Job Responsibilities:

• Plans, assesses and evaluates the health and development status of students (including mandated screenings) to identify specific medical disorders and health issues affecting the learning process.
• Interprets the health and developmental assessment to health technicians, parents, teachers, administrators, and other professionals directly concerned with the pupil.
• Designs and implements a health maintenance plan to meet the individual health needs of the pupil.
• Refers pupil to appropriate community resources for necessary services.
• Interprets medical and nursing findings and makes recommendations to professional personnel involved.
• Maintains communication with parents and all involved agencies to encourage necessary treatment.
• Determines and sets policies for communicable disease control .
  
• Consults with, conducts in-service training to, and serves as a resource person to teachers and administrators, and acts as participant in implementing sections of a comprehensive health curriculum for students by providing current scientific information regarding nutrition, preventive dentistry, mental health, genetics, prevention of communicable disease, self-health care, consumer education and growth and development
• Provides direction and training for health technicians, teachers, administrators, and other school staff in first aid guidelines and other areas of health
  Sets first aid policy for the schools in accordance with District policy; counsels pupils and parents in the following areas: by assisting in identifying and utilizing appropriate private and community health delivery services for professional care and remediation of defects.
• Working with parents, pupils, and staff regarding health related attendance problems; helping parents, school personnel, and pupils understand and adjust to physical, mental, and social limitations; exploring with families and pupils the attitudes, information, and values which affect their health behaviour.
• Provides professional supervision of health technicians to assure compliance in all aspects of the health services program ,provides in-service and training for new nursing staff and classified staff who function in health services.

Pay quotes are an estimate of gross weekly pay, including non-taxable reimbursements, based on available information and subject to confirmation.

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