Job Description

Job Title School Health Room Technician I (Part-time Temporary/Substitutes), Grade 15
Location Rockville, MD, US
Organization Name Department of Health and Human Services
Medical Exam Core Exam with Drug & Alcohol Screen
Background Investigation Yes
Financial Disclosure No


Closing Date: August 29, 2023

Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services is recruiting School Health Room Technicians I to work to provide health services to students in Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS).

This recruitment will be used to recruit and hire multiple, temporary part-time substitute School Health Room Technicians, to work up to 35 hours per week during the 10-month school year. The temporary substitutes are assigned as needed and may be assigned to work anywhere in the county. Employees who complete their orientation and training to become a Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) will be eligible to apply for an open merit position.

The salary will be paid at the entry level of $23.37/hr.

Application, Test, and Interview Process:

Applicants who meet the Minimum Qualifications will have their status changed to \xe2\x80\x9cSchedule for Exam" and will be invited to test and interview on Saturday, September 9, 2023.

Applicants who pass a basic math and reading comprehension test with a score of 75% or higher will invited to stay for an informational interview.

Applicants who pass the test and participate in an interview will be invited to continue the selection process, which includes successfully completed a pre-employment physical exam, drug and alcohol screening and a criminal background check.

Detailed information about the Saturday, September 9, 2023, test and interview will be sent by e-mail using the address included in the applicant account. Please check your email SPAM folders.

Candidates selected for these positions must be available to attend a six to eight weeks mandatory orientation and training which includes training and testing for Maryland State mandated certifications.

About the positions:

The School Health Room Technician I provides standard frontline school health room care to include first aide, emergency care, and administration of medications and treatments in routine and non-routine situations to students (the focus) and staff (emergency situations) at the school of assignment within Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS); a licensed Registered Nurse (RN), who is normally a School Community Health Nurse (SCHN) in School Health Services (SHS) delegates authority to, and provides clinical oversight of, the School Health Room Technician I in accordance with Maryland regulations. The School Health Room Technician I also performs an array of care related administrative work, such as preparing/maintaining student health records, reviewing student emergency information, documenting health room visits, transcribing medication and treatment orders, checking, refilling and distributing first aid kits, sending out health related letters, preparing health-wellness themed bulletin boards and, as pertinent to the position of assignment, referring students to the School Based Health and Wellness Center.

Following are examples of the duties assigned to the School Health Room Technician I:

• Administers standard first aid care to students who present themselves to the school health room as either injured or sick, and returns them to the classroom after treatment, or arranges for parental or other transfer from school in more serious situations.
• Maintains manual and/or computerized daily logs such as containing student\'s name, nature of complaint, and care provided for each health room visit, and documents more detailed information to individual student school health records.
• Keeps the delegating SCHN, teachers, principal and others, as appropriate, informed of unusual health situations.
• Reminds teachers of the date and time of health screenings (such as hearing and vision), pulls student\'s health records, and assists nurse by setting up screening schedule (or may administer screening tests as delegated by the SCHN); notifies the SCHN of any students who fall outside the acceptable range on any screening test; documents results in student\'s health files; and notifies parents of screening results.
• Monitors compliance with immunization regulations in school to which assigned and, as appropriate, contacts personnel of other school districts, doctors\' offices and/or parents of new enrollees to obtain immunization records and to bring health, immunization, and emergency contact records up to date.
• Administers emergency medications, such as epinephrine (by EpiPen) and glucogan (by GlucaPen).
• Assists disabled students requiring assistance of daily living activities (ADLs).

The work involves sitting at a computer console and keyboarding, moving about, lifting, carrying, supporting, pushing, pulling, adjusting and other wise moving equipment or persons requiring force in the range of 30 to 50 lbs. or more, and other physical demands typical of workers in general health care delivery and health care office work situations.

Selected candidates will be required to successfully completed a pre-employment physical exam, drug and alcohol screening and a criminal background check.
Additional Employment Information

OHR reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position/IRC.

Montgomery County Government is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the Office of Human Resources via email to . Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.

Montgomery County Government also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, please refer to the Careers webpage on .

All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant\'s responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for interview.

If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.

Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation, the County\'s "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff\'s office) are subject to the County\'s ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at . Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the website.
Minimum Qualifications

Experience: One (1) year of experience working in a position that involved care of, or services to, children or adolescents.

Education: Graduation from high school or High School Certificate of completion recognized in the State of Maryland.

Equivalency: None.

Physical Ability: Physical Ability: Ability to independently move objects weighing up to 50 pounds and exert up to 50 pounds of force or more to lift and position or support children for treatment and assistance. Skill in finger manipulation, hand-arm manipulation, hand-arm steadiness and eye-hand coordination to use applicators and various hand-held devices in providing care, ability and willingness to provide emergency care, such as CPR, and to execute all authorized procedures.

License:

Temporary Substitute Positions: Within 180 days for temporary employees who have successfully completed County training, or as otherwise specified by SHS: possession of current certifications in CPR, First Aid, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) (Maryland) and Certified Medication Technician (CMT) (Maryland). All certifications must be maintained.

Note: There will be no substitutions for this section.
Preferred Criteria

There is no Preferred Criteria. All applicants will be reviewed by OHR for minimum qualifications. Applicants who meet the Minimum Qualifications will be scheduled to take a written examination. Based on the results of the written examination, applications will be rated "Did Not Pass", or "Qualified". The "Qualified" applicants will be placed on the Eligible List and may be considered for interview.
Minimum Salary 48618
Maximum Salary 75621
Currency USD

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