Field of Competition: Open Competitive

Daily assignments are 6 hours per day. Incumbents may be assigned to elementary, middle or high school sites. The start time varies depending on the school site.

DEFINITION
Assists in the daily operation of the school health office; administers first aid to ill and injured students; performs a variety of clerical duties relating to the school health program.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS

Positions in this class serve under the supervision of a school nurse and are assigned to the health office at elementary, middle and high schools.

The class of Health Clerk is distinguished from that of Clerk in that the Health Clerk performs duties with greater initiative under limited supervision and works in a more direct manner with students and parents as a result of contacts in the school health office.

In addition, incumbents are required to perform more complex clerical tasks such as maintaining student health records with confidential medical information as required by law, verifying student compliance and typing/keyboarding at a rate equivalent to thirty words per minute (wpm) or better.

REQUIRED DOCUMENTS
Must attach the following documents to the online application or your application will be disqualified:

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  High school diploma or GED equivalent (or higher)

• Unit/Degree verification (including equivalency of foreign degrees) must be submitted with the online application as an attachment in the form of unofficial transcripts. Equivalence of foreign degrees must have been reviewed and verified by a regionally accredited foreign degrees review agency.

• All required documents MUST be submitted electronically at the time your application is submitted.

Education: Must possess a secondary (i.e., high school) school diploma, or its equivalent.

Experience: Six (6) months of clerical or other paid or unpaid experience working with school age children. Experience with administering first aid is desirable.

SPECIAL LICENSE OR LANGUAGE SKILLS

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  Must obtain a standard First Aid Certificate and complete a Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) course within thirty (30) days of employment and obtain annual CPR re-certification.
• The ability to read, write and speak a language in addition to English, such as Spanish or Armenian, is desirable.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

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  Assists in the maintenance of confidential student health records by typing, filing, recording information, etc.
• Types information onto forms and lists; administers first aid to ill or injured students.
• Provides supervision as the situation requires.
• Verifies student compliance with health requirements.
• Maintains a daily log of first aid services to students.
• Answers questions providing information on health procedures, programs, etc.
• Maintains and restocks first-aid kits and health office supplies.
• Measures height and weight of students.
• Contacts parents to give or obtain health information.
• Types and distributes health notices and information to teachers and parents
• Assists in various health clinics performing necessary clerical work.
• Operates a variety of office equipment such as typewriter, copiers, etc.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Skills in:

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  Operating a variety of office equipment such as typewriters and copiers.

• First Aid principles and techniques
• Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) procedures
• Child Abuse reporting requirements and procedures
• Confidentiality of medical information
• General clerical and record keeping procedures
• District policy and procedures regarding the district health programs
• Proper grammar, spelling and usage

• Establish effective rapport with students
• Communicate effectively orally
• Compile data and keep confidential records
• Comply with child abuse reporting requirements and procedures understand and follow oral and written instructions
• Make sound judgments when specific instructions are lacking
• Type/keyboard accurately
• Establish and maintain effective working relationship with co-workers and others
• Maintain sensitivity to cultural, religious, ethnic and sexual differences.

The Pasadena Unified School District offers excellent benefits including health, dental, vision, CALPERs retirement system and life insurance based upon the employee's status. For more information, contact our Benefits Department at 626-396-3600 extension 88144.