What Deerfield 109 is All About...
The Role of the COVID-19 Testing Team in Deerfield 109

DEERFIELD 109 - MISSION STATEMENT
Provide the highest quality educational experiences that engage, inspire and empower each student to excel and contribute in a changing world.

DEERFIELD 109 - VISION STATEMENT
District 109 students will excel and contribute when they have the knowledge and skills to be:

• Lifelong learners
• Critical and creative thinkers
• Effective communicators
• Collaborative workers
• Self-directed learners
• Respectful and responsible members of society

GENERAL INFORMATION
TITLE: Seasonal - COVID-19 Testing Team
DEPARTMENT: Finance and Operations
LICENSURE: N/A
ENDORSEMENT: N/A
CLASSIFICATION: Classified
FLSA STATUS: Non-Exempt
REPORTS TO: Building Principal or Designee
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: N/A
RATE OF PAY: $19.00 per hour
WORK HOURS: Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to 3:30 PM, with a 30-minute duty-free lunch
PRIOR EXPERIENCE: High School diploma and the ability to positively interact with staff and students between the ages of 4 and 14

JOB GOALS
Manage and coordinate the assigned building health services based on requirements established by School District policies, procedures, and protocols, and by local, state and national regulations and statutes; maintain and operate the building nurse's offices.

MAJOR DUTIES & PERFORMANCE RESPONSIBILITIES
The criterion indicated below are intended to describe various types of work that may be performed. The exclusion of specific responsibilities does not prohibit them if the work is similar, related, or a logical task of the position.

• Greeting and assisting students and staff in a courteous and professional manner.
• Verify student and staff information.
• Answer questions and provide information as necessary.
• Collect, prepare, and document specimen collection.
• Complete pre-visit planning to support the COVID-19 testing site(s).
• Coordinate specimen collection vials with appropriate labels.
• Ensure testing vials are collected by the courier.
• Initiate emergency procedures/first aid for students and staff as needed.
• Work as a team member, interacting with staff and students to communicate and coordinate testing site care and workflow effectively.
• Maintain a clean, functional environment including disinfection of equipment, testing areas, and storage areas as per best practice guidelines.
• Serve as a scribe to accurately and thoroughly document testing visits.
• Collaborate with members of the COVID-19 Testing Team in order to maintain, promote testing safety.
  • Ability to communicate clearly.
  • Ability to work with little supervision.
  • Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Requires standing, sitting, repetitious hand and body movements, simple grasping, pushing pulling, fine motor and gross motor skills, bending, lifting, squatting, kneeling, climbing, and reaching. Ability to lift/support students as required and has the stamina to stand all day, every day of the week as needed.

WORK ENVIRONMENT
The employee shall possess personal computing skills with the following types of software including web browsers, word processing, spreadsheet, and student information systems. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in a school setting with children, occasionally works in outdoor weather conditions, and is subject to noises associated with both office and educational environments.

The mental demands, physical demands, and work environment characteristics are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to allow an employee with disabilities to perform the essential functions.