Position Type:
Secretarial/Clerical

Date Posted:
11/15/2021

Location:
Trexler Middle School

Health Room Assistant (Clerical Job Grade A)
Starting Salary: $21,906

Qualifications:

1. Ability to work with people.
2. Ability to relate positively to children.
3. Excellent communication skills.
4. Basic clerical skills (typing, filing, computer skills, answering phones, etc).
5. Current first aid and CPR certification or willing to attend certification programs.
6. Such alternatives to the above qualifications as the Board may determine.

Summary
The primary responsibility of this position is to provide routine first aid and emergency medical care, and to provide clerical assistance to the school nurse. Hours for this position are up to 7.5 hours per day. The number of hours per day is designated at the time of hiring. The position is for the regular school year plus additional days as designated by contract.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

1. Provide routine first aid and emergency medical care according to the Standing Orders for School Medical Emergency Procedures in Illness and Injury.
2. Be oriented to the District health program by the Chairperson of School Health Services.
3. Assist with Pediculosis control.
4. Make telephone calls to parents to pick up or notify parents of a sick or injured child.
5. Provide clerical assistance to the nurse (e.g., record keeping, injury reports, medical consent and emergency forms, etc.)
6. Provide other health-related services as assigned by the school nurse.
7. Perform other clerical duties as assigned by the building principal on an as-needed basis.

Share in our community! Grow with our students! Join our district today and be a part of our future!

The Allentown School District is committed to excellence! The richness of The Allentown School District's diversity is strengthened by its central role in educating our students for America's future through academic excellence and celebrating the culturally responsive, athletic and artistic range of talent in the schools. ASD students originate from 51 countries and speak 26 languages.

The Allentown School District offers a comprehensive benefits package to those who qualify.
This may include*
o Medical Insurance
o Dental Insurance
o Vision Reimbursement
o Tuition Reimbursement
o Personal and Sick time
o PSERS Retirement Fund

*Eligibility for specific benefits will be outlined in each labor group's specific collective bargaining agreement.

For more information on this position, please read the full description document.

• --Job Grade A - Health Room Asst. 7-30-13.pdf