School Health Room Technician, Grade 16
Company: Department Of Health And Human Services
Location: Rockville
Posted on: April 28, 2024
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Job Description:
Job Description
Closing Date : May 5, 2024
Montgomery County Department of Health and Human Services is
recruiting School Health Room Technicians 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 $25.73/hr .
Application, Test, and Interview Process :
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. Training and orientation are scheduled to begin on
July 30, 2024.
About the positions :
The School Health Room Technician 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 in accordance with
Maryland regulations. The School Health Room Technician 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 :
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 OHR@montgomerycountymd.gov .
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 Hiring
Preference .
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 19A-12 of the County Code . Additional information
about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission
website.
Minimum Qualifications
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.
Abilities :
Licenses, Registrations, Certifications, or Special Requirements :
Within one hundred eighty (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. Completes all mandatory
trainings, including recertification activities.
Note : There will be no substitutions for this section.
Preferred Criteria
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 51951
Maximum Salary 81315
Currency USD
Keywords: Department Of Health And Human Services, Germantown , School Health Room Technician, Grade 16, Education / Teaching , Rockville, Maryland
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