Education and Positive Behavior System.

Skills and Abilities

• Read and interpret documents such as rules, policy and expectation, agreements, rubrics, scope and sequence documents, and assessments.
• Ability to interface with parents, students, and staff to provide continuity of care for students.
• Understand and carry out instructions given in written, oral, or diagram form and use sound judgment.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several variables.
• Maintain strict confidentiality.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to coordinate different tasks.
• Ability to work with limited supervision and to be self motivated.
• Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
• Strong interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Professional attitude, appearance, and demeanor.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions

• The employee is required to talk, walk, stand, stoop, crouch, sit and hear.
• May occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds (assisted or unassisted).
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance, color, peripheral, depth perception, and ability to focus.
• Provide backup assistance and coverage for other areas.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.
• Work may occasionally be performed outside with exposure to varying temperatures.
• This position includes contact with students, staff, Administrators, Prospect Ridge Academy Board of Directors and parents.
• Work hours may occasionally be extended.

Reporting Relationship

• This position reports to the School Nurse and Administration.
• Direct Reports: None.

Benefits

Prospect Ridge Academy offers a total compensation package, for employees working < 0.75 FTE, including:

• MEDICAL - There are three options for Medical coverage provided by United Healthcare.

• DENTAL - Dental insurance is provided by Delta Dental of Colorado.

• VISION - Vision insurance is provided by VSP.

• FLEXIBLE SPENDING - There are two different options for flexible spending provided by Discovery Benefits.

• LIFE/AD&D - You are provided 1x your annual salary (up to $100,000) as group term life insurance provided by Lincoln Financial Group.

• STD/LTD - PRA pays the entire cost of short- and long-term disability benefits.

• PERA - Administered by Colorado, PERA is a tax-deferred retirement account to which you contribute 11% of your monthly earnings. Additionally, PRA contributes 21.4% to the PERA pension trust fund on your behalf.

• EAP - Employee Assistance Program is provided by Lincoln Financial.

• PAL - Paid Annual Leave beginning immediately following the first day of work (FTE 1.0 = 10 days / 0.8 = 8 days/ 0.5 = 5 days etc.)

• Paid Holidays that include - 11 paid Holidays for 10 month Employees (please refer to Employee Handbook for these 11 days) and 15 paid Holidays for 12 month Employees (please refer to Employee Handbook for these 15 days.

For Employees working >0.75 FTE, benefits will include:

• PERA - Administered by Colorado, PERA is a tax-deferred retirement account to which you contribute 11% of your monthly earnings. Additionally, PRA contributes 21.4% to the PERA pension trust fund on your behalf.

• Paid Holidays that include - 11 paid Holidays for 10 month Employees (please refer to Employee Handbook for these 11 days) and 15 paid Holidays for 12 month Employees (please refer to Employee Handbook for these 15 days.

Hirining Salary Range: $19.00 - $21.3

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.00 - $21.38 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Standard shift:

• Day shift

Weekly schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Work setting:

• In-person

Work Location: In person

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