Full-time Short-term Substitute Health Care Assistant Floater

Status: Full-time

Schedule: 7.50 Hours/Day (7:30 am-3:00 pm), Monday-Friday 89 Days/Year

Minimum Hourly Salary: $28.05

PURPOSE OF POSITION

Health Care Assistants (HCA) are responsible for meeting the medical needs of students enrolled in IU operated special education and alternative education classes/programs.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILL REQUIREMENTS
Education Required: High School diploma

Certification Required: Licensed LPN, current CPR, AED and 1ST Aid

Other Qualifications: Willingness to work as part of an educational team and to become familiar with the unique student needs and rights and regulations governing special education placement.
Willingness to provide a safe environment for the students we serve and the ability to adapt to unexpected, changing situations.

ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

The strength and ability to assist in lifting and supporting students of ages ranging from pre-school to twenty-one and their assistive appliances.

Considerable bending, stooping, twisting, kneeling and squatting must be tolerated as well as the ability to assist in physical interventions (such as physical restraints) when necessary

Ability to maneuver student/adults into a safe position for administering First Aid or CPR