Job Description
FORT ZUMWALT SCHOOL DISTRICT SS609
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JOB TITLE: Clinic Clerk
REPORTS TO: Principal/Nurse
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Note: Critical features of this job are described under the headings below. They may be subject to change at any time due to reasonable accommodation or other reasons.
POSITION PURPOSE/SUMMARY
The Clinic Clerk will be employed to provide basic health care to district students during the school day thereby minimizing student absence due to illness. The Clinic Clerk will assist with record keeping and creating a climate of health and well-being in the district schools.
QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
The Clinic Clerk shall have a minimum of high school diploma or its equivalent and shall have a high level of competence in clerical skills as demonstrated by the District's skills assessments. The Clinic Clerk must have or obtain certification in a first aid class such as the Red Cross First Aid Course and CPR. These certificates must be kept current.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES
Assist in maintaining cumulative health records including state immunization status for each student.
Carry out daily routine established by the nurse in cooperation with the principal.
Keep the nurse informed of all matters appropriate to the health and well being of students.
Maintain the confidential nature of all student-related matters.
Assist in maintaining the clinic with supplies, first aid materials, equipment, and necessary resource material and assist with yearly inventory of clinic.
Assist in performing special care procedures of students, (i.e., bathroom needs including diapering).
Assist in providing first aid to ill and injured students and coordinate injury reports in the absence of the nurse according to established policy and procedures.
Assist with students needing medication and record information under the direction of the school nurse.
Prepare various reports for parents and school personnel (i.e., health history forms, parent notification form, accident reports, and weekly/monthly reports).
Perform data entry of necessary health information in School Information Systems (S.I.S.) student records.
Type, duplicate, and file records, reports, and correspondence as needed.
Assist in the development of checklists and maintaining information to be used in compiling statistics for studies, surveys, or reports.
Maintain clinic rest area in a neat and orderly fashion.
Participate in required inservice opportunities.
Initiate health records for all new students.
Carry out established procedures for transfer of the care of an ill or injured child to the parent or guardian as directed by the school nurse.
ADDITIONAL DUTIES Assist with the supervision of students as assigned.
Perform other duties as assigned by the nurse or the building principal.
Effectively communicate, verbally, and in written form, with students, administrators, staff, and the community as needed.
Operate office machinery.
MENTAL DEMANDS
Ability to maintain confidential information; communicate clearly both orally and in writing, and/or ability to reason and make appropriate decisions. Solve a variety of problems in many different situations and perform in a fast-paced, high-stress environment.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
While performing the duties of this position an employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, talk, and hear. The employee will often lift, carry, move, push, or pull up to 20 pounds.
This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee.
TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT
Employment will be on an at-will basis for 9 months, beginning with the first day of the work calendar or at the time of employment for the duration of the school year with prorated personal leave. Each clinic clerk will be provided a work calendar showing the specific daily work schedule of the employee. The work calendar may be modified by the Board of Education at any time, as needs dictate.
Seven hours (including a 30-minute non-paid lunch period) will constitute a workday for the clinic clerk. A definite daily schedule will be established by the building principal and approved by the Assistant Superintendent of Personnel.
The yearly salary will be disbursed in nineteen (19) equal payments or twenty-four (24) equal payments per employee's choice.
EVALUATION
Performance of this job will be evaluated annually in accordance with the provisions of the Board's policy on evaluation of support staff personnel.
Approved: August 21, 1989,
Revised: June 19, 2000, May 15, 2006, November 16, 2009, June 29, 2020 Fort Zumwalt R-II School District
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