Health Aid for Ricks Center

Health Aid for Ricks Center
Job No: 496959
Work Type: Staff Part-Time
Location: Denver, CO
Categories: Teacher (Pre K-8), Student Health / Counseling
Position Summary
Provide health care to students who require basic first aid, administer medication, and tasks as delegated by a school R.N. and as requested by a health care provider and parent.
This is a non-benefited position not to exceed 1,000 hours in a calendar year.
Essential Functions

• Evaluate ill or injured students and notify parents as needed and provide basic first aid, and distribute daily medications
• Provide care in emergencies and call parents or emergency personnel when necessary, and Contact 911 in emergencies
• Provide daily and emergency health care: inhaler treatments, insulin injections, and Epi-pen injections.
• Provide comprehensive care to students with diabetes and other major illnesses according to their health care plan
• Keep reliable daily health office visits, medications administered, and health concerns in the health and medication logbook.
• Help the office maintain student health files.
• Complete accident and head injury reports and communicate out as necessary
• Provide staff with yearly and as-needed updated health concerns list, communicate with the school nurse, parents, and school personnel regarding student health-related concerns
• Maintain CPR and First Aid certifications
• Attend yearly training and reviews, including diabetes major illnesses health care plan reviews, medication administration, Diastat/seizure training, concussion training, and Epi-pen training
• Maintain immunization records per state immunization requirements, send out immunization warning and exclusion letters as needed, contact parents as needed, monitor immunizations in process, and use the state immunization database for state compliance
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned, including cleaning the health station, maintaining equipment, ordering supplies, and attending field trips for children with medical concerns and delegated by the school RN or administration

Outcomes:

• Increase student comfort and health.
• Implement systems for parent and teacher communication around health concerns

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Minimum of two (2) years of experience in healthcare, working with school-age children, or a combination thereof.
• Criminal background check required for hire
• Must be a self-starter and confident in emergency situations
• CPR and First Aid certifications are required within 30 days of entering the position

Work Schedule
Part-Time, hours may vary.
Application Deadline
For best consideration, please submit your application materials by 4:00 p.m. (MST) December 4, 2023.
Special Instructions
Candidates must apply online through jobs.du.edu to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.
Hourly Rate
The hourly rate for the position is $24.00.
The University of Denver has provided a compensation range that represents its good faith estimate of what the University may pay for the position at the time of posting. The University may ultimately pay more or less than the posted compensation range. The salary offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal salary equity considerations, and available market information, but not based on a candidate's sex or any other protected status.
Benefits
The University of Denver offers some benefits for non-benefited employees. The University of Denver is a private institution that empowers students who want to make a difference. Learn more about the University of Denver.
Please include the following documents with your application:

1. Resume
2. Cover Letter

The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. The University of Denver prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, military enlistment, or veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance in any of the University's educational programs and activities, and in the employment (including application for employment) and admissions (including application for admission) context, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967; Equal Pay Act; Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act; the Colorado Protecting Opportunities and Workers' Rights ("POWR") Act; and any other federal, state, and local laws, regulations, or ordinances that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and/or retaliation. For more information, please see the University of Denver's Non-Discrimination-Statement.
All offers of employment are contingent upon satisfactory completion of a criminal history background check.
To apply, visit https://jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/496959/health-aid-for-ricks-center
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