ESS Substitute Health Tech

ESS Substitute Health Tech

An ESS substitute paraprofessional assists the classroom teacher to provide extra support to students with special needs, promoting maximum academic and personal growth. The substitute paraprofessional job responsibilities range from supplementing regular classroom curriculum to helping individual students.

Substitute paraprofessionals are also known as school aides, teacher assistants, instructional aides, one-to-one aides, and personal care assistants.

While any of the tasks in the job description may need to be covered, the main responsibility is to manage the health room. The job of the sub is to see students who come for care, medications, or first aid. Emergency medical situations for anyone in the building are handled by the school’s emergency team, which does include the health tech. Documentation in an electronic record will be reviewed in the medication class and by the school nurse.

Summary

• Responsible for coordinating and collaborating with the school nurse
• providing health care/first aid, medications, and/or assistance with medical procedures to students.
• Maintain and compile student health records, files, and database and health-related reports and documents.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Frequency of duties, percent of time and work year may vary based on department or building assignment .

• Evaluate and attend to students visiting the health office; provide emergency and routine health care and/or first aid, administer medications (through a needle, feeding tubes, rectal, oral, or topical routes) adhering to District and state procedures, and perform delegated medical procedures.
• Contact parents and school nurse as needed.
• Collaborate with building administration and nurse when calling 911.
• Maintain health office records, including phone calls, collection of HCAPs, immunizations, medications, vision and hearing results and referrals, cumulative health, and accident and injury records.
• Enter data into the computerized health office log to document student visits, procedures, medications to the health office as well as the action taken/disposition in real time.
• Coordinate student health needs between teachers, nurses, and parents.
• Maintain the health office cleanliness
• Prepare medications for all school-sponsored trips.
• Assist in maintaining health records and providing health services to pre-K students as needed in elementary schools.
• Attend work and arrive in a timely manner.
• Complete online professional development training as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• CO Background Check-Level I-CBI/FBI
• Minimum HS Diploma/GED or equivalent
• CPR/First Aid Certification (offered through PSD or an outside agency)
• ESS required documents.

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Pay Rates: $18.33

About ESS

As leaders in the education staffing space since 2000, ESS specializes in placing qualified staff in daily, long-term, and permanent K-12 school district positions including substitute teachers, paraprofessionals, and other school support staff. Over the last 23 years, we have innovated education staffing to provide dynamic solutions to school districts and professional opportunities to passionate educators. Our team serves over 5 million students with a pool of 92,000 substitute and permanent employees throughout 34 states. Internally, the ESS team is comprised of 650 individuals with a passion for education working together to ensure our 900 partner districts experience valuable education every day.

We provide our employees with the ability to work in school districts across the country in addition to benefits, comprehensive training, flexible work schedules, and professional development.

ESS Diversity Statement

ESS continuously works to create an environment where all its employees - regardless of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexuality, age or abilities - can work to the fullest of their potential in a fair and welcoming space. Believing that a diverse company is more innovative and successful, we have embraced diversity to ensure that we are empowered to make sure that “Every day counts” for our employees, the students, and the schools we serve nationwide.

ESS is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status.

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